29 June 2010: [Note: Due to various reasons and purposes, the Chin people have spread throughout the world, settling in different countries. In attempts to create a network where Chin Christians worldwide can share, communicate and collaborate for the spiritual and physical development, some Chin Christian leaders met for the first time in Thailand in February 2010.
Interviews
An Exclusive Interview With Zoya Phan
11 June 2010: [CG Note: Zoya Phan, International Coordinator of Burma Campaign UK (BCUK), is a well-recognised Karen activist, tirelessly travelling and campaigning for freedom, human rights and democracy in Burma.
Born and grown up as a refugee in the remote jungles of Burma to the Karen ethnic nationalaity, Zoya Phan was eventually able to escape, first to Bangkok and then, with her enemies still pursuing her, in 2004 she fled to the UK and claimed asylum.
Interview With Outgoing ZBC GS Rev. M. Thawng Kam
[CG Note: Rev. M. Thawng Kam, an outgoing General Secretary of Zomi Baptist Convention (ZBC), now succeeded by Rev. Dennis Ngun Thawng Mang, was travelling in Europe in April, 2009, meeting Chin communities and churches in Norway, Denmark and Germany.
Exclusive Interview With Benedict Rogers, Author of Than Shwe’s Biography
[CG Note: Benedict Rogers, East Asia Team Leader of Christian Solidarity Worldwide UK, has been actively involved in Burma issues for more than 10 years. He has travelled extensively on human rights fact-finding missions to Burma on the Thai-China-and-India-Burma borders and has also contributed enormously towards helping the 'voiceless' peoples of Burma by speaking and writing for and on their behalf.
His much-awaited book Than Shwe: Unmasking Burma's Tyrant is due to be published next month, May 2010, with a foreword by Vaclav Havel, former President of Czech Republic. In this exclusive interview by Chinland Guardian, Van Biak Thang talked to Benedict Rogers more about Burma's secretive junta chief Than Shwe.
Chin National Day: Interview with Pu Lian Uk
19 February 2010: [CG Note: Pu Lian Uk is an elected Member of Parliament of the 1990 General election in Burma as an independent. He was also a former Secretary of Chin Literature and Culture Sub-committee, of the Rangoon University during his student life. He is a former political prisoner in Burma for leading the Chin federal movement of the 1970s and for submitting the "Proposals from Chin Youth" to the military regime demanding federalism for the Union of Burma. He is one of the founding members of the Chin Forum and is presently residing in the USA.
Interview With Founding Director of CAD Kung Za Hmung
18 Feburary 2010 [CG Note: In the wake of mautam-caused food crisis in Burma’s Chin State, CAD (Country Agency for Rural Development) has been actively involved in responding to alleviate the effects and helping those victims suffering from starvation.
Chin National Day: Interview With Salai Kipp Kho Lian
[CG Note: Salai Kipp Kho Lian, one of the founding members of the Chin Forum, was born in Meiktila, Burma. While studying Architecture at the Rangoon Institute of Technology he was detained by the Burmese military junta in 1972 for 13 months for taking part as a signatory of the Proposal of Chin Youth demanding Federal Democracy System for the country. In 1974, he took part during the U Thant funeral Strike and was arrested again along with 10,000 other demonstrators inside the Rangoon University campus. He took part actively in organizing the Thakhin Ko Daw Hmaing Centennial Strike in 1976.
SPDC's Upcoming Election: Interview with Dr. Salai Ngun Cung Lian
[CG Note: Dr. Salai Ngun Cung Lian, one of the Chin Forum Managing Board Members, who was born in East-Maraland, Burma, received a Burmese Refugee Scholarship from the United States Information Agency in 1996 and earned his BA in International Economics and Cultural Affairs from Valparaiso University and his LL.M from the IU School of Law – Bloomington in 2001.
Interview with Director of Burma Democratic Concern (BDC)
12 November 2009 [CG Note: London-based Burma Democratic Concern (BDC), founded in 2008, has been noted for its strong campaigns and lobbying activities both inside and outside Burma to restore democracy, human rights and rule of law in Burma. Recently, BDC was publicly attacked in one of the state-owned Burmese language daily newspapers. Director of Burma Democratic Concern (BDC), Myo Thein, talks about BDC, its activities and 2010 elections in Burma.]
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Founded in 1995, CHRO is the primary rights-based advocacy organization for the Chin people and has worked with Chin communities throughout the world continuously since the very beginning.