09 November 2011: Burma Army soldiers opened fire at a church, injuring several worshippers with their pastor taken to hospital after being severely tortured in Wai Maw Township, Kachin State, a report by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) said.
08 November 2011: A new Chin ‘Chat Show’ recorded on Sunday has been made available online since yesterday, with a group of US-based Chin Christian and community leaders discussing on how to take steps in helping youths living in foreign countries to be ‘patriotic’.
07 November 2011 – KUALA LUMPUR: After months of confusion among refugees community, UNHCR on Monday officially announced that it will undertake a joint exercise with Malaysian Government to register refugees and asylum seekers staying in the country.
4 November 2011: Burma has been ranked 149th of 187 countries in the world by the United Nations in its annual Human Development Index for 2011. The country has slipped significantly further down on the list from its position last year when it was placed at 132nd.
03 November 2011: In a ‘rare’ event where poppy seeds were surrendered and awareness-raising session was conducted, Chief Minister of Chin government last Friday signalled in his speech the end of an era for opium poppy cultivation in Chin State, sources said.
02 November 2011: The exile-based Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC) today calls for Burma to end the practice of systematic discrimination against the ethnic groups.
01 November 2011: Villagers in Chin State are still facing forced labour and arbitrary extortion committed by Burma Army soldiers on patrol and local government authorities, sources from the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) said.
01 November 2011 – KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Government has started operations against undocumented foreign workers, arresting 193 workers and five employers in three states across the country since 20 October.
31 October 2011: Ms Moe Bu, Karenni activist based in the UK, last Saturday skydived over two miles from a plane to raise money for Burma Campaign UK, one of the leading campaigning organisations for Burma.
31 October 2011: The majority of men and women Tchoukball squads representing Burma in the 2nd South East Asia Tchouball Championship in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam are from Chin State.
