Chinland Guardian

06 May 2011: UK-based six representitives from Burma and Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) handed to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) a petition with 5,323 signatures calling for a UN Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into crimes against humanity in Burma today.

4 May 2011: 49 households from Bukphir, Fartlang and Bulfek villages of Fartlang village tracts, Tedim Township were ordered in mid April to give 1,000 Kyats of a monthly free for their alcohol license to the military authorities, according to Chin Human Rights Organisation’s sources.

03 May 2011: A new community-based Chin network was last Tuesday established in a meeting attended by nearly 20 people from Dai, Lemro, Mara, Matu, Mün and Zotung areas in Burma’s Chin State based in New Delhi, India.

02 May 2011: Four family members were killed in a blaze that was believed to have started in their own house near YMCA Office in Pyidawta ward of Hakha Town, Chin State around 4am in the morning today.

01 May 2011: In attempts to find ways of creating channels to have closer communication and collaboration towards building unity and development among the Zomi across the world, Global Zomi Alliance (GZA) was formed during Singapore Zomi Summit held at Trinity Theological College, Singapore on 27-29 April.

01 May 2011: In her article ‘My Hero: Aung San’ that appeared in the Guardian yesterday, Burma’s democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said she received the warmest response from people in Chin and Rakhine States during her trip to the western parts of the country.

30 April 2011: A 10-year-old Chin girl, Laura Sakhong, received the World’s Children’s Prize crystal globe on behalf of Burma’s democracy champion, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, in a ceremony held at Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred, Sweden on Thursday.

29 April 2011: Pu Cin Khan Pum and other band members of ‘Plus Three’ are to entertain fans in the US during their 2-month tour with a group of famous singers from Burma starting from early next month.