Chins Welcome Long-Awaited Admission To World Body

Courier News Service: July 20, 2001 THE HAGUE – Chin people throughout the world have warmly welcomed their admission to membership in the Unrepresented Nations’ and People’s Organization. The decision to admit the Chins, as well as the Khmer-Krom people of Cambodia, was announced by the steering committee of the UNPO on July 15.The Chin

Congratulations to the Chin people

By: Lian Uk Congratulations to the Chin people every where the world over for the admission of the Chin National Front (CNF) to the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)!. The admission is not only to the Chin National Front as an organization, but it is the admission of the Chinland and its people which

The Non-Burman Ethnic People of Burma

Harn Yawnghwe “Burman” or “Burmese”? “Burman” and “Burmese” are often used interchangeably in the English language. I will use “Burman” to refer to the majority ethcin population, and “Burmese” refers to all the citizens of Burma. “Burma” or “Myanmar”?- It has been argued by the military that “Burma” refers only to the majority Burman population,

US Refugee Policy Should Include Persecuted

Christians in Annual Admissions   Persecuted Karen, Karenni, and Chin Christians Not Allowed Refugee resettlement embodies America’s humanitarian tradition. In a time of increasing tension and conflict, it is essential that America’s door remains open to victims of violence and intolerance who have no other place to go. The legal basis of the refugee admissions

INDIA: POLICIES AND LAWS TOWARD

REFUGEES Mr. Tapan K. Bose The Indian government deal with at both political and administrative level. The result is that treated that under the law applicable to the aliens. In the case of refugees protection, the constitution of India guarantees certain fundamental rights, which are applicable to non-citizen. Namely, the rights to equality( Article 14

FLEEING BURMA WHERE LIFE IS AT RISK

AND LIBERTY CURTAILED   (The statement of Burmese nationals on Guam seeking asylum in the USA)By Rev. Dr. Hre Kio Burma: Burma, placed between Bangladesh, India, China, Laos and Thailand, with a land mass of 261,789 square miles, (678,033 sq km) known as “the rice bowl of Southeast Asia” in the early 1900s, got its

US Refugee Policy Should Include Persecuted

Christians in Annual Admissions   Persecuted Karen, Karenni, and Chin Christians Not Allowed Refugee resettlement embodies America’s humanitarian tradition. In a time of increasing tension and conflict, it is essential that America’s door remains open to victims of violence and intolerance who have no other place to go. The legal basis of the refugee admissions

INDIA: POLICIES AND LAWS TOWARD

REFUGEES Mr. Tapan K. Bose The Indian government deal with at both political and administrative level. The result is that treated that under the law applicable to the aliens. In the case of refugees protection, the constitution of India guarantees certain fundamental rights, which are applicable to non-citizen. Namely, the rights to equality( Article 14