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

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.

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,

Chin suffers from inadequate access to protection in IndiaBy Nava ThakuriaNEWSTRACK INDIA: http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/82978New Delhi, Tue, 07, April 2009 The Chin people of Burma, who are living in the Indian capital, suffers from less access to humanitarian relief and services by the local government and also the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office in New