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The Biggest Anti-Junta Protest Continued Amid Warnings

The biggest anti-junta protest ever since the student-led 1988 uprising continued in Yangon amid warnings and threats of clampdown from the military government. The escalating yet peaceful demonstration led by the Buddhist monks was joined by supporters including university students and local people as well as Buddhist nuns.

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Buddhist Monks Led Democracy Uprising in Burma Cross Ethnic Religious Line; The Chins Join In

Some said history is repeating in Burma after 1988 uprising broke out 19 years ago. The current Burma ‘s uprising led by the monks gain it momentum last week as thousands of Burmese laymen joined and supported the demonstrations, the biggest mass demonstrations in Burma after 1988 pro-democracy uprising.

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Chin Christians Join Buddhist Monks in Anti Junta Protest

As the anti junta protest led by Buddhist monks in Burma is spreading out like a wild fire in the whole country, Chin Christians around the world joined the protesters by observing September 23 as a day of prayer for positive change in Burma .

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Chin Cultural Night in Melbourne, Australia

Chin Cultural Night organized by the Hornbill Chin Association of Australia was successfully held on September 21, 2007 at Maroondah City Council Hall in Melbourne, Australia.

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The Biggest Chin Christian Organization Urges Worldwide Chin Community To Support Buddhist Monks In Prayer

The Chin Baptist Fellowship of America (CBFA) the biggest Chin Christian organization outside of the country make an announcement today from Washington DC urging worldwide Chin Christians community to hold prayer service in support of Burmese Buddhist monks who have been protesting in various town of Burma against the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) since August.

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Principal of Chin Christian College Visited Institutions in The UK

London, UK: Rev. Dr. Henry Siang Kung, Principal of Chin Christian College (CCC) in Hakha, Chin State, is making a seven-week trip to the UK to visit institutions in order to observe and learn about educational systems.

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Burma’s strategic Consultation on China concluded

Ottawa, Canada: Concentrating on the critical roles played by China in Burma’s democratic reforms and aiming to persuade China to get on board in the ongoing struggle for democratization in Burma, the Burmese native scholars, political leaders, non-Burman ethnic leaders, and activists representing various organizations from different countries held a two-day long strategic consultation under the leadership of the Canadian Friends of Burma (CFOB) in Ottawa, Canada from 29-30 August, 07, where the participants thoroughly discussed means and ways to deal China in a realistic terms, ensuring that China supports the emergence of the democratic government in the Union of Burma.

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Chin Christian Fellowship In Denmark Held Its 4th Annual Conference Successfully

The fourth annual conference organised and hosted by Denmark Chin Christian Fellowship (DCCF) ended successfully on Sunday, last week. It was held from 13th July to 15th July, 2007 in Ribe, the oldest town of Denmark , in the southwest Jutland .

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Chins held the intra-ethnic Constitution Consultative meeting

Chiangmai, Thailand: Leaders of the Chin Forum and the Chin National Council, the biggest alliance of the Chin political parties and civil societies working for the common interests of the Chin people, have successfully concluded their first ever joint Chinland Constitution Consultative Meeting dated 24 – 28 of July, 2007 at the Thai-Burma border.

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The 6th Seminar on the State Constitutions gets kicked off

Chiangmai, Thailand: Scheduled for five days from the 16th to 20th July, 2007, the 6th Seminar on State Constitutions, attended by representatives from the seven major ethnic nationalities groups of Burma, the Arakan, the Chin, the Kachin, the Karen, the Karenni, the Mon, and the Shan, gets kicked off at the Thai-burma border area.