CHRO works collaboratively with a broad spectrum of partners at local, national, regional, and international levels to address human rights violations in Chin State, as well as issues affecting ethnic and religious minorities across Myanmar. Locally, CHRO strengthens grassroots organizations and civil society actors through capacity-building initiatives and coordinated responses. Nationally, it engages with different
CHRO works collaboratively with a broad spectrum of partners at local, national, regional, and international levels to address human rights violations in Chin State, as well as issues affecting ethnic and religious minorities across Myanmar. Locally, CHRO strengthens grassroots organizations and civil society actors through capacity-building initiatives and coordinated responses. Nationally, it engages with different
To adapt to the evolving needs and the new operating and security environment following the February 2021 military coup, CHRO has reorganized its operational structure to better reflect current realities. We have restructured into two primary divisions: the Human Rights Division and the Humanitarian Division, allowing us to address the dual challenges of human rights
Board of Directors – CHRO is governed by a Board of Directors comprising individuals with expertise in human rights, humanitarian work, governance, finance, and international development. The Board provides strategic and financial oversight, ensuring that the organization remains true to its mission while upholding high standards of accountability, transparency, and effectiveness in its programs and
CHRO is pleased to announce the release of the 2019 Annual Human Rights Report covering the situation of human rights facing the Chin people living in Chin State & western Burma/Myanmar over a one-year period. Please share it widely!
On 22nd November 2019, a local man from Do Chaung Wa, Paletwa Township died after stepping on a landmine while carrying an injured Burmese soldier. U Phillip (47) was in the jungle cutting bamboo for house repairs when he encountered the Tatmadaw soldiers. The battalion were struggling to carry an injured man in their group and asked U Phillip...
(Paletwa 29th October, 2019) Villagers from Paletwa Township have been restricted under a directive initiated by the Township Municipal Department which restricts the use of private boats to act as ferries for travelling along the Kaladan River. The prohibition Order number 28/2019 was issued on October 8th 2019 and prohibits the use of locally owned,
Five more persons, including a pregnant woman, are missing in Paletwa Township, a local villager told CHRO. On 5th October 2019, U Ku Hawi (23) and his wife Daw Than Dar Oo (25) from Thaya Kone Village disappeared from their farm, approximately 1 hours walk from their house. Daw Than Dar Oo had gone in search of U Ku...
After the victims failed to show up that evening the Namada Village Administrator and the Bawng Wa Village Tract Administrator and I went out in search of them. Midway between Namada and Bawng Wah Villages, we found a motorcycle lying in the ditch on the side of the road. We rushed to inspect the spot but there was no...
On 24th Jan, 2019 the Township Administration officer from Mindat General Administrative Department, Southern Chin State, issued an order that permission needed to be applied for two weeks in advance in order to hold religious ceremonies and trainings, meetings, workshops by INGO/NGOs, reported by a local to the Chin Human Rights Organization.