Building Health Resilience: Community-Based Health Workers Leading the Way in Chin Crisis Areas

Community-Based Health Workers are critical in delivering healthcare services in liberated areas where formal healthcare infrastructure is lacking, and their presence not only strengthens healthcare systems but also contributes to peacebuilding and transitional governance efforts. Their work is vital to building a resilient, inclusive healthcare system, while simultaneously fostering confidence in long-term peace and federal governance structures that many in...

March 4, 2025 at 6:25 am read more

USA Today | USAID cuts fallout: Wasted food, ‘free-for-all’ ISIS camps, less HIV prevention

Two months ago, Mang Hre Lian was on a stage in Washington being lauded by then-U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken for his courageous and inspiring work promoting human rights and religious freedom in Burma. Since Friday, the 2024 recipient of the State Department's Human Rights Defender Award has been roaming the same corridors of American power. Only now...

February 13, 2025 at 5:40 pm read more

Four Years On: Impact of the Coup on Human Rights and Humanitarian Conditions in Western Myanmar

The ongoing humanitarian and human rights crisis in western Myanmar represents one of the most acute yet neglected challenges in the region. Despite its severity, Chin State has often been historically overlooked and underreported, even as it has borne the brunt of violence since the military coup in 2021. Over half of the state’s population

January 31, 2025 at 4:37 pm read more

Media Coverage (Sept – Dec 2024)

Between September and December 2024, Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) received significant media coverage from local, national, and international news outlets, in both Burmese and English. This coverage has highlighted CHRO’s critical work in advocating for the rights of the Chin people and other marginalized communities in Burma/Myanmar. CHRO extends its heartfelt gratitude to our

January 24, 2025 at 5:19 pm read more

Time to Act: Enforcing the Burma Act is a matter of life and death

In my recent meetings with officials at the White House, I emphasised the important need for action. The Biden administration—and the incoming Trump administration—must stand with us by fully implementing the Burma Act, cutting off the military’s resources, and ensuring humanitarian aid reaches civilians.

January 9, 2025 at 11:06 am read more

CHRO: 30 years of making impacts, transforming lives

For 30 years, the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) has been at the forefront of promoting human rights, transforming lives, and making lasting impacts. CHRO’s journey is best understood through three significant decades of achievement, each representing critical milestones in the organization’s evolution. CHRO’s strategic vision, adaptability to changing contexts, and creative approach to driving

December 28, 2024 at 10:55 am read more

The Humanitarian Action

CHRO's rights-based approach to humanitarian action is rooted in the belief that humanitarian assistance and human rights advocacy are inherently connected.

December 28, 2024 at 5:23 am read more

With ASEAN paralyzed, victims of Myanmar junta turn to the Philippines for justice

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. this week joined other Southeast Asian leaders in a high-level sit-down to renew its calls to end the protracted civil war in Myanmar, with the Philippine leader saying “new strategies” are needed to address the conflict. ASEAN leaders, including Marcos, have admitted the bloc’s peace deal with the

December 24, 2024 at 7:36 am read more

Myanmar’s Christians need more than prayers:

They need moral, political, and material support, especially from American Christians with whom they share a historical bond In 2015, as the world celebrated Myanmar’s seemingly democratic shift, United States Ambassador Derek Mitchell made a historic visit to Chin State, a remote region bordering India. It was the first time a US official of such rank had

December 24, 2024 at 7:21 am read more

Media Coverage (Oct 2023 – Aug 2024)

English and Burmese media coverage of the work of Chin Human Rights Organization covering the period between October 2023 and August 2024. CHRO is thankful to everyone who made it possible for us to continue to be a credible and trusted voice for the Chin people and other marginalized communities in Burma/Myanmar News Agency &

August 14, 2024 at 11:11 am read more