On 8 September 2025, Salai Za Uk Ling, Executive Director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), delivered an oral statement at the 60th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva. Speaking on behalf of communities affected by ongoing conflict and repression in Myanmar, the statement highlighted the continuing and systematic
A senior Timorese prosecutor has been appointed to look into the criminal file presented two weeks ago in Dili by the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO). "I welcome the move", said Salai Za Uk, Executive Director of CHRO, "and we look forward to working with the Timorese authorities, as well as civil society groups in Timor Leste, on pursuing...
I also briefed the President about the case that the Chin Human Rights Organisation has filed against ten members of the Myanmar military here in Dili. The crimes of which they are accused include the gang rape of a pregnant woman, the massacre of ten people, including a journalist and a 13-year-old boy who was among eight people who...
On the day of the Myanmar military junta’s phased election rollout in Chin State, the process effectively collapsed amid an overwhelming public boycott, widespread administrative breakdown, and overt coercion of civil service members. Events on the ground demonstrated the regime’s inability to conduct even a minimal semblance of a credible electoral process.
CHRO reiterates its call on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to immediately issue an arrest warrant for Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. CHRO further urges the international community to take coordinated and effective action, including the overdue referral by the UN Security Council of the whole situation in Myanmar to the ICC and the imposition of global aviation fuel...
Despite the well-documented crimes committed in Chin State there have, to date, been no targeted sanctions against the Myanmar military’s northwestern command. We call on the Irish government to work at both EU and UN levels to extend sanctions to other individual members of the junta for their involvement in undermining democracy, the repression of the civilian population and the...
Statement by Salai Za Uk Ling, Executive Director of Chin Human Rights OrganizationAt the 1st Meeting – 60th Session of the UN Human Rights CouncilEnhanced Interactive Dialogue on Myanmar10:00 AM, 8 September 2025Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations, Geneva Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews has often described this body as the Conscience
The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) and CSW have urgently called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Military. The ICC prosecutor applied for a warrant to arrest Min Aung Hlaing for the crimes against humanity of deportation and persecution of the Rohingya, committed in Myanmar,...
The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) strongly condemns the latest airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar military junta on 17 and 19 August 2025 in Mawchi, Hpasawng Township, Karenni State. At least 26 civilians were killed, with more injured and unaccounted for, after the junta deliberately targeted a hospital, homes, and a kindergarten. These attacks constitute war crimes and...
On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) expresses grave concern over the serious and escalating violations of Indigenous rights in Paletwa Township, southern Chin State. Under the effective control of the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA), Chin communities are facing systematically enforced actions that threaten their identity, livelihoods, and survival...