Shan Human Rights Foundation
Acronym
SHRF
Non Governmental organization
Non-profit organization
Website
Phone number
+66(0)93- 297-7754
Location
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai
Thailand
Postal address
P.O. Box 201, Prasingh P.O.
Working languages
Burmese
Thai
English
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization which was founded on 6 December 1990 by its late founding Chairman, Khun Kya Oo.
Our Aims:
- To strive for human rights and restore justice to the victims;
- To promote democracy in accordance with the desire and will of the people, and establish a popular government based on democratic principles;
- To strive for unity, equality and cooperation;
- To strive for world peace, freedom and prosperity.
Our Activities:
- SHRF monitors the human rights situation in Shan State, focusing on remote conflict-affected areas. SHRF documents human rights violations, producing updates and reports which are sent to relevant organizations and the media, inside Burma and internationally.
- SHRF also carries out research and periodically publishes detailed reports on specific issues related to human rights in Shan State.
Members:
Resources
Displaying 11 - 12 of 12Charting the Exodus from Shan State: Patterns of Shan refugee flow into northern Chiang Mai province of Thailand 1997-2002
Reports & Research
Myanmar
This report gives quantitative evidence in support of claims that there has been a large influx of Shans arriving
into northern Thailand during the past 6 years who are genuine refugees fleeing persecution and not simply
migrant workers. This data was based on interviews with 66,868 Shans arriving in Fang District of northern
Chiang Mai province between June 1997 and December 2002,
The data shows that almost all the new arrivals came from the twelve townships in Central Shan State where