Two months on, no justice for farmer slain at Shan State gold mine protest
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Over 300 farmers from 18 townships attended a ceremony on Monday in honor of a farmer shot and killed by Burma Army soldiers outside of...
SNDP demands release of detainees amidst Shan and Ta’ang clashes
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Twenty-three villagers are allegedly missing after over a week of clashes between the Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) and the Restoration...
Preventable diseases spread as Shan State IDPs are denied access to primary health care
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Nearly half of the residents in a Kesi Township camp for internally displaced people have reported complaints of respiratory problems, fever, chronic diarrhea and...
Shan Groups: International Community Ignores War Crimes in Shan State
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Yesterday a coalition of over 30 Shan community-based organizations (CBOs) called for the international community to take action on the current offensive in central...
Military checkpoints and curfews enforced in central and southern Shan State
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Local authorities have erected security checkpoints to search passing vehicles in Mong Hsu, Kesi, Laikha, Namzang, and Loilem Townships in central and southern Shan...
Little aid, no contact: Shan State’s IDP crisis
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Shan State’s 10,000-plus internally displaced people (IDPs) are now dispersed between more than ten locations in six townships, according to data collected by the...
Day after election, Burma Army soldiers allegedly rob two civilians in Shan State
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Burma Army soldiers allegedly robbed two civilians on a roadside in Kesi Township yesterday, according to a representative from the Shan Nationalities League for...
On Election Day, two civilians shot by Burma Army in Shan State
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As polls closed in the country’s general election yesterday, Burma Army soldiers shot two civilians—including one child—as they were leaving their paddy fields in...
Cancellations leave 100,000 unable to vote in central Shan State
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Due to polling cancellations in two townships, over 100,000 central Shan State citizens will not be able to cast votes on November 8, local...
Conflict in Shan State leads to school closures for over 1,200 students
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Ongoing armed conflict has led to the closure of 14 schools, affecting about 1,250 children in three townships in central Shan State’s Loilem District,...
