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
Written by Mizzima More than 80 civil society groups throughout the world have called on the Myanmar government to scrap a proposed law on religious conversion, warning that if adopted it would violate fundamental human rights and could lead to further communal violence. The call, in a statement issued on behalf of the 81 groups
April 12, 2014, Karen News Chin refugees in India fleeing persecution in Burma are left to fend for themselves as the UNHCR and local organisations tasked with protecting them fall prey to a “culture of denial and victim-blaming,” says the Chin Human Rights Organisation. The Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO), a
Bill O’Toole | Monday, 07 April 2014 | The Myanmar Times Criticism of Myanmar’s census hit fever pitch last week when residents of Rakhine State were not allowed to self-identify according to their wishes, with even the United Nations appearing to turn on the government for its apparent back-flip. But experts say the census was
BBC Burmese, April 4, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/burmese/multimedia/2014/04/140403_women_peace.shtml
ROSALINN ZAHAU and RACHEL FLEMING 25 March 2014 Ethnic Chin refugee women and children from Burma are the hidden victims of pervasive sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in New Delhi, India. Lacking confidence in the current peace process in Burma and unwilling to return home, the prospect of staying in New Delhi is both bleak
Friday, 07 February 2014 Written by Chinland Guardian Farmers from Seint San village in Paletwa township have had their rice paddies destroyed to make way for the new Paletwa to Matupi road, a Chin State government project. Three of the affected farmers, who spoke to the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) on condition of anonymity,
Sunday, 09 February 2014 Written by Rachel Fleming Rachel Fleming has spent the past four years working as Advocacy Director at the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO). She recently visited Paletwa township, her first trip to Chin State. Here, in the first of a series of articles for Chinland Guardian, she writes about the issue
Karen News, John Arterbury, February 4, 2014 A report by a human rights groups claims Chin Christians are facing state discrimination and being denied their religious freedom. Ethnic Chin Christians in Burma’s impoverished Chin State continue to face religious discrimination from Buddhist government authorities, according to a report released by a prominent Chin human rights organization. Chin
By Bill O’Toole | Myanmar Times | Friday, 24 January 2014 Discrimination against the Chin ethnic group remained prevalent nationwide last year, the Chin Human Rights Organization said in its annual report. An ethnic Chin man smokes a pipe in Chin State. (Wa Lone/The Myanmar Times)An ethnic Chin man smokes a pipe in Chin State. (Wa