FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 14 APRIL 2021 Junta Escalates Gross Rights Violations in Campaign to Exert Control in Western Burma/Myanmar New documentation of human rights violations published today by CHRO finds that since the February 1 coup, as many as 21 Chin civilians have lost their lives, including a mother and her teenaged daughter who were
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 APRIL 2021 Junta Arrests 171 Chins since Coup As Crackdown Intensifies Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) today published an updated list of ethnic Chin individuals who have been arrested and arbitrarily detained over the last two months since the coup de’tat on 1 February 2021. The list is a compilation of
16 February 2021 The Honourable Scott Morrison Prime Minister of Australia Canberra, Australia Dear Prime Minister Morrison, Through the kind introduction by our very good mutual friend Senator Dean Smith, I had the privilege of meeting you at your office in Canberra in December 2018, as part of a delegation of Chin community leaders from
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 Feb 2021 Since 1 Feb 2021, there have been 45 politically motivated arrests of the Chin population in Rakhine and Chin States. On 1 Feb, 9 members from the democratically elected government were arrested in the middle of the night including the Chief Minister, Ministers of Immigration, Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Social
3 FEBRUARY 2021 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement by Chin Human Rights Organization on the Myanmar Tatmadaw’s Coup d’etat in Burma/Myanmar The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) unequivocally condemns the actions of the Tatmadaw which staged a coup d’etat on the 1 February 2021. This action sets the country on a dangerous course of backsliding from the