While the coronavirus pandemic is overwhelming the world, the Burma Army is committing war crimes with impunity in Northern Shan State, including arbitrary arrest, torture and killing of innocent villagers. Ta’ang communities are now being threatened by both the pandemic and these serious human right violations. In March 2020 alone, there have been 18 cases […]
A 27-year-old Ta’ang woman, “Lway Sein” (not her real name), was raped by two Burma Army soldiers, out of uniform but holding pistols, when she went to a tea farm at about 1.30 pm on 10 May, 2019, in Namsan township, Northern Shan State. Burma Army Battalions no. 258, 252 and 255, under the control […]
Statement by Ta’ang Civil Society Organization on the torture and killing of six women prisoners of war by the Burmese Tatmadaw July 20,2018 Six nurses from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) were arrested and detained at around 1:30 pm on 11 June, 2018 at Awe Law village, Khone Nyaung tract, Mantong township by the […]
This report is a compilation of human rights violations documented by TWO’s field workers between March 2011 and March 2016 in areas they have been able to access in the following townships and sub-townships of northern Shan State: Namkham, Namsan, Mogoke, Mongmit, Muse, Kutkhai, Tarmonye, Namtu, Mantong and Tangyan