Migrant Workers Demand More Rights
It's difficult to register and get a labour card, said a worker employed in Thailand for over ten years. Migrant workers demanded a simplified labour...
"There are no vacant and fallow lands in our Shan state. We only have customary farms where our ancestors have always cultivated their crops,"...
Girl Seeks Treatment In Thailand After Surviving House Fire
"When I went to see her at the hospital there wasn't any muscle left on her back,” said a MP for Shan State. A nine-year-old...
Ad hoc panel discussion and the Myitsone dam controversy
On April 20, an ad hoc panel discussion attended by some 700 people titled “Will Redeem Back The Irrawaddy” headed by the Metta Development...
Militia Member Shoots Two Children in Hsihseng Township
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The man walked into a monastery and shot two nine-year old boys while they slept. A member of a militia group shot and killed...
Hundreds in Northern Shan State Protest for Return of Farmland Seized by Army
The land was taken in 1990 and unused portions are being sold block by block by the Tatmadaw, locals say. More than 200 farmers...
Civilian Killed in Namtu Clash
A 60-year-old man dies after being shot near his village after fighting breaks out between the RCSS and SSPP. A 60-year-old man was killed...
Mentally Disabled Man Murdered In Northern Shan State
The victim's mother is in hiding after reporting the murder to the police. A mother alleges members of a local militia group and the village...
Ta’ang Demonstrate Against Alleged Abductions Of Civilians
Hundreds protest in Lashio in northern Shan State. Hundreds of Ta'ang took to the streets of Lashio in Myanmar's northern Shan State to protest alleged...
Civilian Shot, Injured in Namlan
The gunfire came from nearby clashes, although it is unknown which armed groups were fighting at the time the 25-year-old man was hit. A...
