Talented singers from Burma and Mizoram, India are set to perform at Chin Famine Live Aid Concert in an effort to raise fund for famine-hit Chin victims in Chin State, sources confirmed. The concert will be held at Payap University in Thailand on August 27, 2008.
London, UK: A coalition of London-based Burmese students and exiled activists jointly organised a ‘Bike Ride For Burma’ event yesterday in London for the first time in commemoration of the student-led 88 pro-democracy uprising. More than 50 Burmese and British cyclists participated in the event to show solidarity and raise awareness that Burma has not been forgotten.
London, UK: More than 200 Burmese and British supporters yesterday braved London’s drizzle in a protest as part of 8.8.08 Global Day for Burma, commemorating the 20th anniversary of student-led ‘8888 Uprising’.
London, UK: A concatenation of demonstrations in commemoration of what is known as “8888 Uprising” is set to take place in London, UK tomorrow, 8th of August. The events will mark the 20th anniversary of Burma’s national revolution demanding democracy in 1988.
The third Chin Student Union of North America (CSUNA) conference was held on August 2-3 in Battle Creek, USA where more than 60 participants including high school students attended.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales expressed his admiration for the Chin traditional dress during a meeting at his residence in London with Burmese students including a Chin medical student, Sasa, early July, 2008.
‘Government-neglected’ starvation, locally known as Mautam, has been ravaging Chin State, sparking fears that the affected areas could be immensely increased unless more relief aids are promptly delivered, sources revealed.
A Chin medical student, Sasa, has made his way towards the Indian-Burma border where an increasing number of Chin people are facing starvation and extreme food shortage after meeting with Britain’s future king, Prince Charles at Clarence House in London early July.
An increasing food shortage is gripping Chin State, Burma amid fears that as many as 200 severely affected villages are facing starvation and in ‘a critical point’, Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO) warned today.
The number of Chin refugees being arrested in Malaysia has increased dramatically in recent months, raising fears among the Chin communities and leaders worldwide that their lives could be highly jeopardised if they are sent into the brokers’ hands at the Thai-Malaysian border or sent back to Burma.
