Lashio protesters call for end to killings
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More than a thousand local residents in northern Shan State’s Lashio Township on Saturday staged a protest demanding an end to the arbitrary killing...
Over 300 flee homes as TNLA-RCSS clashes continue
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More than 300 villagers in Hsipaw Township have fled their homes to escape repeated clashes between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the...
One killed, 7 injured in Namtu blast
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At least one villager was killed and seven others injured when a device exploded in northern Shan State’s Namtu Township, according to local sources. Sai...
‘Twilight Over Burma’ screening cancelled in Thailand
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The Thailand International Film Destination Festival has cancelled the screening of Twilight Over Burma, a German TV movie about the marriage between a Shan...
Civic groups demand justice for Lashio victims
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Civil society organizations in Shan State released a statement on Monday demanding justice from the new Burmese government for seven victims who were killed...
‘This will not happen again’ – army commander says of Lashio murders
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Maj-Gen Kyaw Kyaw Soe, the vice-commander of Northeast Command based in Lashio Township, has told families of last week’s murder victims from Mong Yaw...
Five Lashio villagers found dead near Burma Army camp
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Five villagers from Mong Yaw in Shan State’s Lashio Township were found buried in shallow graves close to a Burma Army camp in the...
UN Envoy blocked from visiting conflict area in Shan State
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During her visit to Shan State last week, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, was prevented...
Land grabs: Panglong villagers call on NLD to intervene
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Residents of southern Shan State’s Panglong sub-township have called on the newly elected government led by the National League for Democracy (NLD) to intervene...
RCSS/SSA says villagers arrested by army were not conscripts
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The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) says a group of villagers arrested last month by the Burma army in eastern Shan...





