Press release by Action for Shan State Rivers
October 27, 2020
Local communities welcome withdrawal of Swiss company Stucky from Upper Yeywa dam project
Communities living along the Namtu/Myitnge ...
Indiscriminate shelling, torture, looting by Burma Army during large-scale offensive against RCSS/SSA in southern Kyaukme
Since September 30, 2020, the Burma Army has been carrying out a ...
Three villagers tortured by Burma Army on suspicion of being RCSS/SSA “spies” in Mong Kung, southern Shan State
On September 20, 2020, three villagers tending cattle near Loi Don mountain, Mong ...
On July 24, 2020, a Burma Army soldier attempted to rape a local woman working on her farm, only about 200 meters from his military base, 10 miles south of Mong Ton, eastern Shan ...
47 farmers are facing charges for trespassing on their own farmlands, seized by the Burma Army at Kho Lam, Namzarng township, where the Eastern Central Regional Command is ...
We, the undersigned Shan community groups, support the mass protest on July 10 by Kyaukme residents demanding justice for their fellow villagers who were killed, tortured and wounded by the Burma ...
In the last week of June, hundreds of Burma Army troops from five battalions carried out an offensive operation against NCA signatory RCSS/SSA in Kyaukme, northern Shan State, committing grave human ...
In June 2020, Over 800 Burma Army troops have been deployed to eastern Mong Hsat in June 2020, reinforcing bases along the Thai border around Loi Kaw Wan IDP camp. This is causing fear among the over ...
