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Civic groups demand justice for Lashio victims

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

Khun Htun Oo, the Chairman of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), has said that national reconciliation can only be possible with significant...

β€˜This will not happen again’ – army commander says of Lashio murders

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...

SSPP/SSA asks President Htin Kyaw to release detainees

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

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

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

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

At least one villager was killed, while three were injured and another five arrested by the Burma Army on Saturday in northern Shan State’s...

Stop All Mining Operations, Say Civic Groups

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?

A new civilian government headed by the National League for Democracy’s (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President Htin Kyaw, took office in...

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