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Thousands Demonstrate in Namkham for Release of TNLA Detainee

Nang Mo Hom, a mother of three, has been held by the TNLA for one month.  More than 20,000 people gathered for a peaceful...

Tatmadaw Destroys Local Farms Following Attack by Unknown Assailants in Hsipaw

Officers told locals ‘life was more important than corn’ after destroying their crops a week before the harvest. Government forces destroyed local corn farms...

INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICT IN SHAN STATE: Shan woman entrepreneur abduction raises racial and political tension

As the combined force of Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) armed clashes with the Restoration...

Shan State IDPs Return Home to Protect Property Amid Ongoing Fighting

‘We will never be able to go home if we wait for peace in our area,’ one village administrator said. Internally displaced people (IDPs) are...

Namkham Public to Demonstrate for Release of TNLA Detainee

Local woman Nang Mo Hom has been in TNLA custody for three weeks. Civil society organization representatives and family members of Nang Mo Hom—who...

‘No Way Out’ as Thousands of IDPs Flee Clashes in Northern Shan State

With armed conflict on the way to Hsipaw and flooding outside Lashio, the displaced in Namtu Township are filling monasteries and makeshift camps. More...

Hundreds of IDPs Seek Refuge in Namtu Township

Amid ongoing clashes between the Tatmadaw and TNLA, more than 500 IDPs are staying in a makeshift camp and nearly 300 are taking refuge...

SSPP Advocates for Release of Namkham Woman Held by TNLA

Delegations from the SSPP/SSA and the TNLA meet to discuss the ongoing detention of Nang Mo Hom. A delegation from the Shan State Progress...

PRAYING FOR PEACE: Will the Shan Sangha chanting and praying bring peace to Shan State?

The blessing and praying ceremony across the whole Shan State was conducted on August 20 which was headed by the Executive Council of Shan...

Lashio Locals Flee Clashes Between Tatmadaw, TNLA

People fled after hearing gunfire and after soldiers from both sides reportedly entered their village in the Mong Yaw area.  Troops from the government...

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