14 February 2012: Despite government’s attempts to show political progress in the country, various measures of rights violations committed against civilians by Burma Army soldiers persist in ethnic areas.
13 February 2012: Ten high school toilets have been built and warm clothes donated to about 300 children in Falam Township, Chin State with fund raised by UK-based Chin graduate civil engineer.
12 February 2012: Celebrating the 65th anniversary of Union Day in Rangoon, the Nationalities Brotherhood Forum, a five-party ethnic alliance today said they are dismayed by the continuing lack of equality and ethnic rights in the Union of Burma.
13 February 2012: A Chin student group at Pakokku College lodged a formal letter to the rector, accusing an assistant lecturer of Botany department of using racial remarks against Chin students in her class.
12 February 2012: A new think tank devoted to the study of ethnic issues has been created to promote peace and reconciliation in Burma as the war-torn Southeast Asian nation faces the difficult challenges of ending one of the world’s longest armed conflict.
11 February 2012: The food security condition in parts of Chin State is of great concern due to crop failures and an extreme reduction of yield in 2011, a report in January 2012 by UN-OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) said.
11 February 2012: As Burma’s ongoing military attacks in Kachin State displace an increasing number of thousands of refugees, Chin communities worldwide continue their humanitarian support for the conflict-affected victims.
10 February 2012: The Yangon Film School (YFS) is set to start shooting a documentary film on the process of Chin traditional weaving in the middle of this month in Burma.
09 February 2012: A team of Burma Eyecare Project consisting of an optometrist, pastor and translator from Canada has provided a free eye exam and glasses to more than 130 patients from Burma in Thailand.
09 February 2012: A passenger-carrying jeep tumbled down the road between Falam Town and Zathlir village of Falam Township in Chin State yesterday, killing two passengers and injuring nine.
