August 10, 2011

Video footage of IDPs in hiding in northern Shan State; villagers fleeing from the Wan Hai area across the Pang River in early August; an interview with a villager whose house was burned down.

Press release: Over 30,000 displaced by Burma Army attacks face humanitarian crisis in northern Shan State |Burmese|English|Shan|Thai

Summary of fighting: Update of fighting incidents in Northern Shan State

Summary of Human Rights abuses:Update summary of Human Rights Abuses in Northern Shan State

Number of IDPs during Burma Army offensive in Northern Shan State

July 14, 2011

Press release:Burma Army gives rapists free rein in northern Shan State offensive |Burmese|English|Shan|Thai|Chinese|

Summary of rape: Rape cases documented during Burma Army offensive in nothern Shan State Since 13 March 2011

Summary of Human Rights abuses: Update of human rights abuses committed by Burma Army reported in northern and central Shan State during Burma Army offensive (11 April 2011- July 2011)

Summary of fighting: Update of incidents of fighting between Burma Army and Shan State Army North (11 April 2011- 12 July 2011)

Map: Burma Army Offensive in Northern Shan State (13 March - 13 July, 2011)

12 April 2011

Press release: Community groups denounce widespread atrocities against civilians as Burmese regime breaks ceasefire in northern Shan State

Press release in |Burmese|Chinese|English|Shan|Thai|

Summary of Human Rights abuses in Northern Shan State |English|Shan|Thai|

Summary of fighting incidents in Northern Shan State |Burmese|English|Shan|Thai|

Maps | Burma Army offensive | Human Rights abuses|

Licence to Rape in Chinese and French versions is out!

In Chinese

In French

14 December 2010

Press release:

New dam in China disrupts river trade at major Burma border crossing

                                                                     Chinese version

A recently built dam on the Longjiang (Nam Mao or Shweli) river in Yunnan Province of China has severely disrupted the livelihoods of about 16,000 villagers living in the Mao Valley along the northern Shan State border in Burma. English Version: Chinese Version:

10 November 2010

Press release:

SWAN denounces Burma Army build-up and rape in central Shan  State

Chinese version

                                 

2010 SWAN English newsletter is out!

17 October 2010

Press release by Shan community-based organisations

Shan artists pool talent to expose sham 2010 elections

17 August 2010

Press release: New rail link to eastern Shan State spells war escalation

                                  Chinese version

Burma Army tracks across Shan State

Forbidden Glimpses of Shan State

A guidebook giving tourists an alternative view of Shan State by providing a pictorial exposé of the deliberate neglect, destruction and reinvention of local cultural and historical sites.

The Shan Women's Action Network (SWAN)

SWAN is a network of Shan women active in Shan State and Thailand, set up on 28 March 1999. Its mission is to work on gender equality and justice for Shan women in the struggle for social and political change in Burma through community-based actions, research and advocacy.

SWAN is a founding member of the Women’s League of Burma (WLB), an umbrella women’s organization comprising thirteen women’s groups from Burma.SWAN, through its affiliation with local, regional and international women's organizations, establishes common platforms to promote the role of women from Burma in the struggle for democracy and human rights in their country.

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