Rhododendron News Volume VI. No III. July-August 2003 Chin Human Rights Organization www.chro.org Contents: Editorial Human Rights • View from Inside (Interview with Major Thawng Za Lian) • Chin Christian church demolished An account by eyewitness • Refugees: Letter and Press Release • Updates on the Situation of Chin refugees
VOL. VI. No.2 May-June 2003 CONTENTS Human Rights: Surviving Torture A Chin Woman’s Struggle for Justice Jailed Professor On Hunger Strike Interview with Mr. Ngun Thawng New Town Makes People Cry Refugee: UNHCR Office In India Comes Under Severe Attack By The Scandinavian Burmese Committees Letter &
Rhododendron News VOL.V No.V NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2002 Human Rights: New Buddhist Pagoda Being Built in Chin State with Forced Labor Burmese Army on the Rampage of Extortion Refugees: District-wide Eviction Left Hundreds of Chin Refugees Shelterless in Mizoram Chin Refugees in Another District of Mizoram To Be Evicted in January 2003 Ignored Chin Refugees In
Rhododendron News VOL.V No.IV SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2002 Burmese Army Looted Chin Traders SPDC Troops Forced Women, School Children and Civilians to serve SPDC recruit USDA member in Chin State A Chin Refugee Girl Raped Chin Refugees Face Imminent Crackdown in India’s Mizoram Burmese Junta uses Forced Labour Freshly in Rakhine State in Western Burma 36 Chin
Introduction : Chin People In Burma: An Overview Human Rights : •New Township Development Project Left 100 People Forced To Work Daily: 180 Houses To Be Relocated •Arbitrary Agricultural Policy Results in Forced Labor •Persecution of Christians Renewed, Junta Coerces Chin Christians to Pull Down Cross •Denial of Religious Freedom; Christian cross at
Rhododendron News VOL.V No.II MARCH-APRIL 2002 Human Rights: * Burma’s Junta Arrested Two Prominent Chin Christian Ministers * Forced Labor Continues In Remote Areas of Chin State * Force Labor Used to Repair Army Camp * Professor Gets 7 Years for Protest Refugees: * Chin refugees being
Rhododendron publication – 2002 Jan-Feb 2002 Jan-Feb 2002 Jan-Feb : Rhododendron publication ——————————————————————————– Contents Human Rights * Burmese soldiers arrested a dying elderly woman * Burma’s junta arrested a Chin professor * Petition to the Government of Myanmar * Minority Chin Christian Continue to face Religious Discrimination in Burma
VOLUME IV.NO.VI. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2001 Contents: SPDC uses Forced Labor in Army Owned Farm SPDC Troops Forced Chin Villagers To Serve as Porters Forced Portering In Thantlang Twongship SPDC Soldier Robbed Villagers SPDC Lt. Colonel Demanded Solar Plate From Chin Villagers Civilians Forced to Repair Army Camp SPDC
Rhododendron News VOL.IV No.IV JULY-AUGUST 2001 HUMAN RIGHTS – A Female Pastor Sentenced For Two Years With Hard Labour In Haka – A Village’s Dream To Solve Drinking Water Problems Ruined – Cross-border Chin traders Robbed and Beaten up By Burmese Soldiers – A Chin Farmer Badly Beaten Up –
Rhododendron News VOL.IV No.IV MAY-JUNE 2001 Contents Human Rights: Interview with an excaped prisoner from Sayasan Hard Labor Camp Inter View with a Chin NGO Worker Refugees: A Cry Unheard Letter & Press Release: No Shelter for Chin Refugees In Malaysia Chin Students and Youth Organization’s Letter