Compass Direct News-BURMA: REPORT DOCUMENTS ABUSE OF CHIN CHRISTIANS

Compass Direct News-BURMA: REPORT DOCUMENTS ABUSE OF CHIN CHRISTIANSBURMA: REPORT DOCUMENTS ABUSE OF CHIN CHRISTIANSHuman Rights Watch shows systematic, officially sanctioned religious freedom violations. DUBLIN, February 20, 2009 (Compass Direct News) – A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released in January details serious and ongoing abuses against the Chin people, a minority group in Burma’s

Deutsche Welle: HRW Urges Myanmar to Stop Abuse of Chin Minority

HRW Urges Myanmar to Stop Abuse of Chin Minority http://www2.dwworld.de/southasia/SoutheastAsia/1.234866.1.html January 28, 2009 The high military presence has deeply affected the lives of Christian Chin in western Myanmar    The high military presence has deeply affected the lives of Christian Chin in western Myanmar     A report by Human Rights Watch called on the military government

BBC: Burma’s “abused Chin need help”

Burma’s ‘abused Chin need help’ By Jonathan HeadBBC News, BangkokJanuary 28, 2009http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7855179.stm Chin woman, refugee camp, Malaysia 2007Chin people flee persecution and hardship on the Indian-Burma border The US group Human Rights Watch has called for better protection of the Chins, one of Burma’s least known and most persecuted minorities. Ill-treatment of many ethnic minorities

FOX NEWS: Report: Myanmar’s Chin people persecuted

Report: Myanmar’s Chin people persecuted Tuesday, January 27, 2009By DENIS D. GRAY, Associated Press Writer FOX NEWS: http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2009Jan27/0,4670,ASMyanmarChin,00.htmlBANGKOK, Thailand —  The “forgotten” Chin people, Christians living in the remote mountains of northwestern Myanmar, are subject to forced labor, torture, extrajudicial killings and religious persecution by the country’s military regime, a human rights group said Wednesday.

Christian Today: Myanmar: India urged to protect Christian Chin minority

Myanmar: India urged to protect Christian Chin minorityBy: Dibin SamuelChristian TodayFriday, 30 January 2009, 15:25 (IST)http://in.christiantoday.com/articles/india-urged-to-protect-christian-chin-minority-myanmar/3450.htmThousands of Chin Christians who fled to India from Burma in the past 20 years to escape persecution are at risk of being forced back, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. One of the ethnic minority groups from Myanmar,

AFP: Myanmar abusing Christian Chin minority: rights group

Myanmar abusing Christian Chin minority: rights group Jan 27, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gjqP4j378-lhdyHqhCHKPcFUSEXQ BANGKOK (AFP) — Myanmar’s military regime is committing widespread abuses against the mainly Christian Chin ethnic group, who face famine, forced labour, torture and persecution, a rights group said Wednesday. New York-based Human Rights Watch said tens of thousands of Chin flee across the

VOA: Human Rights Watch Calls for Aid to Burma Refugees in India

Human Rights Watch Calls for Aid to Burma Refugees in IndiaBy Ron CorbenBangkok28 January 2009http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2009-01/2009-01-28-voa19.cfm?CFID=191416924&CFTOKEN=96322755&jsessionid=883046d56014548ac26a11525c111d259417     Rights group, Human Rights Watch, is calling for India to provide access to the United Nations to assist up to 100,000 Burmese ethnic Chin who have fled persecution and poverty in Burma. Human Rights Watch accuses Burma’s military government

WA Today: Flower that leads to famine

Flower that leads to famine by Jewel Topsfield WA Today http://www.watoday.com.au/national/flower-that-leads-to-famine-20090220-8dr1.html February 20, 2009 ONCE every 50 years a species of bamboo flowers in the Burmese state of Chin, heralding the beginning of a famine. This sounds like the stuff of myth, the first line of a fairytale told to wide-eyed children around the campfire.

BANGKOK POST: No refuge on the southern border

No refuge on the southern border Reports of organised human trafficking and extortion by Malaysian immigration officials, while Thailand turns a blind eye, are too credible to ignore. By: Erika Fry BANGKOK POST: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/investigation/15714/ Published: 26/04/2009 at 12:00 AM It’s hard to know when a nightmare truly begins, and while caught in its grim unreality,