‘Can we ensure equal status in a federal Burma?’ ask ethnic youths
Several participants questioned whether equal rights would prevail for those ethnic minorities that do not have their own state or administrative region.
Several participants questioned whether equal rights would prevail for those ethnic minorities that do not have their own state or administrative region.
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Medical staff at a local government hospital in Pacha Klo village in Hsihseng township in the Pa-O Self-Administrated Zone in Shan State have been absent from their posts, causing the deaths of sickly locals that could otherwise have been prevented.
People from self-administrated zones in Shan State take to the streets in a call to end regional conflicts and greater acceptance of ethnic groups.
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Delegates from the Pa-O National Liberation Organisation and the Shan State Army-South/ Restoration Council of Shan State failed to find an agreement on a territory dispute during a day of talks at the SSA headquarters in Loi Taileng on 11 September.
Tensions between the PNLA and the Shan State Army-South boil over following earlier incidents in the Mauk Mae area.
An opposition party member in Taunggyi, Shan State, was found dead outside his village on Thursday morning with a gunshot wound to the head.
A Pa-O militia dismissed reports that the armed group forced members from the National League for Democracy to resign at gunpoint last month
An armed militia in northeastern Burma’s Shan state forced more than 50 National League for Democracy members at gunpoint to resign from the party on Sunday following a land dispute
The Pa-O National Liberation Organisation opened their first liaison office last Saturday after signing a ceasefire deal with the government last year
Oct 20, 2008 (DVB), Pa-O National Liberation Organisation fighters mounted an attack last week on the former headquarters of the Shan State Nationalities Liberation Organisation, which was occupied by Burmese[…]