23 February 2011: A band of six ethnic and Burmese political activists based in the UK today went to ‘Number 10’ Downing Street, the official residence and office of British Prime Minister, delivering a letter of concerns for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma’s new Parliament.
23 February 2011: Chin refugees identified as Mr. Van Lal Uk, 18, of Singai village and Mr. Lal Uk Bik, 28, of Selawn village from Falam Township were crushed to death by a truck around 2am in New Delhi, India while on their way home from work early this morning.
22 February 2011: Three Chin youths from Burma, one male and two females, attended a conference of ASEAN-Korea Future-Oriented Cooperation Project: Youth Exchange Program in Seoul, South Korea on 15-21 February 2011.
22 February 2011: Canada’s Carleton University is to award an honorary doctorate to Burma’s pro-deomocracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at a special ceremony to be held in the campus today.
21 February 2011: Five local youth leaders of Chin National Day celebration held at Kam Hau Stadium were arrested and interrogated for hours by the authorities in association of stickers distrubited in Tedim Town on 20 February 2011.
21 February 2011: Mr. Thawng Za Lian, from Chin State Tennis team, won prize for Burma’s best player in the 48th State-and-Region Tennis Tournament after beating the Rangoon Region team in the final at Thein Phyu Tennis Courts in Rangoon on 18 February 2011.
20 February 2011: Burma’s ethnic Mon people across the globe celebrated their national day on 19 February 2011, marking its 64th anniversary in their respective residing countries.
19 February 2011: A group of 51 representatives from Burma’s ethnic groups came to a historical agreement at a meeting held along the Thai-Burma border from 12 to 16 February 2011, unanimously forming an umbrella alliance called ‘United Nationalities Federal Council (Union of Burma)’.
18 February 2011: The Chin State Football team, despite losing to the Rangoon team in a 2-0 match, received praise from its fans for getting through to a quarter-final of the nationwide State-and-Division football tournament, which ended early this month.
18 February 2011: The military-turned-civilian authorities have banned using a banner that reads ‘Chin National Day’ for its official celebration on 20 February in Chin State, Burma, Chinland Guardian‘s sources revealed.
