For Immediate Release 12 May 2021 Two Civilians Tortured to Death, Bodies “Cremated” to Destroy Evidence The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) is deeply troubled and strongly condemns the torture and death of two Chin civilians by Tatmadaw soldiers from Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 266 operating under the Tactical Operations Command based in Hakha, Chin
For Immediate Release 1 May 2021 Burma/Myanmar Junta: Cease Systematic Use of Torture Practices in Military Interrogation Centers The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) is deeply horrified and gravely concerned by allegations of systematic and widespread use of torture at military interrogation centers against activists and civilians arrested and detained by the military junta in
For Immediate Release 29 April 2021 CHRO Demands Accountability for Killing of Youth The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) condemns the shooting and death of Felix Thang Muan Lian by the Tatmadaw and demands accountability for the soldiers responsible for the death of the 22-year-old university student from Tedim Township. On 27 April at approx.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 APRIL 2021 CHRO WELCOMES FORMATION OF NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT (NUG) OF BURMA/MYANMAR The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) today welcomes the formation of the National Unity Government (NUG) by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) – a representative body made up of parliamentarians duly elected from the 2020 elections. The formation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 14 APRIL 2021 Junta Escalates Gross Rights Violations in Campaign to Exert Control in Western Burma/Myanmar New documentation of human rights violations published today by CHRO finds that since the February 1 coup, as many as 21 Chin civilians have lost their lives, including a mother and her teenaged daughter who were
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 APRIL 2021 Junta Arrests 171 Chins since Coup As Crackdown Intensifies Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) today published an updated list of ethnic Chin individuals who have been arrested and arbitrarily detained over the last two months since the coup de’tat on 1 February 2021. The list is a compilation of
16 February 2021 The Honourable Scott Morrison Prime Minister of Australia Canberra, Australia Dear Prime Minister Morrison, Through the kind introduction by our very good mutual friend Senator Dean Smith, I had the privilege of meeting you at your office in Canberra in December 2018, as part of a delegation of Chin community leaders from
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 Feb 2021 Since 1 Feb 2021, there have been 45 politically motivated arrests of the Chin population in Rakhine and Chin States. On 1 Feb, 9 members from the democratically elected government were arrested in the middle of the night including the Chief Minister, Ministers of Immigration, Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Social
3 FEBRUARY 2021 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement by Chin Human Rights Organization on the Myanmar Tatmadaw’s Coup d’etat in Burma/Myanmar The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) unequivocally condemns the actions of the Tatmadaw which staged a coup d’etat on the 1 February 2021. This action sets the country on a dangerous course of backsliding from the
ANNUAL REPORT 2020: On the situation of Human Rights in Chin State and Western Burma/Myanmar