A new book by Chin scholar Dr. Salai Lian H. Sakhong was launched last Saturday at Chiang Mai University Campus – International Centre, Thailand. Written in Burmese, the book is entitled ‘Federalism And Ethnic Issues In Burma’.
28 October, 2008: Chin communities across the globe held a series of festivals in their respective residing countries, celebrating Chin New Year which, as most agree, falls in October of the modern calendar.
A concert to raise awareness and fund from among the local people for famine-stricken Chin victims was organised in Thantlang town on 19 October 2008 as many locals from unaffected areas have not been well informed of the ongoing famine.
The rights groups and activists fighting for relief aid have severely criticised the SPDC for ‘doing nothing’ to help its people who are facing a devastating famine in Chin State of Western Burma, according to the ABC News on Thursday.
A coalition of campaigners and activists in the UK is to stage a demonstration as part of a global protest on 24 October, signalling a total of 13 years that Aung San Suu Kyi, 62, has been detained by Burma’s brutal military regime. The protest will take place in front of the Chinese Embassy in London, UK
A well-known Chin scholar Dr. Lian Hmung Sakhong made a presentation on ‘the origin of the Chin’ at the international Chin seminar, calling to look back together into the past in order to see the origin of the Chin. The seminar was held in Aizawl, Mizoram State for three days on 13-15 October.
In September last year, thousands of peaceful protesters took to the streets, demanding freedom and democracy in Burma. In response to the monk-led demonstration, known as Saffron Revolution, Burma’s brutal military regime cracked down on the peaceful protesters, opening fire, killing hundreds and arresting thousands. In the aftermath, more have been tracked and hunted down from house to house by SPDC’s non-uniformed soldiers who filmed and took photos of active and frontline protesters including monks, nuns and students during the nationwide protest.
London, UK: The Burma Campaign UK today launched a boycott campaign, calling on Cotton Traders to stop sourcing clothes from Burma. Clothing exports are an important source of income for Burma’s brutal military dictatorship, the campaign said.
An international seminar on ‘exploring the history, culture and identity of the Chin people’ which kicked off last Monday is held at Chaltlang Tourist Lodge in Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram State, India.
Aizawl, India: A meeting of Chin groups yesterday agreed on launching a coordinated cross-border relief program from Mizoram to provide emergency food relief to thousands of people in Chin State who are facing a major food crisis.
