Category: News

25 May 2011: Five Chin refugees were injured after a cycle rickshaw they were riding in was hit by a speeding car from behind on Monday evening in west Delhi, India.

24 May 2011: More than 89 percent of young people between 14 and 25 years of age in Chin State admitted they have no knowledge of what HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome) actually means, according to a survey conducted by CAD (Country Agency for Rural Development). 

23 May 2011: The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma, Mr. Tomas Ojea Quintana wrapped up his visit to Thailand, saying he is concerned that the Burmese government is not finding a political solution to solve the ethnic conflicts. 

23 May 2011: A 285-page book about a life-transforming account of Chin pastor Rev. Tam Ki from remote parts of southern Chin State was launched in an event at Worship Hall of Singapore Bible College in Singapore on Saturday. 

22 May 2011: A photographic collection of Chin women with facial tattoos has been on display as the first exhibition of its kind worldwide at the State Museum of Ethnology in Munich, Germany since June 2010. 

21 May 2011 – KUALA LUMPUR: Some Burmese nationals were arrested on Thursday morning for selling ‘forged’ membership cards of National League for Democracy (NLD) to fellow countrymen in Jitra, a town in northern part of Malaysia.

21 May 2011: The International Labour Organisation (ILO) made an ‘unannounced’ visit to Hakha, Chin State this week, meeting with more than 160 officials from across the State’s authorities, according to a statement by Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO) today.

20 May 2011: Yesterday’s release of thirty-one of the 34 ‘freedom fighters’ arrested in India’s Andaman Islands and detained for more than 13 years has been welcomed across both Burmese and ethnic communities worldwide. 

20 May 2011 – KUALA LUMPUR: The refugee and asylum seeker swap deal between Malaysia and Australia is still on despite protest from Bar Councils and non-government organizations (NGOs) in both countries.

19 May 2011: Rev. Dennis Ngun Thawng Mang, General Secretary of Zomi Baptist Convention (ZBC) makes his first visit to Australia, attending the ordination service of Pastor Thomas Tun Sian Mung and meeting with Chin churches.