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14 February 2011: Chin people all over the world are making preparations to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of their national day, commemorating the 1948 Falam conference where the 5000-strong people voted for the democratic system of governing over the traditional aristocratic administration.
13 February 2011: Mr. Ross Dunkley, the co-owner and editor of the Myanmar Times, has been put to the notorious Insein Prison after he was arrested at his home in Rangoon reportedly on Thursday.
13 February 2011: Malaysian police have been reported of conducting daylight ‘stop-and-search’ operations on the streets which involved unlawful obtainment of personal belongings from refugees and asylum seekers from Burma.
12 February 2011: A coalition of 11 political parties, including several ethnic parties that participated in the November 7 elections last year, today called on the newly formed military-led Burmese government to initiate an inclusive dialogue that will lead to a peaceful solution to the 60 year-old conflicts in the troubled Southeast Asian nation.
12 February 2011: The Chin National Day falls on the 20th of February. On this day in 1948, the Chin people abolished traditional system of governance at a Conference held at Falam and chose to practice democracy. In advance of this year’s celebration, the Chinland Gaurdian is pleased to present a poem by Salai Z T Lian in dedication of the historic milestone.
12 February 2011: Every year on February 12 we observe Union Day to commemorate the birth of the Union of Burma through the historic Panglong Agreement. The agreement was signed by legitimate representatives of independent pre-colonial self-governing nations such as the Chin, Kachin, Shan, and Burma states proper, on February 12, 1947 at Panglong, Shan State. The genuine spirit of the Panglong Agreement was and is a mutual recognition of political equality and ethno-cultural diversity based on language, ethnicity, culture, and territory irrespective of the sizable disproportion in population.
10 February 2011: A group of Burma’s ethnic nationalities based in South Korea protested in commemoration of Union Day in front of the Burmese Embassy last Sunday, calling for an end to military rule and the immediate restoration of the Panglong Agreement.
04 February 2011: Belgium announced that it will support the creation of a UN-led Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into allegations of war crimes and crime against hunanity in Burma. The host state of the European Union joins a rapidly growing chorus of international call to end impunity and widespread and systematic rights violations in Burma.
03 February 2011: A series of events organised by ethnic nationalities from Burma based in London, UK are to be held in this month, marking the significant events of commemoration observed in Burmese political movements.
02 February 2011: In the wake of fighting between Burma Army and DKBA (Democratic Karen Buddhist Army) on the Thai-Burma border, Chin refugees based in Nu Po Refugee Camp, Thailand say they lead their daily lives in fear of attacks from Burma Army.
