Flower that leads to famine by Jewel Topsfield WA Today http://www.watoday.com.au/national/flower-that-leads-to-famine-20090220-8dr1.html February 20, 2009 ONCE every 50 years a species of bamboo flowers in the Burmese state of Chin, heralding the beginning of a famine. This sounds like the stuff of myth, the first line of a fairytale told to wide-eyed children around the campfire.
No refuge on the southern border Reports of organised human trafficking and extortion by Malaysian immigration officials, while Thailand turns a blind eye, are too credible to ignore. By: Erika Fry BANGKOK POST: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/investigation/15714/ Published: 26/04/2009 at 12:00 AM It’s hard to know when a nightmare truly begins, and while caught in its grim unreality,
Chin suffers from inadequate access to protection in IndiaBy Nava ThakuriaNEWSTRACK INDIA: http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/82978New Delhi, Tue, 07, April 2009 The Chin people of Burma, who are living in the Indian capital, suffers from less access to humanitarian relief and services by the local government and also the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office in New
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
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.
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
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
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
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
In Focus At the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), our mission is driven by a commitment to protect the rights and dignity of the Chin people and other marginalized communities in Myanmar. In response to the escalating conflict, human rights abuses, and growing humanitarian crises, we have developed a comprehensive approach that integrates both human