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).
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.
rn Chin State where Chin victims remain ‘unreached’, Chinland Guardian learned.
About 100 people yesterday protested in front of London’s Burmese Embassy, marking the 2nd anniversary of Saffron Revolution being referred to the 2007 monk-led mass protests against the military regime in Burma.
The protesters demanded the immediate release of political prisoners including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, religious and ethnic leaders, and opposed the 2010 SPDC-monitored election.
Chinland Guardian – 24 September 2009 – London, UK: The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) concluded a two-week long advocacy tour to Europe after meetings with UK Parliamentarians and government officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department of International Development today in London.
SPDC-aggravated food crisis, which began in 2007, continues to ravage Burma’s Chin State, forcing children to drop out of school to help find food, and putting families and communities apart, according to a new report released yesterday by Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO).
17 September 2009 – Ottaw, Canada: In a new report released today, the Chin Human Rights Organization says that widespread human rights abuses by the Burma Army continue even as a large sectment of the population of Chin State is struggling with paralyzing food crisis in western Burma.
A 16-year-old teenage boy from Burma’s Chin State was last week shot to death in Thailand by Thai police while he was trying to escape to Malaysia as a refugee.
