Forced labour in Chin State and Sagaing Region, 2011 – 2012
Briefing:Forced labour in Chin State and Sagaing Region, 2011 – 2012Click here to read.
Chin MP threatened at gunpoint by military (DVB)
By HANNA HINDSTROMhttp://www.dvb.no/news/chin-mp-threatened-at-gunpoint-by-military/20968 Burmese soldiers stormed into a Christian conference in southern Chin state and threatened a member of the state’s parliament at gunpoint, reports the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO). Several soldiers and two captains burst into the gathering of more than 1,000 delegates at the Chin Evangelical Church in Matupi township, near the
Dozens Flee as Junta Steps Up Conscription Drive
30 January 2010: More than 40 youths from southern Chin State have escaped to India in recent days to avoid ongoing forcible recruitment drive that targets people between the age of 15 and 45.
1998 Reports on Forced Labour
60 TIMES A PORTER FOR THE BURMESE ARMY IN 1998 Mangte (name changed),a Chin villager from Saek village, Falam township of Chin State, had served as porter for 60 times in 1998. Other villagers also served as army porter as he did. He said: “Most of the time we had to carry chicken, pork, foods
1999 reports on Forced Labour
Forced labour Major Khin Maung Ye, LIB 266, ordered the three villages: Saikah, Ruakhua and Ruabuk to present one person per family with their own tools and food in reconstructing road between Sopum and Sihhmuh village. The villagers have started reconstructing the road since 23rd September because they did not dare to resist the order.
2000 Reports On Forced Labour
Supply Wood Or Pay Fine Each block of villages in Paletwa area, Southern Chin State, were forced to supply wood of 75 cubic feet per block. The defaulter Hemapi block had to pay the fine of Ks. 60000 to Major Zaw Tun, the battalion commander of Sinletwa. The Battalion, Light Infantry Battalion LIB 538, issued
2001 Reports on Forced Labour
SPDC uses Forced Labor in Army Owned Farm The Burmese army has been forcing the civilian to work in the army-owned farms in Kankaw township of Western Burma, according to the testimony of U Kyaw Win (Name changed for security reason). A 48 year-old village headman from XXX village, U Kyaw Win testified to the
2002 Reports on Forced Labour
Forced Labor Continues In Remote Areas of Chin State Beginning January 5, 2000, ten villages in remote areas of Chin State were forced to construct a 20-mile motor road lingking Vuangtu and Ngaphaipi villages, an eye witness told Chin Human Rights Organization. Section 2 Commander of Burmese Army Light Infantry Battalion LIB 269 stationed at
CHRO’S SUBMISSION TO THE ICFTU AND ILO EXPERT TEAM ON FORCED LABOR IN BURMA/MYANMANR
To : Janek KuczkiewiczDirector,Department of Trade Union RightsInternational Confederation ofFree Trade Unions (ICFTU)5, Bld. du Roi Albert IIB 1210 Brussels, Belgium Date: 31 August 2005 Re: Chin Human Rights Organization’s submission to the ICFTU and ILO Expert Team on forced labor in Burma/Myanmanr Dear Sir(s): Chin Human Rights Organization is an independent non-government organization which