DOCUMENT – MYANMAR: FARMERS AT RISK AFTER BEATING BY SOLDIERS UA: 245/14 Index: ASA 16/002/2014 Myanmar Date: 30 September 2014 URGENT ACTIONFARMERS AT RISK AFTER beatING BY SOLDIERS Six Chin farmers who were ill-treated – some tortured – by Myanmar Army soldiers are at risk of further human rights violations after speaking out publicly about
Chin activists and a farmer speak during a press conference in Rangoon on Wednesday, during which they accused the Burma Army of torturing six Chin farmers. (Photo: Yen Snaing / The Irrawaddy)Chin activists and a farmer speak during a press conference in Rangoon on Wednesday, during which they accused the Burma Army of torturing six
UA: 179/14 Index: ASA 16/015/2014 Myanmar Date: 18 July 2014 URGENT ACTIONACTIVISTS FACING JAIL FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST Eight Chin human rights defenders in Myanmar are facing imprisonment for peacefully protesting against impunity for sexual violence in Chin State. If convicted and jailed, Amnesty International would consider them prisoners of conscience.The eight activists – six women,
Rhododendron News – Volume XVII, Issue II – March-April 2014
Wednesday, 25 June 2014 11:55 Written by Thawng Zel Thang Published in Chin News 25 June 2014 – Hundreds of people staged separate peaceful protests in Rezua and Matupi, Chin State on Monday and Tuesday, calling for an immediate end to sexual violence against ethnic women. About 400 protesters in Rezua and over 200 in Matupi
Monday, 23 June 2014 13:16 Written by Chinland Guardian 23 June 2014 – A Chin woman was subjected to a brutal beating during an attempted rape by a Burma Army soldier from Light Infantry Battalion No. 269 in Rezua Sub-township, Chin State on 10 June. The alleged perpetrator Private Myo Thura Kyaw grabbed the woman
Thematic Briefing: the state of freedom of religion or belief for Chin in Burma 2013
Thematic Briefing: the state of freedom of religion or belief for Chin in Burma 2013