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...
Khun Htun Oo : National reconciliation impossible without amending constitution
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Khun Htun Oo, the Chairman of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), has said that national reconciliation can only be possible with significant...
βThis will not happen againβ – 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 weekβs murder victims from Mong Yaw...
SSPP/SSA asks President Htin Kyaw to release detainees
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The Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) has sent President U Htin Kyaw and other senior government officials a letter calling for the...
Five Lashio villagers found dead near Burma Army camp
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Five villagers from Mong Yaw in Shan Stateβs 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...
Burma Army attacks RCSS/SSA in northern Shan State
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Burmese government forces on Monday attacked the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), according to an official from the RCSS/SSA. An RCSS/SSA official...
Tatmadaw accused of killing, arbitrary arrests near Lashio
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At least one villager was killed, while three were injured and another five arrested by the Burma Army on Saturday in northern Shan Stateβs...
Stop All Mining Operations, Say Civic Groups
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A coalition of 35 civil society organizations in Burma has issued a statement calling for the National League for Democracy-led government to suspend all...
New government, old drug policy?
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A new civilian government headed by the National League for Democracyβs (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President Htin Kyaw, took office in...





