2005

Army girl raped by army man

 

Crossborder shrine to be restored

 

Farmers caught in the crossfire

 

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Hundreds feared lost in gemland landslide

Some 200-300 workers might have perished during the torrential rain that led to the collapse of a number of excavations in the gemland of Monghsu, 189 miles (300 km) northeast of Taunggyi, on 3 July ...

Hundreds fleeing from hot spot township

 

Shan warrior king to be honored

 

International seminar on Shan culture switches time and venue

 

Chinese schools ordered closed

Three schools teaching Chinese in Eastern Shan State have been closed since 7 July on the order issued by the Triangle Region Command based in Kengtung, said sources ...

400 new political refugees in Thailand

 

Catwalk: A report for MWAF

Two Mon rights groups today launched Catwalk to the Barracks, the 4th and latest in a series of rape reports in 3 years that further incriminates the Burma Army of sexual violations in the Mon area ...

People urged to stop using MSG

 

Shans move out

 

Rice shortage forcing more people to leave

One of the main reasons for massive departures into Thailand has been alluded by Shan relief workers in Chiangmai as the shortage of rice, the staple food in most Asian countries ...

Army plunders paddy seedlings

"Army units in northern Rakhine State, ignoring the order that they have to cultivate rice themselves, are forcing the Rohingya people to work for them," he said.

Shan couple earns 3 R’s

The Burma Army has been consistently charged by rights groups as a blatant violator of human rights ...

Child rapist to go free or else, says Army

Military authorities in Monghsat have warned the local populace not to go ahead with their planned lawsuit against an enlisted man accused of molesting a 4-year old girl earlier this month, reports S.H.A.N.'s special correspondent from the border:

Burma Army, as barbaric as in the last millennium

One of the sacrifices in the Ho Mong Pagoda in 2001 was Nong Hsep, age 6, daughter of Loong Kham and Nang Kyi (age 30) and her elder brother was Sai Mai Ngern ...

Junta troops shoot a villager to death

A Burmese patrol from Light Infantry Battalion 246 based in Kunhing township, Southern Shan State, led by Sergeant Aung Kyaw Moe, shot a villager to death in Laikam on July 3, said a source from Kunhing...

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Still no signs of outlawing license to rape

 

More garrisons for more abuses

As more army units are being created and relocated in key areas in northern Shan State, the number of reports on the army excesses have also been correspondingly on the rise, report sources from the Thai border:

No stopping the girls leaving home

Burma has recently promulgated the anti-human trafficking law. Which in effect means women under 25 cannot cross the border between Burma’s Tachilek and Thailand’s Maesai without special authorization...

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Re: Army plunders paddy seedlings, NMG, 13 September 2005

We accept Muslim people of Arakan as an integral part of Rakhine state, but not under the so-called ethnic rohingya. They are increasingly pushing their issue with might and main in order to get an ethnic status, and then they can create a separate territory inside Arakanland.

Too many toll booths, too much squeeze

“There are altogether 130 gates,” said a trucker from Taunggyi, “and when I got through the last one, all that’s left out of my whole one-trip payment (100,000 kyat, about $100) was a mere 5,000 kyat ($5)

Karenni refugees prepare to escape deluge

Karenni refugees from camp (2), Mae Hong Sorn province, northern Thailand, were getting ready to relocate due to overflow of Mae Sariang River...

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Taxis boycott bridge tolls

"Taxis which charge 3 yuan per passenger stopped their services saying the bridge toll is too high," said a local resident.

Update: Junta launches new scorched earth campaign

In a move highly reminiscent to the 1996-98 campaign that had displaced 300,000 people from their ancestral homes and fields, the Burma Army is again launching a new drive that began last month to realign scattered villages in southern Shan State in an effort to isolate the resistance from the local populace, according to latest reports received by S.H.A.N...

Burglary scare in Rangoon markets

Rumors of widespread burglaries have scared owners into downing their shutters early in Rangoon. More and more people are being affected because of this, according to the Free Information Group. Acute financial distress is said to be forcing many from the suburbs to resort to burglary...

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S.H.A.N. under fire

The Shan group that professes to be the interim government of Burma's Shan State has lambasted the Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) for its report, "Shan FM faces the sack," 1 November 2005, as "groundless slanderous rumor-mongering and character assassination"...

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Local Burmese military rulers force people to buy calendars

Extortion by the rulers takes different forms in Burma. In Muse, Northern Shan State for instance the local Burmese military authorities have been forcing people in the town to buy calendars with a picture of the Pagoda in Lashio...

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Feedback: She makes a place to call home for Shans

However, if I can possibly be of any help and assistance to anyone, I can be contacted on the following e-mail address:...

WLB to launch White Ribbon Campaign

A 16-day campaign urging men to wear white ribbons as a personal pledge "never to commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women" is to be launched by Women's League of Burma (WLB) beginning 25 November, says woman activist Nang Hseng Noung...

Fear, ignorance raises risk of HIV in migrant workers

Fear and lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS is driving many migrant workers from Burma to make confidential phone calls to a centre in Chiang Mai that offers counseling, residents and staff of the centre say...

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Shans to commemorate 10th anniversary of a famous singer death

Shans, in Wiang Haeng district, are preparing to hold a ceremony in memory of Sai Moo, a well-know Shan singer and composer, whose passing away will be 10 years on December 26, in Piang Luang village, Wiang Haeng district, Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand from 30 December 2005 1 January 2006...

Hired cattle drovers shot through their hearts

7 cattle drovers were shot to death by a Mongmit-based Light Infantry Battalion 348 last month, according to sources from northern Shan State...

Crackdown follows Shan New Year

Authorities in northern Shan State have launched an operation against some prominent organizers of the recent Shan New Year celebrations that ended on 2 December, according to several sources from the border...

Living on Edge

“Don’t point, don’t wave across,” Sai Awn (not his real name), a middle-aged Shan man sitting next to me said. “It is very tense here. They don’t like it when people over here do that,” he muttered, gesturing towards the buildings in the distance...

Self help Shan migrant society in Chiangmai

Three Shan groups in Chiangmai's Fang area, with the largest migrant population in the north, have concluded a pact to work together, reports Tawng Tai...

Robbery attempt near police box

Three unidentified robbers tried unsuccessfully to snatch away a marketgoer's purse on 26 December near a police box but police officers have yet to come out to investigate the incident, according to sources from Muse, opposite China's Ruili...

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