18 August 2010: In its recent statement released on 13 August 2010, the Chin National Front (CNF) urged all the Chin institutional bodies to engage and collaborate in whatever way they can as one unifying voice that represents the Chin people as a whole.
18 August 2010: A planned Christian celebration to mark the arrival of American missionary Dr. J. H. Cope and wife Elizabeth to Tedim town of Northern Chin State has been postponed as it coincides with Burma’s upcoming general election, which is to be held on 7 November 2010.
17 August, 2010: A UK-based campaign group launched an international prayer call for Burma in the run-up to the country’s election, which will take place on 7 November 2010.
17 August, 2010: The Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) and Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) today called for an end to the new railway expansion to Eastern Shan State by Burma’s military regime.
15 August 2010: Postcards and posters of ‘Vote-No’ campaigns have been distributed in public places in Rangoon following the recent ‘unanticipated’ announcement of the 2010 election date by Burma’s military regime.
14 August 2010: The military regime has destroyed yet another Christian cross in Chin State in a continuing policy of religious persecution against Chin Christians.
13 August 2010: The military junta has today set the election date to 7 November 2010, with a total of 330 constituencies issued yesterday by the Election Commission, a Chinland Guardian source confirmed.
13 August 2010: Villagers in Zokhua area of Hakha Township face a fresh challenge of rat infestation that has brought serious damage to their crops and cultivations, according to a report released yesterday by CAD (Country Agency for Rural Development).
12 August 2010: Canada is under pressure from domestic and international rights groups to add its voice to ongoing international calls for possible institution of a UN Commission of Inquiry into alleged international crimes committed by the ruling military regime of Burma.
8 August 2010 – Chiangmai: Twenty two years after the Burmese military brutally crushed a nation-wide uprising against the autocratic regime that ruled the country for nearly three decades, memories are still afresh for the survivors of the violent massacre.
