AND LIBERTY CURTAILED (The statement of Burmese nationals on Guam seeking asylum in the USA)By Rev. Dr. Hre Kio Burma: Burma, placed between Bangladesh, India, China, Laos and Thailand, with a land mass of 261,789 square miles, (678,033 sq km) known as “the rice bowl of Southeast Asia” in the early 1900s, got its
By Victor Biak LianChin Human Rights OrganizationRegional Conference on Protection for Refugees from BurmaChiangmai University, Chiangmai, ThailandNov. 6-7, 2003 I am very pleased to have this opportunity of talking about the situation of refugees from Burma in India. I am equally pleased for this rare opportunity of highlighting the condition of the least acknowledged yet
RAZOR’S EDGESurvival Crisis for Refugees from Burma in Delhi, India Project MajeNovember 2004 The situation for refugees from Burma in Delhi, the capital city of India, has reached a survival crisis point. About 1,500 post-1988 refugees from Burma live in Delhi. An estimated 1,300 or more are of the Chin ethnic group from western Burma,
ASSESSMENT REPORTONBURMESE REFUGEES IN MIZORAM ANDDELHI June 2004 CONTENTSAcknowledgement A. INTRODUCTIONi. The assessment tripii. Strength of the Assessmentiii. Limitation of the Assessment B. BURMESE REFUGEES IN INDIA C. BURMESE REFUGEES IN MIZORAM i. Background:ii. The 17th July incident in Mizoramiii. Repercussion of the evictioniv. Initiatives taken by Mizoram Governmentv. Present situation of the Chins:a. Securityb.
Christian Post http://www.christianpost.com/article/20061104/25778.htm http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070212/25778_Burma%92s_Persecuted_Christians_Plea_Case_in_Highest_U.S._Hearings.htm Christian Today http://www.christiantoday.com/article/burma.delegation.concludes.europe.us.awareness.tour/9526.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/burma.delegation.holds.milestone.meeting.with.uk.foreign.office.minister/9272.htm US Committee for Refugees http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1785 http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1504&rid=1179 The Voice of America http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?p=chin+human+rights+organization&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&fp_ip=MY&fr=yfp-t-501&u=www.voanews.com/burmese/2006-10-25-voa5.cfm&w=chin+human+rights+organization+organizations&d=FXQkV_mdOhg9&icp=1&.intl=us Christian Solidarity Worldwide http://www.csw.org.uk/latestnews/article.php?id=591 Irrawady http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=6294&z=154 http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=6221&z=154 Mizzima http://www.mizzima.com/MizzimaNews/News/2007/April/20-Apr-2007.html http://www.mizzima.com/MizzimaNews/News/2006/Dec/19-Dec-2006-35.html Christian Solidarity Worldwide USA http://www.cswusa.com/Reports%20Pages/Reports-Burma.htm Earth Rights International http://www.earthrights.org/burmareports/another_yadana_the_shwe_natural_gas_pipeline_project_burma-bangladesh-india.html Relief Web (Burmese Refugees Detained in Malaysia Raids) http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6UB96W?OpenDocument Unrepresented Peoples and Nations Organization http://www.unpo.org/article.php?id=6289 Citizen Against
Democracy Newsletter- NEDMarch, 2007http://www.ned.org/publications/newsletters/0307-burma.html On Friday, February 2, 2007, the Congressional Human Rights Caucus Task Force for International Religious Freedom held a staff briefing and discussion on Human Rights Abuses and Religious Persecution in Burma. The Task Force heard from an array of witnesses including representatives from two NED grantees, namely, Victor Biak Lian of
Friday, 09 February 2007By BosNewsLife News Center Burma’s military government denies rights abuses. RANGOON/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife) A delegation of predominantly Christian Chin and Kachin activists ended a visit to the US Friday, February 9, after warning American officials of “the continuing violations of human rights,” charges denied by the Burmese military government. Their week-long visit to
Agence France Presse (AFP) October 25: A rights group that advocates for Myanmar ‘s ethnic Chin minority Wednesday applauded the US government for waiving a law that would allow Chin refugees to come to the United States . More than 80,000 Chin refugees currently live in Malaysia , India and Thailand . Many fled their
MungpiMizzima News (www.mizzima.com) October 20, 2006 – The Chin Human Rights Organisation today welcomed the decision of the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to allow Burmese refugees into the United States even if they have supported rebels fighting against the Burmese government. Rice exercised her discretionary exemption authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act,
By Shah PaungIrrawwaddyFri 20 Oct 2006: Ethnic Chin refugees in Thailand , Malaysia and India are to be allowed to resettle in the US as long as they meet all eligibility requirements, the US State Department announced on Thursday. Applications would be considered even if refugees had provided “material support” to Chin rebel groups such