18 May 2011: A 12-member organisation, Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma), unearthed fresh evidence about human rights abuses perpetrated by the regime and its supporters in its periodic online report released today.
18 May 2011: In an opening ceremony of the Global Falam Youth Organisation (GFYO), a total of 75 elderly people over the age of 80 were honoured with gifts at Rev. Thang Tsin Memorial Hall in Falam Town last Friday.
18 May 2011: The release of about 15,000 prisoners and one-year reduction of prison terms announced yesterday by Burma’s new government are not enough, with more than 2,000 political prisoners still detained in the country, according to rights groups.
17 May 2011: Dozens of additional new motorbikes have arrived in Hakha Town for the traffic controllers to keep tabs on an increasing number of bike users in the capital of Chin State, a Chinland Guardian source said.
16 May 2011: Rising Chin female boxer Nelly Bawi Nei Sin, with another female Nan Thet Htar San, of Karen ethnicity, took part in the Women’s Junior and Youth World Championships held in Antalya, Turkey from 24-30 April.
15 May 2011: Acting on complaints by a local Buddhist monk, a Chin Christian pastor working in Kyaw Town of Gangaw District was interrogated by officials from the religious affairs department and police from Mergui (Magway) Division earlier this year, a Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) source has said.
14 May 2011: The new government of Burma still conducts a series of human rights abuses against civilians in ethnic areas across the country, in addition to turning a blind eye to their ‘ongoing’ crisis.
14 May 2011: The number of Chin refugee children between 8 and 15 years of age coaxed into drug dealing in Malaysia has risen in recent months, Chin community leaders in Kuala Lumpur said today.
13 May 2011: A group of 75 Chin youths from Hakha Baptist Church in Hakha Town made a trip to Myitkyina, Kachin State, holding a Christian retreat and having fellowship with Kachin youths last week.
12 May 2011: As part of its 4-day seminar held in Thantlang Town, the Chin University Student Fellowship (CUSF) planted trees including cherries and pines, and donated bags of clothes to orphans last week.
