Reports

Update By the Shan Human Rights Foundation Summary Renewed efforts by the United Wa State Army’s Hong Pang conglomerate, backed by the SAC regime, to push through construction of two factories on

Update By the Shan Human Rights Foundation Summary During the past year, the Mandalay-based conglomerate Ngwe Yi Pale and the Burma Army have expanded their coal mining operations in war-torn northern Shan

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation Summary There are currently six camps along the Shan-Thai border, housing about 6,200 refugees (many of whom are categorized as “internally displaced persons” or IDPs,

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation In 2004, Ngwe Yi Pale Company began coal mining in Nam Matract of Hsipaw township. The mining has destroyed farmlands and irrigation sources, and caused

Update By the Shan Human Rights Foundation Summary In January 2016, Burma’s state media reported that Naypyidaw was proceeding with four new hydropower dams on the Namtu (Myitnge or Dokhtawaddy) River, three

Update By the Shan Human Rights Foundation In response to strong community resistance to gold mining in Mong Len, eastern Shan State, the Shan State Mining Minister ordered the mining to stop

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation Since 2007, over ten companies have been digging for gold in the “Loi Kham” hills between the town of Ta Ler and the Mekong River,

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation SUMMARY This report gives quantitative evidence in support of claims that there has been a large influx of Shans arriving into northern Thailand during the