Police destroy 566 acres of poppy fields in Chin State
10 January 2015 – Police forces in Chin State carried out three operations against poppy plantations in the northern township of Tonzang, destroying a total of 566.81 acres.
Category: National
President Thein Sein to be invited to Chin National Day in Hakha
06 January 2015 – Burma’s President Thein Sein will be invited to attend the celebration of Chin National Day this year, according to the meeting of the Chin State government today.
New UN Special Rapporteur to visit Burma
15 July 2014 – Ms. Yanghee Lee, the new United Nations Special Rapporteur on Burma, is to make her first official trip to the country at the invitation of the government this Thursday.
Chin political party adds voice to growing calls to scrap controversial law on religion
Rangoon, 22 June 2014 – A leading Chin political party has said that Burma’s proposed religious conversion bill, if enacted into law, would violate the 2008 constitution, as well as fundamental human rights guaranteed under the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.
Burma urged to scrap religious conversion law
13 June 2014 – More than 80 civil society organizations from 26 countries around the world have called on the government of Burma to scrap its proposed religious conversion law, published in state-run media last month.
Western Union operates in Chin State
Hakha, 12 June 2014 – The Western Union has started providing its first money transfer services in Hakha, Chin State since late last month.
Burma’s education policy under fire from academics
22 March 2014 – A new education bill submitted to Parliament on 20 March has come under fire by the National Network for Education Reform (NNER), an independent oversight body. The committee says that the bill would effectively bring the entire education sector under strict government control.
Govt urged to halt dam construction on Salween River
14 March 2014: 131 civil society and political parties, and over 30,000 people from four ethnic states, Shan, Karenni, Karen and Mon, have called on the government of Burma to suspend planned construction of dams.
Burmese refugee women demand protection in India
08 March 2014: More than 600 Burmese refugees staged a rally in Delhi today, asking equal rights and safety for them in India as they commemorated International Women’s Day.
New Burma UN HRs envoy appointed
06 March 2014: Ms. Yanghee Lee, 58, from the Republic of Korea, is appointed to replace Tomas Ojea Quintana, the outgoing UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma.