26 June 2014: Local women reported to the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) that women and youth leaders in Matupi Township face charges for demonstrating without permission. The demonstrations they held last week in Matupi and Rezua in protest at sexual violence against ethnic women passed off peacefully.
A Chin refugee woman who bravely fought off a local Indian man who attempted to rape her has been denied justice.
25 June 2014 – Hundreds of people staged separate peaceful protests in Rezua and Matupi, Chin State on Monday and Tuesday, calling for an immediate end to sexual violence against ethnic women.
24 June 2014 – Dr. Zaw Thein Kyaw in Matupi, Chin State demanded thousands of money for a birth certificate, which is supposed to be free of charge.
23 June 2014 – A Chin woman was subjected to a brutal beating during an attempted rape by a Burma Army soldier from Light Infantry Battalion No. 269 in Rezua Sub-township, Chin State on 10 June.
Delhi, 22 June 2014 – More than 100 Chin refugees protested in front of the UNHCR Office in Delhi, India on Friday, demanding legal protection and services in the Indian city.
19 June 2014 – On 9 May 2014, a group of Chin refugee women were assaulted by Indian colleagues in their workplace, on the orders of their Indian boss. The physical assault came after they had already faced discrimination and verbal abuse while working as waitresses at Indian wedding celebrations, which usually take place at night.
19 June 2014 – Local Indian teenagers viciously attacked a ten year-old Chin refugee boy, slashing his abdomen while he was playing with friends near his home in New Delhi on 6 June 2014. The attack was unprovoked.
23 April 2014: A surge in prices of consumer goods has hit markets in Chin State following the announcement of pay increase to civil servants by the government of Burma since February this year.
21 April 2014: The Election Commission of Chin State is to open offices in townships and districts ahead of the forthcoming by-elections and the 2015 General Elections.
