UA: 179/14 Index: ASA 16/015/2014 Myanmar Date: 18 July 2014 URGENT ACTIONACTIVISTS FACING JAIL FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST Eight Chin human rights defenders in Myanmar are facing imprisonment for peacefully protesting against impunity for sexual violence in Chin State. If convicted and jailed, Amnesty International would consider them prisoners of conscience.The eight activists – six women,

Wednesday, 25 June 2014 11:55 Written by Thawng Zel Thang Published in Chin News 25 June 2014 – Hundreds of people staged separate peaceful protests in Rezua and Matupi, Chin State on Monday and Tuesday, calling for an immediate end to sexual violence against ethnic women. About 400 protesters in Rezua and over 200 in Matupi

Monday, 23 June 2014 13:16 Written by Chinland Guardian 23 June 2014 – A Chin woman was subjected to a brutal beating during an attempted rape by a Burma Army soldier from Light Infantry Battalion No. 269 in Rezua Sub-township, Chin State on 10 June. The alleged perpetrator Private Myo Thura Kyaw grabbed the woman

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Khonumthung Chin News Group, TUESDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2014 Various church leaders in Hakha town held a prayer meeting to boycott and not to adopt the draft of the ‘Religious Conversion Law’ in Myanmar, drafted by the Ministry of Religious department, at Carson Hall on 16 June.  At the meeting, Pastor Bawi Cung Lian said, “This

June 16, 2014  •  Author: Karen News   •  Posted in Articles International civil society organisations, human rights watchdogs and advocacy groups have issued a united call for Burma’s government to drop its proposed legislation that places restrictions on an individual’s right to freedom of religion. An alliance of 81 organisations pressed that Burma’s government, led

By FELIZ SOLOMON 12 June 2014 Following the Burmese government’s invitation for public opinion on a proposed Religious Conversion Law, 81 organisations from Burma and elsewhere have recommended that it be completely discarded. In a joint statement published on Thursday, the alliance said the legislation violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by granting authorities

By DENE-HERN CHEN AND FELIZ SOLOMON 12 June 2014    An alliance of civil society organisations on Wednesday urged the Burmese and Indian governments to be more transparent in the planning and construction of the controversial Kaladan Project, a combined highway and waterway project that will traverse Arakan and Chin states into India. Proposed by

By SAMANTHA MICHAELS / THE IRRAWADDY| Thursday, June 12, 2014 | RANGOON — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met with members of civil society groups in Naypyidaw to discuss their concerns with a package of four bills to “protect race and religion.” Lawmakers from Parliament’s Rule of Law Committee, chaired by Suu Kyi,

June 12, 2014 By MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has voiced serious concerns about proposals to criminalize interfaith marriage in Myanmar, while rights groups warned Thursday that passage of such discriminatory legislation could spark more violence against Muslims. Nationalist Buddhist monks are pushing legislation to “protect and preserve race and