Another Pressing Issue: Forced portering and human shield
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When Sai Tun Nyan, MP from Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) tried to raise the issue of civilians being used as human shields...
Former child soldier’s controversy and freedom of expression
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Since the problematic issue of child soldiers hit the headlines with the Human Rights Watch's (HRW) 220 page report “My Gun Was As Tall...
MYANMAR’S REFUGEE AND IDP: Shan dislocation and dispossession after three decades.
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Recently, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) came up with an approximate figure of 1,900 internally displace persons (IDPs), due...
6,000 Shan refugees left in limbo as international funding ends
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More than 6,000 Shan refugees, currently living in six camps along the Thai-Burmese border, are suddenly faced with the prospect of surviving without support...
Namhsan villagers flee as clashes continue between TNLA and Burmese army
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More than 200 civilians in northern Shan State’s Namhsan Township fled their homes this week due to ongoing hostilities between Burma’s armed forces and...
Burma Army killed, tortured civilians in Ho Pong, says Shan NGO
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Burmese armed forces arbitrarily killed, tortured and arrested local people in southern Shan State’s Ho Pong Township during the period July 16–30, according to...
UWSA seizes Mong Pawk farmlands for development project
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The United Wa State Army (UWSA) has confiscated farmlands and homes belonging to villagers in the eastern Shan State township of Mong Pawk. According to...
UN envoy Yanghee Lee told about continued human rights abuses in Shan State
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Representatives from a Shan civic group say they briefed Yanghee Lee, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Burma, on Saturday about ongoing human rights...
Air pollution from Hsipaw coalmine affecting health
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Residents in the northern Shan State township of Hsipaw have been struck by respiratory ailments and other health issues, including 10 cases of tuberculosis...
Landmine blast injures Namtu civilian
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A man was seriously injured after stepping on a landmine in northern Shan State’s Namtu Township on Monday. Sai Ba Nyan, the vice-chairman of the...
