05 March 2011: Assassinated ethnic Karen leader Padoh Mahn Sha La Phan is to be given the ‘National Equality’ award in a conference to be held in Fort Wayne, USA today where his youngest son, Slone Phan, will receive on behalf of his father.
02 March 2011: Local authorities of Burma’s military-turned-civilian government have conducted an investigation in attempts to find out who is responsible for distrubiting a sticker during Chin National Day celebrations on 20 February 2011 in Chin State.
01 March 2011: A grave concern has been raised among refugee communities in Malaysia as an increasing number of people from Burma have been tested HIV-positive.
28 February 2011: 84,000 Karen civilians have signed a petition which will be delivered to the UN Office today, calling on Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to immediately stop Burma’s military regime from attacking civilians and committing human rights abuses in the country.
27 February 2011: Founder of ‘iLoveMyanmar’ Dr. Levi Sap Nei Thang encouraged Chin people living abroad to put up more concerted efforts in making good use of their abilities and opportunities to help develop Chinland during her short speech last Sunday in Washington DC, USA.
26 February 2011: Chin people expressed their deep disappointment that the military authorities inside Chin State had ordered the local organising committee to put up a banner of ‘Chin State Day’ in their recent national day celerbations.
26 February 2011: The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma Tomas Quintana made an unannounced trip to Malaysia last week, meeting with Chin community-based organizations and hearing personal stories of human rights abuses from individual refugees.
25 February 2011: Burma’s well-known two Chin singers, Chaw Su Khin and Sangpi are to wow Chin and Burmese fans in Norway by performing at a series of concerts to be held in Oslo, Froland and Stavanger.
25 February 2011: Within just more than three weeks of convening its new Parliament, the military-turned-civilian government of Burma steps up its military presence in some parts of ethnic areas while still launching brutal attacks in others, instead of making attempts to bring national reconciliation and peace into the country.
24 February 2011: Two Chin passengers were killed and many others injured with four in critical conditions after a bus carrying about 20 passengers had an accident between Matupi Town of Chin State and Pakokku Town of Magwe Division around 3am yesterday.
