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Description: Contains the Shan Human Rights Foundation Monthly newsletters from 1998
Source/publisher: Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF)
Date of entry/update: 2009-12-07
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Language: English
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Description: "...Shan community groups launched today a new video, The Four Cuts, documenting atrocities committed by the Burma Army during past “clearance operations” in Shan State. On December 11, 2019, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi defended Burma’s military against charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice, saying they were just carrying out “clearance operations” targeting insurgents or terrorists. The video shows the real meaning of “clearance operations” for Shan State inhabitants: brutal scorched earth campaigns – better known as “Four Cuts operations” - which have devastated and depopulated large areas of Shan State. In new video testimony, witnesses recount Burma Army atrocities committed during operations which forced about 400,000 people out of 1,800 villages in fifteen townships in central and southern Shan State. Between 1996 and 1998, over 1,000 villagers were killed, and at least 625 women and girls suffered rape and other forms of sexual violence..."
Creator/author: SHRF
Source/publisher: Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF)
2020-01-21
Date of entry/update: 2020-05-17
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Description: "Shan communities and local Members of Parliaments are holding a press conference today in Yangon, to call for an immediate cancellation of the Upper Yeywa dam in northern Shan State and the Upper Kengtawng dam in southern Shan State, citing devastating social and environmental impacts which will inflame the ongoing conflict. Both dams, still under construction, were started under the previous military regime, without informing or consulting local communities, and lie in heavily militarized conflict zones. Villagers in Hsipaw – where fighting rages until today -- have repeatedly petitioned to stop the Upper Yeywa dam on the Namtu (Myitnge) river, but efforts by Shan MPs to oppose the dam have been voted down in the Naypyidaw parliament..."
Source/publisher: Shan Human Rights Foundation
2018-12-05
Date of entry/update: 2018-12-12
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Source/publisher: Shan Human Rights Foundation
Date of entry/update: 2015-10-27
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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