Tag: Shan State
Regime Steps Up Arrests In Shan State
The military detained five youths from the town of Aye Thayar in Taunggyi District, accusing them of providing financial support to the local People's...
Civilians Taken By Shan State Armed Groups
Ethnic armed groups (EAGs) have repeatedly abducted civilians during their war for territory in Shan State. Just last week, the Shan State Progress Party...
Hundreds Of Junta Soldiers Arrive In Nawngkio Township
The Mandalay People's Defence Force (PDF) and the Burma Army (BA) are battling it out in Nawngkio Township, northern Shan State, after 200 regime...
SSPP, RCSS Abducting Villagers For Armies In Southern Shan State
Communities live in fear of being forced to join armed Shan groups fighting over territory in southern Shan State. . Wan Mai residents have been hiding...
Martial Law Reinstated In Taunggyi
Martial law was reinstated in Taunggyi Township in southern Shan State after the killing of a local leader. Article 144 of Burma's Penal Code, which...
Youths Accused Of Killing Southern Shan State Leader
The Burma Army (BA) has arrested ten youths accused of killing a local leader in Nyaung Shwe, southern Shan State. . A youth requesting anonymity told...
Armed Groups Abduct Villagers In Northern Shan State
Ethnic armed organisations have detained civilians accused of dealing in illegal drugs, with one of the incidents escalating into a shootout in Mongmit Township,...
Junta Indicts Convicted Shan Lawmaker
Dr Lin Htut, the former Shan State Chief Minister who was imprisoned after the military overthrew the National League for Democracy (NLD) government on...
Child Wounded By Shelling In Kutkai Township
A three-year-old boy was seriously injured by shrapnel after a shell hit a house during fighting between the Burma Army (BA) and the Kachin...
Child Killed During Clashes In Northern Shan State
A 12-year-old was killed and another civilian injured by gunfire during fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Burma Army (BA) in...
