TABLE OF CONTENTS: Arbitrary Taxation & Extortion: • Admin officer forcibly collected money from village admin heads • Govt officials collect extra money from travelers in Indo-Burma border • Travellers and locals affected by collection of excessive toll fees... Freedom of Religion: • Matupi churches ask permission to erect Christian cross • Religious freedom still restricted in Burma: USCIRF... Other Human Rights Violations: • Plots of land grabbed by authorities despite local objection • Demand to protect orchids ignored by authorities • Authorities allow forest destruction, ignore local communities • Govt officers suspected of siphoning off school budgets • Govt official accused of ?milking? anti-poverty project budget • High school students forced to go to class at weekends... Humanitarian Situation: • Heavy rains destroyed water storage, road in Matupi • Heavy rains, landslides hamper travelers in Hakha • Chin volunteer doctors treated mothers and children • UN rights envoy awestruck by levels of poverty in Chin State • Flash floods destroyed 3 bridges, 1 building in Tedim township • Two killed by mudslide in Hakha township • Over 80 families asked to evacuate in Falam township after landslides... Development Situation: • New tourist sites to be developed in Chin State • University students demand respect for human rights in development projects • Chin parties to visit Gullu nickel project in Tedim township... Event & Protest: • Human Rights Rapporteur to visit Chin State for the first time • Demonstrations against Burma-China nickel project in Chin State • Public event to condemn OP alcohol in Hakha... Situation of Refugees: • UNHCR to register asylum seekers from Burma in Malaysia • Chin refugee mother traumatized after attempted rape in Delhi... Chin State Government: • Govt to open tax-free markets in Chin State... Press Release: • Ethnic Chin in historic hearing at the European Parliament