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November 19, 2015
Eastern Shan State Election Collapse for Shan Parties
The three Shan parties all lost seats in eastern Shan State to the the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and Aung San Suu...
The funeral pyre for the two young victims. ( Sai Mon; Facebook)
November 19, 2015
Homemade Explosive Accidentally Kills Two Girls in Laikha Township
A crude explosive device detonated and killed two girls and injured three others who played with it on 16 November in southern Shan State’s Laikha...
November 16, 2015
Burma's Vice President Accused of Rigging His Re-Election
A Burmese Vice President has been accused of vote rigging in Burma’s general election by the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) and the...
Internally displaced refugees arrive in Laikha, central Shan State. (Photo: Facebook)
November 16, 2015
Burma Army Fires on IDPs Displacing 2,000
The Burma Army fired long-range mortar shells at a high school in Kesi Township serving as a safe house for internally displaced civilians (IDPs) for...
November 11, 2015
Burma Army Soldiers Allegedly Rob Shan State Civilians One Day after...
Burma Army soldiers allegedly robbed two civilians by the side of the road in Kesi Township yesterday, according to a representative from the Shan...
A Burma Army helicopter flies over Wan Hai, Kesi Township. (Photo: Zanhok Hengjai / Facebook)
November 11, 2015
Burma Army Launch Airstrikes Against Shan State Army-North
The Burma Army launched airstrikes from helicopters near to the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army-North (SSPP/SSA-N) headquarters in Wan Hai...
November 11, 2015
SNLD Claims Shan State Election Victory
At 4pm on 9 November, 24 hours after polls shut the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) published an open letter on social media saying...
November 11, 2015
Burma Army Shoots Two Civilians in Shan State on Election Day
As election polls closed on 8 November, Burma Army soldiers shot two civilians, one a child, as they were leaving their paddy fields in southern Shan...
November 10, 2015
USDP Member Steals Son’s Vote
A member of the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) allegedly voted on behalf of his son—who then tried to vote again—in a...
November 10, 2015
SNDP and SNLD Candidates: Advanced Voting not Transparent
On the day before Burma’s 8 November election, candidates from the two major Shan parties shared concerns with SHAN about the reliability of the...
November 10, 2015
100,000 Lose Vote in Central Shan State Because Polls Cancelled
Due to voting being cancelled in two townships, over 100,000 central Shan State citizens were unable to cast votes on 8 November, local election...
November 9, 2015
Panglong Voters Speak out at the Polls
Many voters coming out of polling stations in Panglong, Loillem Township, Southern Shan State told SHAN reporters who interviewed them that they were...