Shan State

December 24, 2015
SNLD leader wants NLD to give consideration to human rights of...
December 15, 2015
NLD challenges victory of USDP candidate in Shan State race
December 15, 2015
Taunggyi’s civic groups support NLD trash cleanup effort
November 5, 2015
Ta’ang Party Urges Voters To Vote For Ta’ang
Mai Kaung Saing — For the upcoming election, twenty-seven candidates from the Ta’ang National Party (TNP) are running in seven townships in Shan...
November 5, 2015
Shan Candidate Unable To Participate in Advance Voting
Mya Wun Yan — A Shan Nationalities Democracy Party (SNDP) candidate has been unable to take part in advance voting in Phayar Phyu ward in Shan State...
November 4, 2015
Namhsan Township’s residents are not ready for election, Ta’ang...
Mai Kaung Saing — Residents of Namhsan Township in northern Shan State’s Palaung Self-Administered Zone are not ready for the upcoming election, Ta...
November 3, 2015
Interview with SNLD candidate Daw Nan Mya
Mya Wun Yan — “I want to address the discrepancy in underage rape cases and prison sentences,” says Daw Nan Mya from the Shan Nationalities League...
November 3, 2015
SNLD signboard destroyed inTaunggyi
Mya Wun Yan — A campaign signboard belonging to the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), that was erected on Bogyoke Road in Shan State’s...
November 2, 2015
2 polling stations in Shan State's Mantong shut due to...
Sai Kaung Saing — Two polling stations in two village tracts in northern Shan State’s Mantong Township will be closed on election day due to what...
November 2, 2015
Security situation okay for campaigning in northern Shan State...
Mai Kaung Saing — An ethnic Ta’ang party, that is running candidates in seven townships in northern Shan State, says that the ongoing conflict...
November 2, 2015
SNLD opposes vote cancellation in four Shan State townships
Mya Wun Yan — The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) issued a statement last week indicating their opposition to the Union Election...
October 28, 2015
PaO party candidate U Zaw Tun says he joined election for the...
Mya Wun Yan — “As a CSO leader, I have been working on environmental issues and land rights issues for all local ethnic people. The UPNO (United PaO...
October 27, 2015
PaO candidates say they are victims of deliberate head on...
Mya Wun Yan — A driver in Shan State attempted to deliberately crash his car head on into a vehicle carrying Union PaO National Organization (UPNO)...
October 22, 2015
Over 4,000 special police officers appointed for election duties...
Mya Wun Yan — The Myanmar Police Force has appointed more than 4,000 special police officers to provide security for the upcoming election in Shan...
October 21, 2015
Ta’ang activists hold voter education workshops for the their...
Mai Kaung Saing — After forming a partnership, the Ta’ang Students and Youth Union (TSYU) and the Ta’ang Women’s Organization (TWO) have been giving...