22 March 2014 – Ethnic Karen religious leaders, both Buddhist and Christian, met in Hpa-an earlier this week to discuss their involvement in the current peace-building process between Karen armed groups and the Burmese government.
22 March 2014 – Villagers of Kholam in southern Shan State have been told they will lose access to farmland at some point between this year and 2015. The construction of a military golf course on lands occupied by the Shan villagers has already resulted in the displacement of farmers.
Delhi, India – 20 March 2014: Chin researcher Salai Vum Za Piang, aka Salai PP, highlighted during his presentation in Delhi, India that the vast majority of land in Chin State is unsuitable for cultivation.
20 March 2014: The Chin National Front (CNF), together with its armed wing the Chin National Army (CNA), signed Geneva Call’s documents in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday, committing to the ‘highest international norms in terms of child protection and prohibition of sexual violence’.
19 March 2014: Kyaw Min Htwe, Head of the Matupi Township General Administration, is accused of milking money from development funds and threatening staff members.
18 March 2014: Telenor, Norway’s telecommunications company, is conducting a survey for mobile phone tower sites in Chin State.
18 March 2014: Dar Hniang, daughter of Za Hnun and Hnem Thai, has been arrested by police in Hakha on suspicion of setting fire to her family’s house in the evening of last Sunday.
18 March 2014: Chin subsistence farmers in Phaneng village, Matupi Township, Chin State are in a difficult situation after their farmland was confiscated by authorities late last year.
14 March 2014: Rev. Zun Hlei Sum, a Chin Christian pastor accused of constructing a religious building in Yesagyo town, said that the court has confirmed the date for him to stand trial as 21 March.
14 March 2014: 131 civil society and political parties, and over 30,000 people from four ethnic states, Shan, Karenni, Karen and Mon, have called on the government of Burma to suspend planned construction of dams.
