Over 100 Chin refugees protest on World Refugee Day in Delhi
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.
Category: Chin News
Chin refugee women abused in their workplace
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.
Ten-year-old Chin refugee boy slashed in New Delhi
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.
Commodity prices increase as govt to give pay rise
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.
Ahead of by-elections, commission offices to open locally
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.
Time-bomb explodes in Tedim, no casualties reported
28 March 2014: An explosive device, believed to be a time-bomb, went off in front of the Chin National Front liaison office in Tedim town, Chin State yesterday.
Western Union to open in Chin State’s Hakha
27 March 2014: The first Western Union service in Chin State will be available for sending and receiving money soon as the Co-operative Bank Ltd., better known across the country as CB Bank, is scheduled to open next month.
Magwe authorities behind Yesagyo Chin pastor’s court case
26 March 2014: Rev. Zun Hlei Sum has been sued under the official instruction of the Magwe Region government, the Yesagyo Township Court heard yesterday.
Chin Chief Minister urged to move pagoda construction site
22 March 2014: Over 130 residents in Sami town, Paletwa Township, Chin State are reiterating their call on the Chin government to change the location of a Buddhist pagoda being built in the centre of a reserved area.
Over 60 percent of land unusable for agriculture in Chin State
Delhi, India – 20 March 2014: Chin researcher Salai Vum Za Piang, aka Salai PP, highlighted during his presentation in Delhi, India that the vast majority of land in Chin State is unsuitable for cultivation.