More than one hundred villagers from new Kone Thar village in Kyaukme Township had fled since January 2 due to daily skirmishes between Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS/SSA) and Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA). As RCSS troops stationed at the top of Kone Thar village and locals are fleeing to Ohn Ngan village because […]
Large artillery shells from the fighting between Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS/SSA), fell in Nyaung Sui and Mai Hon villages in Namtu Township on 5 January, burning down two houses. A villager was killed on the spot due to a gunshot wound. Tensions between the two armies have […]
SYSTEMATIC WAR CRIMES AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS PERPETRATED BY THE TATMADAW IN TA’ANG AREAS OF NORTHERN SHAN STATE Download Report
Three villagers living in Muse and Namkham Townships were arrested on May 29, 2020 by the Infantry Division 99 of the Burmese Army. After three months of no information on where about they were, some villagers found their bodies on August 20 and informed the Muse police station. Then, they dug out the bodies and […]
On August 30, Burmese Army shot and killed 33-year-old Ah Tun and buried his body in a farm in Phalai village, Panthapyay village tract, Mong Yaw Division, Lashio District in northern Shan State. When Ah Tun was sleeping in the farm and Burmese army troops coming from Nong Khio village shot and killed him and […]
The Burmese Army’s Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 361, at 9 am on August 30, opened fire on Mai Pan Sar and Mai Aik Aung in Man Kan Village, Panthapyay Tract, Mong Yaw Township, Northern Shan State, and one of them died on the spot and other one escaped. In the incident, Mai Aik Aung and […]
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