Shan Alliance Links

Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.)
The Shan Herald Agency for News is a private, nonprofit organization established on 27 December 1991, in Shan State. Since then, it has been publishing reports and periodicals in Shan, Burmese, English, and Thai, featuring politics, literature, human rights reporting and opinion columns. S.H.A.N. materials are read by people throughout Shan State and refugees living in Thailand. S.H.A.N. also publishes Freedom Way, an annual journal; periodic magazines such as Outlook and Knowledge; Shan-language history, literature and civics textbooks; and booklets such as Towards the Third Union of Burma and The Village of the Generals: An Inside Story. It additionally maintains a web page on Shan State at www.shanland.org (English) and www.mongloi.org (Shan).

Shan Women's Action Network (S.W.A.N)
SWAN is a founding member of the Women's League of Burma (WLB), an umbrella women's organization comprising eleven women's groups from Burma. SWAN, through its affiliation with other 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. www.shanwomen.org (English / Shan)

Shan Orphan Support (SOS)
We are a US-based, non-profit public charity (501c3 status pending). Created at the request of Southern Shan leaders, the organization is charged with promoting awareness of the Shan situation, and with providing direct financial and material support for Shan children through fundraising, networking, and assistance coordination. No salaries are drawn by staff and overhead expenses are negligible. http://www.shan-orphans.org

Shan Culture and Education Central Committee (SCEC)
Administers the operations and development of the school system inside Free Shan State. Curriculum development, teacher training, textbook publishing, material supply.
http://www.shan-orphans.org (English)

Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS)
The primary political organization representing the southern Shan people. It is committed to the ideals of freedom and democracy, and is aligned with the Shan State Army-South (SSA).
http://www.taifreedom.com/ (Shan, Thai, and Chinese)

Taigress
Welcome to my website which I created for all peoples of Shan State, inside Burma and in exile. I hope you will enjoy visiting, and please feel free to sign my guestbook before you leave, because your comments will be very much appreciated.
http://www.taigress.info/(English)

Tai-Nation. Org
Tai-Nation.Org is a non-profit Shan/Tai media organization, and its responsibility is to publish news and information on violations of human rights against Tai/Shan people in Shan State. We also wish to enlighten Shan/Tai people from the international media using English and Shan/Tai languages. This website is owned by all the members of Shan National for Democracy (Japan) which was established in 2003 for the purpose of campaigning for freedom, democracy and human rights in the Shan State of Burma/Myanmar. Although it is financed by a particular political group, this website aims to be an independent media and it is not affiliated to any political or armed group. The purpose of this website is to be open to all and to promote democracy, human rights, and self-determination of all Tai/Shan people.
http://www.tai-nation.org/ (English)

SHAN COMMONGOOD ACTION NETWORK (Loisamseep)
SCAN, Shan Commongood Active Network, will function as a Support, Research, Information and Advice Network. It is based on the concept of promoting the commongood amongst peoples of the Shan State so that they can develop good understanding of each other's feelings and bring them closer, and also for them to realise that they are not alone. We are together in our struggle for honour, truth, justice and freedom.
http://www.loisamseep.info (English)

Taifreedom
http://www.taifreedom.com (Shan language)

Tai-Culture
http://www.tai-culture.info/ (English)

Taiforfreedominfo
http://www.tai4freedom.info/ (English)

Taiforfreedom
http://uk.geocities.com/taiforfreedom/ (Shan language)

Shan youth power medial
http://www.youthpowermedia.org/ (Shan language)

Jarmtoon
http://jarmtoon.myweb.hinet.net/indexa.htm (Shan language)

Mongloi
http://www.mongloi.org/ (Shan language)

Tai Culture Homepage
http://www.namkhung.com/ (Shan language)

Mawkgon
http://uk.geocities.com/mawkgon/ (Shan language)

Shan DVB
http://www.dvb.no/ (Shan language)

Tai Centre
http://www.taicentre.org/frameset.html (English)

New Free Tiger
http://uk.geocities.com/newfreetiger/ (Shan language)

Freedom Shan State
http://shanstatenews.googlepages.com/ (Chinese)

Khun Sarng Ton Hung
http://www.khunsarngtonhung.com/ (Chinese)

Sengtien
http://www.sengtien.th.gs/ (Thai language)

Chin Human Rights Organization
Chin Human Rights Organization is working to protect and promote the rights of the Chin people.Violation of the rights of women and children, forced labour, political suppression, racial discrimination religious persecutions committed by the Burmese military regime results thousands of Chin to flee from their home country. http://www.chro.org/

Kachin Independence Organization (KIO)
Founded on February 5, 1961 by Zau Seng and his brothers Zau Tu and Zau Dan along with hundreds of Kachin youth in northern Shan State. The first operation was to attack a military base near Kutkhai, northern Shan State. In early 1961, the KIO shifted to Bamaw area in Kachin State from which they launched their operations. http://www.kachinpost.com/korgs.html

Karens
The Karens, pronounced (Ka-rans), are an indigenous people to the southeast Asian countries of Thailand and Burma. Our population numbers around 14 million in that region with the majority of the Karens living inside Burma. Traditionally, most Karens are farmers who farm the nutrient rich soils of southern Burma and eastern Thailand. The religion of the Karen majority is Animism and Buddhism although there is a sizable population of Christians among the Karens. http://www.karen.org/

Human Rights Foundation of Monland
A non-governmental local human rights organization fromed in mid-1994 with Mon Students, Mon Youths and Community Leaders who displaced from Mon's areas, southern part of Burma (or Myanmar). The main aim of this organization is: For the restoration of human rights, demoncracy and genunie peace in Burma. http://www.rehmonnya.org/

Rakhapura.com
Welcome to Rakhapura.com. This website will give you every information you want to know about Arakan and its people Arakanese, its religion, culture and literature. You can also read Arakan related news including current political and economic situation in Arakan particular and Burma in general. http://www.rakhapura.com/

Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)

Since the 1988 popular democracy movement was crushed in a ruthless crackdown by the military regime, thousands of people have been arrested, tortured and given long prison sentences for their beliefs and political activities. Moreover, even after political prisoners are released, they continue to face horrible treatment. The military uses all available means to intimidate and harass former political prisoners in order to prevent them from conducting political activities. When extraordinarily sensitive occasions take place in the country-such as the anniversary of the 1988 pro-democracy uprising-former political prisoners are usually re-arrested, interrogated and detained for an unlimited amount of time without reason. http://www.aappb.org/pp.html

All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF)
The All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF) is the largest student and youth organisation on Burma's borders. It was founded on November 1, 1988. The ABSDF is fighting for democracy and human rights in Burma alongside other democratic and ethnic nationality forces.
http://www.absdf8888.org/about/index.html

The Burma Lawyers' Council
The Burma Lawyers' Council is an independent organization which was formed in a liberated area of Burma in 1994. It is neither aligned nor it is under the authority of any political organization. Individual lawyers and legal academics have joined together of their own free will to form this organization
http://www.blc-burma.org/

Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS)
The Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS) was formed in October 1988 in order to continue Burma's unfinished democratic struggle, which was suppressed by the brutal military regime. The DPNS, with a large support base amongst the youth, including students, has played a vital role in 1990s. With its firm objectives, the DPNS demanded that the military regime, the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), must allow for the formation of an interim government, the fair and free multi-party elections and fundamental democratic rights. Many young people shared their aspirations with the DPNS and it became the second largest party in Burma, approximately 250,000 members and more than 120 branch offices countrywide.
http://www.dpns.org/aboutdpns/

The Birth Of The NCGUB
The National League for Democracy (NLD) won a resounding victory in the 1990 elections, winning over 80 percent of the Parliamentary seats at stake. The ruling military junta, then known as the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), launched a systematic campaign to prevent the NLD from forming a government. The junta also kept NLD Chairman U Tin Oo in jail and General Secretary Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
http://www.ncgub.net/index.htm

Irrawaddy
The Irrawaddy is published by the Irrawaddy Publishing Group (IPG). IPG was established in 1992 by Burmese citizens living in exile and is not affiliated with any political party or organization. The Irrawaddy seeks to promote press freedom and access to unbiased information.

We are undergoing a few changes in the year 2000, including a change of name. Burma Information Group will be known as the Irrawaddy Publishing Group (IPG) to reflect the fact that we now include other areas of Southeast Asia in our coverage. While we no longer use the word "Burma" in our name, however, we would like to retain our Burmese identity. Just as the Irrawaddy River has for centuries supported Burmese civilization, the Irrawaddy Publishing Group hopes to contribute to a flourishing culture in Burma based on the free flow of information. At the same time, like many major rivers, the Irrawaddy is not contained by national boundaries.
http://www.irrawaddy.org/ (Myanmar / English)

Mizzima News
Mizzima News was established in August 1998 by a group of Burmese journalists in exile with the aim of promoting awareness about the ongoing situation in Burma and promoting democracy and freedom of expression in Burma by improving the flow of information in and out of the country and through advocacy and lobbying.
http://www.mizzima.com/ (English)

Yoma (3) News Service
In 1998 pro-democracy activists living in the Thai-Burma border area founded Yoma (3) News Service. It was envisioned as an organization that would fill in the critical information gaps created by the total media blackout that exists inside of Burma.
http://www.yoma3.org/ (Myanmar /English)

The Online Burma/Myanmar Library
The Online Burma/Myanmar Library is a database which functions as an annotated, classified and hyperlinked index to full texts of individual Burma documents on the Internet. It also houses a growing collection of articles, conference papers, theses, books, reports, archives and directories on-site (e.g. the 17MB archive of the Burma Press Summary). The Librarian requests help from specialists to refine the structure and add content.
http://www.burmalibrary.org/ (English)

Women's League of Burma
The emergence of the union of Burma in 1948 was the outcome of a mutual understanding that the union would be one of co-equal, co-independent states, which was the spirit of the Pang Long agreement in 1947. However, after independence, the mutual understanding between the ethnic people was lost and decades of civil war ensued all over the country. These wars have especially impacted women and children. Women, particularly those belonging to ethnic minorities, have faced unnspeakable suffering, such as the death of husbands and family members, forced laboring and portering, rape, torture, extra-judicial killings, forced relocations, extortion, and confiscation of land and property by the military. The sufferings of the people escalated after the brutal crackdown on the 1988 pro-democracy movement. The current military junta has continued to systematically violate human rights, causing many citizens, including Burmans, to flee the country to bordering areas such as Bangladesh, India, and Thailand.
http://www.womenofburma.org/

Burma Digest
http://www.tayzathuria.org.uk/ (English)

Burma Independent News Agency
http://binamojo.org/index1.htm (English)

Ngu-Yin-Pyin
http://www.nguyinpyin.net/ (Myanmar)

May-Kha
https://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/maykha-l.html (Myanmar)

Khit-Pyaing
http://www.khitpyaing.org/ (Myanmar)

Hit-Taing
http://www.hittaing.org/ (Myanmar)

Burma Net News
http://www.burmanet.org/news/ (English)

Burma Daily
http://www.burmadaily.com/ (English)