VOL.III No.IV NOVEMBER-DECEMBER2000 HUMAN RIGHTS – Junta Orders Burning Of 16,000 Bibles, Halts Church Construction – A Reflection By An Eyewitness – Pu Do Thawng; Chin Political Prisoner – List Of Civilians Charged With “Unlawful Association Acts” – How The Burmese Soldiers Behave In The Village REFUGEES – Chin And Other Burmese Asylum Seekers In

VOL.III No.IV SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2000 CONTENTS CHRO: MAKING VOICE FOR THE OPPRESSED   HUMAN RIGHTS SPDC DESTROYED CHIN VILLAGE SPDC STORMED CHIN CHRISTIAN CHURCH NOWHERE TO GO US SAYS BURMA GUITY OF CONTINUED RELIGIOUS REPRESSION INTERVIEW WITH SAWI THANGA INTERVIEW WITH VAI LIAN ZING     REFUGEES INDIA ACTS TO BLOCK WAVE OF ILLEGAL BURMESE IMMIGRANTS

Rhododendron News VOL.III No.IV JULY-AUGUST 2000 HUMAN RIGHTS 1. CHRO’ FIELD MONITOR AND TWO VILLAGERS KILLED BY SPDC SOLDIERS 2. CHIN WOMAN ARREST AND HUMILIATED BY SPDC SOLDIERS 3. CHRISTIAN CHURCH ORDER TO DEMOLISH IN HAKA, CHIN STATE     REFUGEES CRISIS IN INDIA 1. HUNDREDS OF REFUGEES FROM BURMA ARRESTED IN AIZAWL, INDIA 2.

FORCED LABOUR IN MATUPI TOWNSHIP Border Area Development means torture, forced labour, displacement of families and destruction of an ordinary villagers in the border areas “My name is Tuan Hrang (name change for security reason), 48 years old and I am from Capaw village, Matupi township, Chin State. Our village is situated between Sabawngte and

Indefinite power of a Burmese army officer Human rights violations in Chinland, and Burma as a whole, is increasing year after year. In 1988 the military took state power after a nationwide pro-democracy uprising in Burma. When the military took power,( by force,) they promise to held a free and fair election and transfer power

INNOCENT CHIN VILLAGER SHOT DEAD BY BURMESE TROOP Cin Khua Sei was shot dead by six soldiers of Burmese Light Infantry Battalion 269 Company 2, on September 1, 1999. The troop led by a sergeant ordered Cin Khua Sei and Thang Lian Thawng of Cauleng village to deliver a letter to a nearby village Darkhai.

Civilians held responsible for disappearance of army personnel ( Burmese soldiers tortured villages’ headmen in Chin State). On 26/6/1999 a company of Burmese Army comprising of 34 soldiers ledby 2nd Lieutenant Myo Kyaw from LIB 266 stationed at Lungler Camp set off forLung Ding village from Lungler. On their way to Tlangpi village on 27/6/1999,

100 Civilian men detained in the Church On 26 June 1999 a Burmese soldier disappeared from a patrolling army unit enroute to Tlangpi village from Lung Ding village of Thantlang Township, Chin State. The disappeared soldier was among the 34 soldiers from Light Infantry Battalion 266 led by 2nd Lieutenant Kyaw Soe, based at Lungler

PASTORS ARRESTED IN CHINLAND Christian persecution is on the rise in Burma .The Military authorities have pulled down a cross put up to commemorate 100 years of Christianity among the Chin people. They also arrested and interogated 26 pastors ( and Church elders ). The gospel was brought to the area in 1899 by American

Forced labor In Thantlang, Chin State The Burmese army in the Thangtlang area, Chin State, continuously forced the villagers including men and women, the old and young, the pastors, the teachers and students without attending school, to build the car road (50 miles long) between Vuangtu village and Thantlang town from dawn to 11:00 Pm