NEW DELHI, 30 September 2013 – MPs and activists from Burma held a discussion in Delhi on 20 September with Chin students, social activists, research scholars and some journalists from the Northeast India.
30 September 2013: The government of Burma said it provided full assistance for Na Ta La students in Chin State, a Burmese acronym for the Border Areas National Races Youth Development Training Schools.
29 September 2013: Chin State is among seven places in Burma studied for the possibility of constructing wind turbines to generate electricity.
28 September 2013: The Chin Baptist Churches USA (CBCUSA) announces it has sent 33 Christian missionaries to four ‘fields’ in Chin State and other parts of Burma.
28 September 2013: More than 50 Asho Chins attended basic human rights trainings organized by the Asho Development Fund in cooperation with the MustardSeed Myanmar in the former capital of Rangoon on 23-27 September.
27 September 2013: Chin Christian government employees in Hakha say they have been ordered to prepare food to be offered at Buddhist monasteries during the Uposatha day, known in English as the ‘Buddhist Sabbath’.
26 September 2013: Residents in Hakha and Thantlang towns have experienced power outages since Tuesday owing to problems with the Laiva hydropower station.
26 September 2013: The government of Burma has not as yet signed a new UN declaration of commitment to end sexual violence in conflict despite continuous calls by local and international communities.
26 September 2013: The Tavoyan Women’s Union (TWU) has called for an immediate suspension of the Dawei Deep Sea Port project, a joint venture between Burma and Thailand.
25 September 2013: During the sixth regular session of the first Chin State Hluttaw held in Hakha, the Chin State parliament agreed to establish a new department for pensioners.
