ALP accused of extorting money from villagers in Paletwa
17 September 2013: Residents in Paletwa Township of Chin State said soldiers from the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) forcibly exacted money from the villagers.
Category: News
Survey finds communities distrustful of Chinese mining companies
17 September 2013: A survey report by four Chin political parties on the Gullu nickel project in Chin State shows that local communities are expressing a new level of distrust of the Chinese companies.
ABC General Secretary to visit Chin State
16 September 2013: Rev. Dr. A. Roy Medley, General Secretary of the American Baptist Churches, is set to make his first trip to Chin State in December 2013.
Renewed call against ALP’s liaison office in Chin State
16 September 2013: Communities in Paletwa Township have re-voiced their grave concern over ALP’s (Arakan Liberty Party) demand to establish a liaison office in the Chin township.
Two-year-old Chin girl sexually assaulted by local teenage boy in Delhi
14 September 2013: A Chin refugee girl, aged 2, has suffered from injuries as a result of sexual assault committed by a local Indian boy in New Delhi, according to the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO).
Chin Christian headmistress sacked for no given reasons
13 September 2013: Headmistress Thim Dik, of Thantlang High School, was flabbergasted when she received a letter of her employment termination without any explanation.
Zomi educational seminar to be held in USA
13 September 2013: A seminar on the topic of ‘Life in America’ is to kick off tomorrow under the leadership of the Global Outreach and Community Development (GOCD) in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Ethnic Chin dialects likely to be taught at schools soon
12 September 2013: Chin students may be officially allowed to learn their native dialects at state primary schools next month for the first time in decades.
UK Foreign Secretary urged to emphasize sexual violence in Burma
12 September 2013: British Foreign Secretary William Hague has been urged to prioritise issues of rapes and sexual violence in Burma at the UN meeting on 24 September.
Laizo, Asho Chin in Burma’s ethnic TV programme
11 September 2013: The first TV programme of Burma’s National Races Channel aired since last Sunday includes sessions in two languages (dialects) of Asho and Laizo Chin.