22 December, 2009: Mautam-affected villagers in some areas of Burma’s Chin State are reportedly required to repay for ‘food relief’ given to them as they are provided as loans, not as food aids, according to a recent report released early this month by HART (Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust) and CSW (Christian Solidarity Worldwide).
8 December 2009: A source close to Naypyidaw has claimed that Burma’s military dictator Senior General Than Shwe will soon retire to make ways for a new interim authority that will run the administrative machinery in the transitional period leading up to the 2010 elections.
7 December 2009: Burmese authorities had barred a prominent Chin politician from appearing at a pre-arranged public speaking engagement during the gathering of students in Chin State. The move was the latest in a continuing attempt by the military regime to silence dissidents’ voice ahead of the planned 2010 polls.
29 November, 2009: Malaysian High Court Judge Abdul Alim Abdullah last Wednesday sentenced a Chin refugee to a 15-year imprisonment for killing his three housemates during their sleep in Malaysia.
28 November, 2009: In support of mautam-hit victims in Chin State, famous singers from Burma and India’s Mizoram State teamed up in their performances at Chin Food Aid Concert held in Washington DC, USA yesterday.
26 November 2009: Calls to indict members of Burma’s military junta for crime against humanity and war crimes gained momentum this week as a number of high profile British Parliamentarians urged the British Government to take the repressive Southeast Asian regime to task for human rights violations.
25 November 2009: Detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will have her medical check up in December, according to a source in Rangoon.
