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

Chin refugees in India risk being “forced back” to Myanmar28 Jan 2009 09:03:00 GMTSource: ReutersBANGKOK, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Up to 100,000 Christian Chin who have fled to India in the past 20 years to escape persecution by Myanmar’s Buddhist military rulers are at risk of being forced back, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.The

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.

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,

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

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