ALP members extort money from Paletwa villages
13 July 2014 – Villagers in Paletwa Township, Chin State said that members of the Arakan Liberation Party forcibly collected money from them last month.
Category: Chin News
Telenor to start construction of cell towers in Chin State
12 July 2014 – Telenor, a telecommunications company from Norway, said that it would begin construction of mobile phone towers in Chin State next month.
Chin refugee family evicted from rented room in New Delhi
09 July 2014 – A Chin refugee family of five including four children were evicted from their rented room by the landlady on 1 July and have been since staying at a church building in New Delhi, India.
Four women leaders summoned to Matupi Admin Office
04 July 2014 – Four Chin women leaders of peaceful protests held in Rezua against the attempted rape of a local female farmer were summoned to the Matupi Town Administration Office.
Four die, one hospitalized after eating toxic mushrooms
04 July 2014 – Four family members died last week and one has been taken to hospital after eating poisonous mushrooms in Tuivial village, Tedim Township, Chin State last Monday.
Women and youth leaders in Matupi Township charged over demonstration
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.
Attempted rape of Chin refugee woman in New Delhi
A Chin refugee woman who bravely fought off a local Indian man who attempted to rape her has been denied justice.
Protests calling for end to raping ethnic women
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.
Matupi medical doctor demands money for free birth certificate
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.
Chin woman seriously injured during attempted rape by Burma Army soldier
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.