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Silent Protest in Delhi, India
- Subject: Silent Protest in Delhi, India
- From: chinhro@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 17:36:00
Christian Chins in Delhi held silent protest
( Chin Students Union )
September 28, Delhi,Christian Chins in exile in India in New Delhi today
held a silent protest against the religious persecution back home in Chin
State, at Jantar Mantar in the heart of the capital. More than one hundred
activists participated in the rally which lasted from 11:00 Am. to 1:00 p.m.
Marching along the Parliament Street in central New Delhi, the activists
carried placards and banners calling for the immediate halt of Christian
persecution and the release of two Baptist pastors and all Christian
prisoners in Chin State who were recently arrested by the Burmese military
for allegedly being responsible for the disappearence of a soldier from LIB
266 who deserted his unit while on patrol in rural Chin State of Thantlang
township.
In a Statement which was sent to the Burmese Embassy and a copy of which was
sent to the US Embassy in New Delhi, called for the SPDC to respect
religious freedom of minorities and to unconditionally release the pastors
and all village headmen and block chairmen of Thantlang town.
Muslims and Buddhists community from Burma also joined the protest and
addressed the gathering that it is not Buddhism that is persecuting other
religion but the military government that does it.
The Chin Human Rights Organization, in its latest inside report said that,
all village PDC members in 12 village of Zahnak tract in Thantlang township
were arrested and taken to Hakha, the capital, and jailed following a
disappearance of soldier who reportedly deserted his unit in June this year.
The report also revealed the arrest of Rev. Thawng Kam, General Secretary of
Thantlang Baptist Association of Baptist Churches (TABC) and Rev. Biak
Kam,(60), a senior pastor of Thantlang Baptist Church by the Burmese army.
They were reportedly taken to Lungler Army outpost in the Indian border at
night on 7 September 1999 after which nothing was heard about them.
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