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Thousands Demonstrate in Namkham for Release of TNLA Detainee

Nang Mo Hom, a mother of three, has been held by the TNLA for one month.  More than 20,000 people gathered for a peaceful...

Tatmadaw Destroys Local Farms Following Attack by Unknown Assailants in Hsipaw

Officers told locals ‘life was more important than corn’ after destroying their crops a week before the harvest. Government forces destroyed local corn farms...

INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICT IN SHAN STATE: Shan woman entrepreneur abduction raises racial and political tension

As the combined force of Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) armed clashes with the Restoration...

CSSU Will Not Meet Without Govt Permission: Chairperson

Sai Aik Pao says that the coalition of political parties, armed organizations and civil society groups will only work in the open. The Committee for...

Deputy Minister: Upper Yeywa Dam Construction Will Continue, Despite Public Objection

The Union Deputy Minister for Electricity and Energy said ‘the people don’t need to worry too much.’ Burma’s government will allow continued construction of a...

Shan State IDPs Return Home to Protect Property Amid Ongoing Fighting

‘We will never be able to go home if we wait for peace in our area,’ one village administrator said. Internally displaced people (IDPs) are...

Namkham Public to Demonstrate for Release of TNLA Detainee

Local woman Nang Mo Hom has been in TNLA custody for three weeks. Civil society organization representatives and family members of Nang Mo Hom—who...

‘No Way Out’ as Thousands of IDPs Flee Clashes in Northern Shan State

With armed conflict on the way to Hsipaw and flooding outside Lashio, the displaced in Namtu Township are filling monasteries and makeshift camps. More...

Tatmadaw Monitoring RCSS Movement in Eastern Shan State

Surveillance and inspections are reportedly being carried out in Mongton and Mong Hsat townships.   Burma Army columns are more closely monitoring of Restoration Council of...

Blocking CSSU Meeting: Government against Shan unity?

The recent government's National Reconciliation and Peace Center's (NRPC) rejection of the planned Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU) is a very unfortunate as...

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