Update By the Shan Human Rights Foundation
May 10, 2016
Save the Namtu River
Summary
In January 2016, Burma’s state media reported that Naypyidaw was proceeding with four...
Press release by the Shan State Farmers’ Network and Shan Human Rights Foundation
March 3, 2016
Gold mining companies try to buy silence of villagers impacted...
Update by the Shan Human Rights FoundationApril 21, 2016
Burma Army expansion, abuses along Kokang-China border creating scores of “ghost villages”
Burma Army expansion and ongoing...
Update By the Shan Human Rights Foundation
February 23, 2016
Broken Promise Deadly Gold Mining Continues in Mong Len
In response to strong community resistance to gold...
Update by the Shan Human Rights FoundationJanuary 18, 2016
Government troops attack Ta’ang village in Lashio, killing two villagers, one mentally disabled, on Burma’s Independence...
December 28, 2015
Situation update
Killing, disappearance, land-mine death during Burma Army offensive in central Shan State
This update documents further incidents of abuse against civilians...
Burmese government troops must withdraw to allow IDPs to return home in central Shan State
Shan community groups are calling for pressure on Naypyidaw to...