EU Envoys Meet with NLD leaders
14 October 2009: In a sign of increasing Western engagement, a team of foreign diplomats from nine European countries today met with leading members of Burma’s National League for Democracy in Rangoon.
Category: News
Purged Rangoon Police Chief Still at Large
11 October 2009: Former Rangoon Divisional Police Chief Col. Win Naing who was sacked last month on corruption charges is still at large and not being detained at Insein Prison as reported by some media, a Chindland Guardian source in Rangoon has disclosed.
Exile Opposition Alliances to Boycott Burma’s 2010 Election
10 October 2009: Five major opposition alliances based in exile have announced in a joint statement today they will boycott Burma’s planned elections. The announcement followed months of debates and division within the opposition groups on how to respond to the junta’s planned elections set for next year.
Suu Kyi Prepared to Reassess Impacts of Sanctions
9 October 2009: In a rare meeting with Western diplomats today, Burma’s pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi indicated that she was prepared to reassess the impacts of Western sanctions on military-ruled Burma, according to a Chinland Guardian source in Rangoon.
Burma Ethnic Conference Held And New Network Found
06 October 2009: The first Burma Ethnic Naitonalities Forum, held on 2-3 October 2009 at York University Toronto, Canada, ended successfully with a formation of new ethnic body named Burma Ethnic Nationalities Network-Canada (BENN-Canada).
Mautam-Hit Villagers Suffer Worse Due To Extortion By SPDC Army
05 October 2009: The plight of Chin villagers, who have been since 2007 suffering from food shortages, has deepened due to continuous extortion and forced labour imposed upon them by SPDC military army operating in Chin State, according to FBR (Free Burma Rangers).
Children Face Difficulties In School Admission
04 October 2009: Chin children, mainly from the orphanages and childcare centres, have been asked many unusual questions regarding their backgrounds and personal details to be admitted to State-sponsored schools in Rangoon, sources claimed.
Food Crisis Escalated In Unreached Southern Chin State
30 September 2009: Some responses have been made to tackle the ongoing rat-and-bamboo-related food crisis from both inside Burma and cross-border assistance but there are still many villages in Southe
rn Chin State where Chin victims remain ‘unreached’, Chinland Guardian learned.
rn Chin State where Chin victims remain ‘unreached’, Chinland Guardian learned.
Philippine Flood Left Chins Homeless
30 September 2009: At least four Chins are among those flood victims in the Philippines after the storm struck last Friday in Manila for 12 hours with a month’s worth of rain.
NLD Reiterates Call for Dialouge on Founding Anniversary
The National League for Democracy today celeberates its 21st founding anniversary with nenewed calls for political dialogue and unconditional release of all political prisoners, including its two top leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and U Tin Oo.