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Arrested Man Nar school principal brought to court for the first time

Principal of the Man Nar village primary school Daw Than Than Myo, who was arrested on December 28 last year, was brought to court for the first time on January 11, 2021. Primary School Principal Daw Than Than Myo’s first court presence was only lasted for few minutes and she was brought back, said a […]

RCSS troops loot people’s houses and belongings of the war refugees

Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS/SSA) soldiers got into the houses and took belongings of the villagers while the villagers from Loi Ting village tract in Kyaukme township fled to Kyaukme town due to fighting started on December 25. Fighting broke out between Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) and Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS/SSA) […]

Sixty houses destroyed in military tension between TNLA and RCSS

The heavy weaponry shelling destroyed 60 houses of civilians due to heavy fighting between Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and Ta’ang National Liberation Army in Totsan and Nyaung Maung village tracts since January 4. In Totsan village tract, there were sporadic clashes on January 2 and heavy fighting between two groups started on Independence […]

Six Upper Man Loi villagers abducted by KIA on border dispute between two villages

Six villagers from upper Man Loi village who were cutting firewood at the junction of upper Man Loi and Ho Pat villages in Namsan Township, Ta’ang (Palaung) Self-administrative region in northern Shan State, were abducted by Kachin Independent Army (KIA) on January 10.    There was a dispute on village border between villagers from two […]

Some Houses and A Monastery Destroyed on Explosion of 6 Artillery Shells in Panchin Village

Six artillery shells dropped and exploded in Panchin village and some houses and a monastery were destroyed, said locals. The shells came from the fighting between Ta’ang Natinal Liberation Army (TNLA) and Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS/SSA) along the road between Panchin and Loklae villages Narsai village tract, Namtu township in northern Shan State […]

War refugees need food and utensils

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 […]

A villager killed and two houses burnt due to artillery shelling

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 […]

Peace Never Came

SYSTEMATIC WAR CRIMES AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS PERPETRATED BY THE TATMADAW IN TA’ANG AREAS OF NORTHERN SHAN STATE Download Report

Body of a local villager found being shot and buried in a hillside cultivation farm

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 […]