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Village leader of Nam Ma coal mining area shot dead by unknown assailants

Update by the Shan Human Rights FoundationMarch 6, 2017Village leader of Nam Ma coal mining area shot dead by unknown assailants The village tract secretary...

Aerial bombing by Burma Army jets kills three villagers, injures seven in Kyaukme, northern Shan State

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation January 16, 2017 Aerial bombing by Burma Army jets kills three villagers, injures seven in Kyaukme, northern Shan State Three...

Looting, arbitrary arrest, torture, forced labour by Burma Army in Muse, northern Shan State

Update by the Shan Human Rights FoundationDecember 28, 2016Looting, arbitrary arrest, torture, forced labour by Burma Army in Muse, northern Shan State Looting, damage...

Burma Army tortures three farmers, and shoots one farmer in Mong Yen, northern Shan State

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation December 6, 2016 Burma Army tortures three farmers, and shoots one farmer in Mong Yen, northern Shan State Three...

Extrajudicial killing, arbitrary arrest, looting by Burma Army in Nawngkhio, Hsipaw and Mong Hsu in October 2016

Update by Shan Human Rights Foundation November 29, 2016 Extrajudicial killing, arbitrary arrest, looting by Burma Army during operations against SSPP/SSA in Nawngkhio, Hsipaw and Mong...

1,500 farmers demand cancellation of Upper Yeywa Dam as war in N. Shan State escalates

November 28, 20161,500 farmers demand cancellation of Upper Yeywa Dam as war in N. Shan State escalates On November 27, 2016, over 1,500 farmers from...

New film: Shan State’s unique “Thousand Islands” under threat from Salween dam plans

Press release by Action for Shan State RiversSeptember 28, 2016 New film: Shan State’s unique “Thousand Islands” under threat from Salween dam plans A new documentary...

Latest Burma Army attack on strategic SSPP/SSA mountain base stokes fears of major war escalation

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation September 8, 2016 Latest Burma Army attack on strategic SSPP/SSA mountain base stokes fears of major war escalation and...

Key concerns about the Naung Pha Dam

Concerns about the Naung Pha dam on the Salween River By Shan Community Groups Date: August 23, 2016 ­Background facts about Naung Pha dam Location: on the Salween River,...

To: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Foreign Minister

Date: August 17, 2016Open letter from 26 Shan community groups to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to cancel Salween damsTo:Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State...

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