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Shans angered by IFC hydropower meeting in Taunggyi amidst escalating conflict and blocked peace dialogues

Media release by Action for Shan State Rivers (ASSR) January 15, 2018 Shans angered by IFC hydropower meeting in Taunggyi amidst escalating conflict and blocked peace...

Burma Army troops step up military operations, force villagers to be porters and lay landmines in ceasefire area of eastern Shan State

Update by the Shan Human Rights FoundationDecember 21, 2017 Burma Army troops step up military operations, force villagers to be porters and lay landmines in...

Burma Army LIB 147 uses forced labor, loots food and requisitions civilian trucks during military operation against SSPP/SSA in Hsipaw

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation December 4, 2017 Burma Army LIB 147 uses forced labor, loots food and requisitions civilian trucks during military operation...

Urgent appeal for charges to be dropped against nine Ho Pong farmers unjustly arrested four months ago

Urgent appeal by the Shan Human Rights Foundation November 28, 2017 Urgent appeal for charges to be dropped against nine Ho Pong farmers unjustly arrested four...

Media release from the Shan State Refugee Committee (Thai Border) on U Zaw Htay’s offer of aid to displaced Shan

October 31, 2017 Media release from the Shan State Refugee Committee (Thai Border) on U Zaw Htay’s offer of aid to displaced Shan U Zaw Htay,...

Ongoing torture, killing, arbitrary arrests during midnight raids by Burma Army in Ho Pong township

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation September 21, 2017 Ongoing torture, killing, arbitrary arrests during midnight raids by Burma Army in Ho Pong township Since the...

Indiscriminate Burma Army shelling, shooting cause 300 villagers to flee in Mong Yai, northern Shan State

Update by the Shan Human Rights FoundationSeptember 14, 2017 Indiscriminate Burma Army shelling, shooting cause 300 villagers to flee in Mong Yai, northern Shan State...

As conflict escalates in Shan State, aid must not be cut off to Shan-Thai border refugees

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation August 30, 2017 As conflict escalates in Shan State, aid must not be cut off to Shan-Thai border refugees Summary There...

Widespread arrests, torture, disappearance of civilians under high-level Burma Army operation in Ho Pong after fighting with NCA signatory RCSS/SSA

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation August 4, 2017 Widespread arrests, torture, disappearance of civilians under high-level Burma Army operation in Ho Pong after fighting...

Recent TB cases raise concern for health consequences of longstanding air pollution levels in Nam Ma coal mining area

Update by the Shan Human Rights FoundationJuly 11, 2017Recent TB cases raise concern for health consequences of longstanding air pollution levels in Nam Ma...

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