For Immediate Release   18 March 2008       Critical Point: Humanitarian Disaster in the Making in Western Burma       Ottawa, Canada: Chin Human Rights Organization is calling for urgent and concerted international relief efforts to address growing humanitarian crisis in Chinland that has brought much devastation to hundreds of villages along

For Immediate Release April 2, 2008   Food Relief Hampered for Famine Victims in Western Burma   Ottawa, Canada: Chin Human Rights Organization is concerned that food aid being delivered to famine affected communities in Southern Chin State has been seized by local authorities.   CHRO has learnt that more than 300 bags of rice

Immediate Release 6 May 2008   BURMA: Allow Unhindered International Humanitarian Aid and Rescue Operations   Ottawa, Canada: Chin Human Rights Organization is deeply saddened and horrified by the devastation and tragedy resulting from Cyclone Nagris that had swept some of the most populated areas of Burma over the weekend and claimed the lives of

Immediate Release 11 May 2008   MORE CHIN PEOPLE VOTED “NO” AMIDST THREATS AND INTIMIDATION   Ottawa, Canada: Amidst widespread coercion and intimidation by military authorities, early poll results obtained by Chin Human Rights Organization from seven polling stations in two townships in Chin State indicates that more than 80 per cent of Chin people

For Immediate Release 15 May 2008   Update: Threat, Intimidation and Manipulation Shroud Burma’s Referendum   Ottawa, Canada: New reliable information received by Chin Human Rights Organization has revealed that voting in last weekend’s constitutional referendum was fraught with threat, intimidation and manipulations by the authorities. But early results from four Townships in Chin State