KIO/KIA Collecting Taxes From Impoverished Northern Shan State Villagers
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The Kachin Independence Organisation/Army (KIO/KIA) has increased taxes from villagers struggling to survive in areas controlled by the armed group in troubled northern Shan...
PNO/PNA Steps Up Forced Recruitment In Taunggyi District
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The Pa'O National Organisation, which has transformed its Pa'O National Army into a regime-controlled People's Militia Force (PMF), is forcibly recruiting Shan youth from...
Freedom of Belief and Religion – What does it mean for Them?
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During one year after the coup, the civilian properties, especially in the rural villages, were burned down, the locals were arrested and killed, and...
The Struggling Life of the IDPs Relocating in the Deep Jungle
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A group of people are holding and carrying bags while struggling to walk on a two foot wide track in a deep forest. Since this...
The IDPs in Pindaya Face Inadequate Supplies
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The internally displaced people (IDPs) relocating to Pindaya township, Southern Shan State, are now experiencing food and sheltering issues during this raining season. According to...
Burma Army Killing Civilians In Ywar Ngarn Township
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According to a prominent Shan group, the regime murdered 10 civilians in Ywar Ngarn Township in southern Shan State from February to April. ''Instead of...
PNO/PNA Soldiers Bully Villagers In Southern Shan State
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Pa-O National Organisation/Pa-O National Army (PNO/PNA) soldiers allegedly destroyed a Catholic statue and a church in a village in Pinlaung Township, southern Shan State. A...
Regime Forces Abduct More Villagers From Ywar Ngarn Township
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The Burma Army (BA) in civilian clothes forced civilians to their feet while firing their weapons into the air in southern Shan State. Locals...
Youths Forced To Drive Soldiers Killed In Northern Shan State Ambush
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A prominent Shan youth leader and his friend were hijacked at gunpoint to drive soldiers from the Burma Army (BA) were killed when their...
Burma Army Abducts Villagers From Southern Shan State
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The Burma Army (BA) has abducted several dozen people after informants led the 100-strong column to their village in Ywar Ngarn Township, southern Shan...
