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...
Peace committee meeting in Yangon, renewed military offensives and IDP abuse in Shan State
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While Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army-North (SSPP/SSA-N) representatives continued meeting with government officials in Yangon yesterday regarding ongoing armed conflict, the Burma Army...
IDPs “dare not go home” as Burma Army reinforces troops during informal ceasefire
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The Burma Army allegedly reinforced troops and military equipment to central Shan State on Friday night after agreeing to an informal ceasefire with the...
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...
Homemade explosive detonates, killing two girls in Laikha Township
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A crude explosive device detonated and killed two girls yesterday after it was handled by children in southern Shan State’s Laikha Township, according to...
Shan parties collapse in eastern Shan State election
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As votes are tallied after Burma’s November 8 general election in eastern Shan State, it is confirmed that the region’s three Shan parties lost...
Opposition parties accuse Burma’s Vice President of vote rigging in his own re-election
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The Vice President of Burma has been accused of vote rigging in Burma’s general election by the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) and...
Burma Army fires on known IDP site, displacing 2,000
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For five hours yesterday, the Burma Army fired long-range mortar shells at a high school in Kesi Township serving as a safe house for...
