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"Rhododendron News" ("Rhododendron" or "Rhododendron publication") -- magazine of the Chin Human Rights Organization.

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Title: "Rhododendron News" (published by the Chin Human Rights Organisation)
Description/subject: Archive from 1998 on the CHRO website. N.B. CHRO HAS CHANGED ITS URL, WITHOUT ANY REDIRECT TO ITS NEW SITE. THIS MEANS THAT MOST OF THE LINKS BELOW ARE DEAD...SEARCH AT CHRO.CA
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organisation
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 03 June 2003


Individual Documents

Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume XII, No IV, July-August 2009
Date of publication: 30 November 2009
Description/subject: Contents: EDITORIAL: Two Years On: Survival Crisis Continues in Chin State... HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS: Sexual Abuse against Women: SPDC Cabinet Minister & His Aides Accused of Rape... Military Officers Accused of Spoiling Young Girls..... Freedom of Religion: Church Construction Decreed to Stop... Christians Forced to Donate for Inauguration of New Buddhist Pagoda... Religious Assembly Restricted... Forced Donation and Labor Exacted to Build Buddhist Pagoda..... Forced Labor: Civilians Forced to Replant Jatropha... Forced Porter Demands on the Increase... Municipal Authorities Demand Forced Labor... Child Students Made to Work for Teachers’ Profit..... Extortion & Arbitrary Measures: SPDC-backed Women Organization Collecting Forced Membership Fees... Security Forces Extort from Cattle Traders... Excessive Charges Imposed on Phone Use... Money Collected from Public for New Electricity Generator..... 2010 Elections: Chin Villagers Forced to Endorse the 2010 Elections... SPDC Seeks Support for Elections through Promise of Development Aid... Chin Students Barred from University Campus Residence Ahead of 2010... Internet Cafes Shut Dow... Forced Recruitment to Join USDA..... Others: School Building Project Still on Hold Due to Corruptions... Farmers Cheated of 1 Million Kyats of Pooled Development Funds... Refused by Hospital for Having No Money, Cancer Patient Died... USDA Members Go Unpunished Despite Failing to Comply with Official Orders..... FOOD CRISIS IN CHINLAND: More than 30 Chin Families Flee to Mizoram... Crops Destroyed by Grasshoppers in Chin State... Chairman of Chin State Bars Foreign Aid... Increase in school dropouts in border areas of Chin state... Chin Famine Aid Live Concert in three European countries.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: pdf (190k)
Date of entry/update: 01 December 2009


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume XII. No. III. May-June 2009
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: EDITORIAL: • The World Must Not Wait till the Next June to Act on Burma SITUATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS:- FORCED LABOR: • Army Ordered Forced Labor for Storm Devastated Community • Army Conscripts Porters at Wedding Celebration • USDA Uses Forced Labor, Squanders Money from Charity • Child Labor on the Rise in Chin State • Forced Labor Displaced 15 Families... EXTORTION & ARBITRARY MEASURES: • Frequent Renewal of Family Registration a Rip-Off by Immigration Staff • SPDC Collects Tax from Self-Support Water Supply Project • Excessive Tolls Collected from Vehicle Owners • Train Travelers Burdened by Corrupt Practice by Security Personnel • Farmers Forced to Cultivate Summer Season Rice • Town Residents Still Without Running Water despite Having Paid Fees • Funds Collected for Dam Construction • Oil Workers Asked to Pay Tax... FREEDOM OF RELIGION: • Construction of Buddhist Pagoda Destroys Paddy Field • Increased Religious Discrimination in Kanpalet Township • Scholarship as Enticement to Convert to Buddhism • Church Renovation Still Not Permitted Despite License... FOOD CRISIS: • Food Crisis In Chin State Worsens As Rainy Season Comes • UNDP Accused of Unfair Distribution of Food Aid • Unregistered NGOs to Cease Operation in Chin State... MISTREATMENT & ASSAULT: • Prisoners Mistreated • Soldiers Brutalized Brother Trying to Defend His Sister • Unlimited Loggings in Lands Annexed from Chin State... TRIBUTE: • A Glimpse inside the Life and Legacy of Burma’s Student Leader Salai Tin Maung Oo • Interview With Mai Popo: Till the Down of True Democracy in Burma
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html (24.5K)
Date of entry/update: 01 December 2009


Title: Rhododendron News: Volume XII, No II. March-April 2009
Date of publication: April 2009
Description/subject: Editorial: • U.S Senate Report on Trafficking Underscores Continued Rights Violations in Burma... General Human Rights Situations: • Impunity for Army Officer Accused of Sexual Assault; • Corrupt Officials Employ Forced Labor; • Soldiers Exploit Chin Women under Guise of Marriage; • Soldiers Commandeered Traveling Passenger Vehicle; • Burmese Soldiers Extort Kyats 100,000 from Trader; • Request for Additional Elementary School Teacher Ignored; • Self-Reliance to Avoid Govt.'s Exploitation & Red-tape; • Widespread Corruptions Blamed for Constant Blackout; • Illegal Road Tolls Collected from Vehicle Owners; • Village Community Impoverished by Forced Labor; • Racial Discrimination against Chin Farmers Continues in Sagaing Division; • Inadequate Development Budget Leads to Forced Labor; • Unfair Salary Cut for Govt. Employees in Chin State; • Families Relocated to Avoid Incessant Forced Labor & Extortion... Religious Freedom: • Authorities Shut Down Chin Church in Rangoon; • Christians Forced to Contribute Wood towards Pagoda Construction... Food Crisis in Chinland: • Food Scarcity Likely to Worsen in Chin State – Aid Group... Situations of Refugees: • More Chin Refugees Found Detained in Malaysia; • Chins Suffer from Inadequate Access to Protection in India; • Over 200 Burmese arrested in Malaysia... Press Release: • U.S. Senate Releases Report on Abuses in Malaysia, Raids Continue; • CHRO Releases New Report on Situations of Chins in Delhi.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: pdf (153K), html,
Alternate URLs: http://www.chro.ca/publications/rhododendron/68-rhododendron-2009/163-rhododendron-news-volume-xii-...
Date of entry/update: 03 May 2009


Title: Rhododendron News: Volume XII, No I. January – February 2009
Date of publication: February 2009
Description/subject: CONTENT: Editorial: • SPDC’s New Report Shows Proliferation of Buddhist Religious Infrastructure GENERAL HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS • Oil Workers Exploited by Junta-backed Private Company • Justice Denied • Chin Administrative Official Dismissed from Job • Extortion and Forced Labor to Reconstruct a Bridge • Extortion and Confiscation of Livestock • Football Tournament to Profit Burmese Soldiers • Prostitution Proliferate Due to Economic Hardship • Army Officer Extorts Huge Sums of Money from Traders • More Chin Territory Annexed in Re-demarcation of Inter-State Border • 15 Year-Old Girl Raped by Burmese Soldier • Civilian Forced Labor Employed to Renovate • School Children Forcibly Conscripted into Burma Army • Chin Historical Researcher Threatened by Authorities • Travelers Face New Security Regulation • Student Hospitalized after Assault by Two Army Officers • Pay Money or Go to Jail • Chin Students Face Discrimination in Education ABUSE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM • Partially Constructed Church Building Ordered Shut • Chin Church in Rangoon Closed Down By Authorities • More Churches Locked Up By Authorities • British MPs Expressed Deep Concern Over Church Shutdowns In Rangoon RESPONSE TO THE FOOD CRISIS IN CHINLAND • Live Aid Concerts to Combat Hunger in Chin State • Australia Hosts Famine Live Aid Concert Series • WFP: 'Food Plus Cash-For-Work Programme' Underway In Chin State REPORT • BURMA: Report Documents Abuse of Chin Christians
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: pdf (127K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.chro.ca/publications/rhododendron/68-rhododendron-2009/164-rhododendron-news-volume-xii-...
Date of entry/update: 07 April 2009


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume XI, No VI. November- December 2008
Date of publication: December 2008
Description/subject: CONTENTS: * Editorial: Deteriorating Conditions Despite Increased Awareness on Situations in Western Burma... * Situations in Chinland: * Rights Activist Feared Dead * Junta-Backed Sex Industry Growing in Chin State * Chin Farmers Forced to Change Rice Seeds * Burmese Soldiers Living off Villagers * Immigration Officials Seized Family Registration Cards, * Students Supply Rice and Firewood to Underpaid Teachers * Porter for Us or Give Rice or Money: Burma Army * Forced Labor to Construct Army Camp * Church Building Foundation Destroyed In Tayawaddy Village * Chin Political Prisoners Isolated from Families * Burmese Soldiers Live Off Villagers Struck by Major Food Crisis * Students Regularly Forced to Perform Forced Labor Duty * Forced Labor to Repair Army Camp * Parents of Students Struggling to Pay Compulsory Fees for Extra Classes * Corrupt Immigration Officers Extort from Travelers * Illegal Tolls Collected from Travelers... * Refugee Situations: * Chin Refugee Died at UNHCR Gate * Chin Refugee Committed Suicide Due To Depression In Malaysia * Whereabouts of Detained Chin Children Refugees Not Known In Thailand * Czech Republic Welcomed For Opening Its Door To Chin Refugees * New Focus on Refugee Protection in Asia-Pacific Region * New Uncertainty for Burmese Refugees over India’s Provincial Election... * Activities Highlights- 2008: * Advocacy * Conferences/Seminars * Referendum & Public Mobilization Campaign * Awareness and Fund Raising Activities * Reports, Publication & Media Coverage * Field Coordination * Human Rights Education/Capacity Building * Acknowledgements
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization
Format/size: html
Alternate URLs: http://www.chro.ca
Date of entry/update: 05 January 2009


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume XI, No V. September-October 2008
Date of publication: October 2008
Description/subject: CONTENTS: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS IN CHINLAND - * Villagers Punished for Failing to Comply with Forced Labour Order * Unfair Restrictions on Ferry Operators Cause Price Hike * Chin Widow Taxed 30, 000 for Owning Two Cows * Soldiers on Killing Spree of Livestock for Meat * Villagers Flee to India as Burma Army Rages * Farmers Compelled to Buy Govt-Produced Fertilizer * Villagers Forced to Supply Porters and Chickens... FOOD CRISIS IN CHINLAND: * Severe Food Shortages Blamed for Sharp School Dropout * Discriminatory Practice in Aid Distribution * Forced Labour Exacted from Areas Hard Hit by Food Scarcity * Food Crisis Puts Mothers and Children at Risk * Chin People Brace for Famine-Related Diseases * ENC Calls for Immediate Action to Address Food Crisis * DFID Hailed for its Response to Food Crisis in Chin State * Burma's Regime Slammed for Neglecting Food Crisis in Chin State * Local Relief Group Raised Funds for Famine Victims... NEWS AND EVENTS: * Deportation Feared for a Chin Refugee in Malaysia * Joint Cross-Border Effort Planned for Victims of Hunger in Chin State * Mizoram University Host International Seminar on Chin History * Chin Scholar Urged to Look Back into the Past * Demonstration to Mark Suu Kyi’s 13 Years in Detention... OPINION: * Making Burma ungovernable... BACK COVER POEM: * Saffron Revolution
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization
Format/size: html
Alternate URLs: http://www.chro.ca
Date of entry/update: 05 January 2009


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume XII. No. IV. July-August 2008
Date of publication: August 2008
Description/subject: CONTENTS:- HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS IN CHINLAND" * Cross-Border Traders Face Rampant Extortion * Hunger Victims Forced to Finance Government's Project * SPDC Authorities Collected Money from Civilian for Bridge Repair * SPDC Army Looted Passenger's Goods * Vengeful Authorities Punished Villagers Who Voted against the New Constitution * Local Man Hospitalized After Attacks by Vigilante * Two Women among Arbitrarily Detained and Tortured * Internet Cafes Start To Boom In Chin State Amid Fears For Users... FOOD CRISIS IN CHINLAND: * Starvation Stalks In Chin State As Burma's Regime Ignores * Severe food shortages in Chin State focus of WFP meeting * More Than 30 Children Died Due To Food Crisis In Chin * Chiangmai Concert Raises Awareness and Money for Famine Relief in Chin State * Chin Medical Student on Noble Mission * Live Aid Concert to Take Place in Malaysia... NEWS AND EVENTS: * Chin Traditional Dress Impressed Britain's Prince Charles * Chin Student Union of North America Held Its Third Conference * Commemoration of 20th Anniversary of Burma's 8888 Uprising In Full Preparation * Hundreds Joined '8888' Demonstration in London * Chin Communities Held Seminars and Conferences Across The World......N.B. The CHRO website mistakenly ascribes this issue to Vol. XII
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization
Format/size: html
Alternate URLs: http://www.chro.ca
Date of entry/update: 05 January 2009


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume XI, No. III. May-June 2008
Date of publication: June 2008
Description/subject: CONTENTS:- SITUATIONS IN CHINLAND: * Arrested Campaigners Tortured * Villagers Forced to Catch Fish from Conservation Area * Corruption Causes Rapid Environmental Destruction * Hunger Victims Taxed for Transporting Rice * Forced Labour, Extortion Fuels Hunger * Civilians Forced to Pay for Referendum Costs * Over 30 Millions Kyats to be Collected from Chin Public * School Teacher Raped by SPDC Cabinet Minister * Villagers Forced to Feed Burmese Soldiers Amidst Looming Starvation * Rice-mill Owners Unfairly Taxed * People Faced Junta's Post-Referendum Reprisals... REFUGEE SITUATIONS: * Teenaged Refugee Girl Abducted in New Delhi * Tensions Rise As More Chin Refugees Arrested In Malaysia... CAMPAIGN & ADVOCACY: * Chin Delegation Visited UK * Chin Delegates To Attend Conference At Liverpool Hope University * Ethnic Women From Burma Met UK Prime Minister... STATEMENTS AND PRESS RELEASES: * BURMA: Allow Unhindered International Humanitarian Aid and Rescue Operations * More Chin People Voted "No" Amidst Threats and Intimidation * Update: Threat, Intimidation and Manipulation Shroud Burma's Referendum... FACTS & ARGUMENTS: - R2P Concept and Burma... NEWS & EVENTS: - KNU Chairman Passed Away... BACK COVER POEM: Cries From The Chin Jungle....N.B. The CHRO website mistakenly ascribes this issue to Vol. XII.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization
Format/size: html
Alternate URLs: www.chro.ca
Date of entry/update: 05 January 2009


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume XI, No. II, March-April 2008
Date of publication: April 2008
Description/subject: Table of Contents:- Editorial: • Double Jeopardy: When Global Food Shortage Meets Local Crisis... Situations in Chinland: • More Communities Flee Famine Affected Areas; • Government-backed Opium-Growing on the Increase in Chin State; • SPDC Army Forced Villagers for Porters; • Gospel Baptist Church’s Silver Jubilee Postponed; • Efforts to Help Victims of Famine Underway; • Fears for Famine-Hit Chin Grow as Corruption in Local Authorities Rules... Statements & Press Release: • Critical Point: Humanitarian Disaster in the Making in Western Burma; • Food Relief Hampered for Famine Victims in Western Burma; • Chin Famine Emergency Relief Committee (CFERC) Formed; • Asylum Seeking Mother and Children at Risk... Referendum: • Thura Aung Ko campaigns for referendum in western Burma; • Professor Dr. Salai Tun Than To Stage Hunger Strike; • Referendum Failed in Chin State: Mock Poll Suggests; • Go To The Poll, Cast Your Vote With Clear Conscience... News & Events: • Global Day of Prayer for Burma Held In London; • CNF Marks 20th Anniversary of Chin National Revolution Day... Opinion & Commentary: • The UN and Burma: the UN Good Offices Mission May Need Alteration; • Back Cover Poem; • The People And The Nation.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization
Format/size: pdf (67K), html
Alternate URLs: http://www.chro.ca/publications/rhododendron/67-rhododendron-2008/161-rhododendron-news-volume-xi-n...
Date of entry/update: 05 May 2008


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume XI, No. I, January – February 2008
Date of publication: February 2008
Description/subject: Table of Contents: Editorial: * Cross-Border Aid Needed to Address Humanitarian Crisis in Chinland... Human Rights Situations in Chinland: * Forced Labor for Bootlegging * Illegal Funds Collected from Chin Public * Unfair Tax and Restriction Imposed on Chin Farmers * Money Extorted to Finance Militia Training * Town Residents Forced to Buy and Plant Tea Seed * Corrupt Forestry Officer Imposed Excessive Fines on Villagers * Officials Auctioned Off Seized Goods for Personal Profit * Extortion Rampage * New Recruitment Drive Targets High School Students * Burmese police recruit under age youth in western Burma... Refugee Situation: * 45 Chin Perished at Sea * Rela Burns Down Chin Camps in Malaysia * Local Youth Assault Chin Asylum Seeker in New Delhi... News & Events: * CHRO Begins Annual Advocacy Mission * Total Oil Urged to Pull Out of Burma * Chin Marks National Day with Protest * Burmese Regime Bans Chin Historical Day * Ethnic Alliance Warns Constitutional Boycott... Facts & Argument: * Burma’s Referendum: Why Indonesia Matters... Back Cover Poem: * Once Voice (Chin national Day)... Editorial.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 24 March 2008


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume X. No. VI. November-December 2007
Date of publication: December 2007
Description/subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS:- HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN CHINLAND: • 45 Chin Perished at Sea • Officials Auctioned Off Seized Goods for Personal Profit • Extortion Rampage • New Recruitment Drive Targets High School Students • Burmese Troops Forced Civilians as porters • Chin people fined for not attending pro-junta rally • SPDC extorts money and food from people in western Burma... REFUGEE ISSUE: • CHRO Calls for More Protections in Malaysia Following the Disappearance of Another Child • Renewed Calls for Release of Woman and Children • CHRO Calls for Release of Chin Women and Children Detained in Malaysia... CAMPAIGN & ADVOCACY: • CHRO Statement at USCIRF Hearing... NEWS & EVENTS: • CHRO Welcomes Honorary Canadian Citizenship for Aung San Suu Kyi • CHRO Calls to Observe Day of Mourning • CHRO Testify Persecution of Chin Christians at The U. S Congress • Burma Ethnic Leaders Promised A Review of India’s Policy on Burma • UNSC Urged to Brand USDA As State Sponsored Terrorist Organization • Burma’s Pro-Democracy Icon Aung San Suu Kyi Pay Constant and Serious Consideration on Ethnic Nationalities.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization
Format/size: html
Alternate URLs: http://www.chro.ca
Date of entry/update: 06 January 2009


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume X. No. V. September-October 2007
Date of publication: October 2007
Description/subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS: • Villager Shot To Death By Burmese Police In Thantlang • TPDC Authorities Warn NLD Members In Chin State • SPDC Heightened Security In Chin State • Two Elected Chin Mps Arrested; Protest In Burma Continue Amid Brutal Crackdown • SPDC Forced Chin People To Participate In A Rally In Support Of National Convention • Unfair Charge Imposed On Civilian For Making Citizenship Card • Burmese Junta Forces Villagers To Pay For Road Construction • Villagers Forced To Cultivate Chili Farm For Army • Unjustly Seized Cigarettes Worth For Kyat- One Lakh • Local Villagers Have Been Exploited For Personal Profit • Burmese Police Extorted Money From Travelers • Confiscated Land For Buddhist Orphanage School • Confiscated Village Head House For Army Camp • SPDC Forced Villagers For Construction Of Army Camp... REFUGEE ISSUE: • UNHCR, India Suspends Registration Of New Comers From Burma... PRESS RELEASE: • CHRO Condemns The Violent Crackdown On Protestors In Burma... NEWS & EVENTS: • The Biggest Chin Christian Organization Urges Worldwide Chin Community To Support Buddhist Monks In Prayer • Chin Christians Join Buddhist Monks In Anti Junta Protest • University Students And People Join Monks In Kalay • British Parliamentarians Visited Chin Refugees On The India-Burma Border.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization
Format/size: html
Alternate URLs: http://www.chro.ca
Date of entry/update: 06 January 2009


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume X. No. IV. July-August 2007
Date of publication: August 2007
Description/subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS:- Human Rights Situations in Chin State: • New Family Registration Drive Poses Burdens for Chin Families • Burmese Soldiers Living off Chin Villagers • SPDC Soldiers Looted Money from Pig-trader • SPDC Army Killed 50 Pigs for Food without Compensation • Exemption for Religious Pastor Repealed • SPDC Army Extorted 20,000 Kyats From Trader • Army Officer Confiscates 7.6 Million Kyats from Trader • New Tax Imposed on Fruit Merchants in Southern Chin State • New Restrictions on Farmers and Travelers Southern Chin State • Unlawful Seizure of Goods and Money • More Extortion by Burmese Army... Refugee Situations: • Hundreds Arrested in Malaysia Immigration Raids • More Chin Refugees Rounded Up in Malaysia Immigration Raids • URGENT ACTION APPEAL: Refugee Women and Children Detained in Continuing Raids in Malaysia • Chins held the intra-ethnic Constitution Consultative meeting News & Events • Chin Christian Fellowship In Denmark Held Its 4th Annual Conference Successfully • Chins held the intra-ethnic Constitution Consultative meeting • The 6th Seminar on the State Constitutions Kicks off .
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization
Format/size: html
Alternate URLs: http://www.chro.ca
Date of entry/update: 06 January 2009


Title: 'Rhododendron News" Volume X. No. III. May-June 2007
Date of publication: June 2007
Description/subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS:- HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN CHINLAND: • SPDC Support Construction Of More Pagodas In Chin State • SPDC Conscript Villagers In Militia Training • SPDC Seized And Demolishes Houses For Training Ground • Tahan Market Reconstruction Controversy Reach Naypyidaw • Member Of Village Council Arrested For Carelessness • Villagers Detained For Writing Complaint Letter To Sr. Gen Than Shwe • SPDC Collected Money From Chin Farmers • SPDC Soldiers Collect Money From Chin Villagers To Build Army Camp • Burmese Soldiers Forced Villagers To Mend Their Camp • 25 Villagers Including Women Forced As Porter And To Repair Army Camp • Local Villagers Forced To Entertain Visiting Tactical Commander And His Troops • Villagers Got 80,000 Kyats Fined From Township Authority • SPDC Order To Sell Alcohol During Christian Youth Meeting • Villagers Forced To Buy And Grow Rice And Castor Seeds • SPDC Forced 6 Villages For Porter • Village Self Support Middle School Order To Stop... REFUGEE ISSUE: • More Chin Refugees Arrested By Malaysia Authority • CRC Urged UNHCR To Speed Up Registration... NEWS & EVENTS: • First Chin Military Official To Head Chin State • Chin University Students' Seminar In Matupi • CNA Soldier Under Investigation For Molesting A Woman • Six UNDP Workers Suspended For Corruption • ENC General Secretary Invited To The White House • A Chin Medical Student To Observe The Health Care System In The Uk
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization
Format/size: html
Alternate URLs: http://www.chro.ca
Date of entry/update: 06 January 2009


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume X. No. II. March-April 2007
Date of publication: April 2007
Description/subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS:- Arbitrary Arrest & Killing: • 9 Village Headmen Arrested For Failing To Report CNF Activities • Three Bodies Found After Weeks Of Arrest By Military... Forced Labor: • Seven Villages Forced to Construct Buddhist Monastery • SPDC Forces Villagers to Construct Army Camp • Long Forced Labor Project Compels Villagers to Alternate Work Shifts • Villagers Forced to Work on Hydro-Electric Power Plant Construction • Villagers Construct Road After Government Fails to Provide Proper Transportation System... Conscription, Arbitrary Order & Power Abuse: • Class Ten Students Arrested for Forcible Conscription into the Burma Army • Matupi Town Golden Jubilee Stone Pillar Destroyed • Tea-Field Seized by SPDC for Camp Construction • Two Child Soldiers Flee SPDC Cruelty • Local Villagers Forced to Buy Rice-Seed by SPDC • SPDC Soldiers Demand Chicken from Villagers • Insecticide Usage on Rice Causes Public Health Problems • 70,000 Kyats Seized from Cow Trader by Burma Army • Burma Army Demand Chickens and Forced Porters • Government Threats to Private Bank Causes Great Public Loss • Photos of Naked Women Discovered in a Residence of Hakha Tactic Commander’s Close Acquaintance... Refugee: • Murdered Refugee Girl Laid to Rest • Chin Community Mourns the Tragic Death of Dally Sui • Malaysia Deports over 40 Chin Asylum Seekers • RELA Raids Continue in Malaysia • Malaysia Arrests More Refugee Babies • Human Rights Group Denounces Detention of Babies and Vulnerable Refugees in Malaysia • Malaysian Lawyers Call for an End to RELA Amidst Increasing Abuses... Advocacy & Campaign: • CHRO Presentation at UK Parliament • Chin Activists Met Malaysian Cabinet Minister... Press Release: • CHRO Commends Malaysia for its Stance on Burma • CHRO Condemns Summary Executions of Three Chin Village Headmen • Chin Community And Students Around The World Joined CHRO In Condemning SPDC For Summary Executions Of Three Chin Village Headmen... Back Cover Poem: • An Elegy For Dally.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organisation
Format/size: pdf (110K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.chro.ca/publications/rhododendron/66-rhododendron-2007/155-rhododendron-news-volume-x-no...
Date of entry/update: 16 May 2007


Title: Rhododendron News, Volume X. No. I. January-February 2007
Date of publication: February 2007
Description/subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS:- FORCED LABOUR & PORTER: • SPDC Soldiers Target Chin Women For Porter • Chin Christian Women Compel To Do Manual Works At Buddhist Monastery • SPDC Used Child Labor In Road Construction • Civilians Force To Work At Army Camp • SPDC Summoned 7 Villages For Road Construction • SPDC Forced 100 Villagers To Build Military Camp • Villagers Forced To Work At Army Own Tea Plantation Farm • SPDC Forced Civilian For Road Repair • Villagers Compel To Fence Army Camp In Dar-Lin • SPDC Soldiers Continue To Use Villagers As Porter • Local Villagers Compel To Serve As Guide For Burma Army • SPDC Solders Use Porter... ARBITRARY ORDERS & POWER ABUSE: • Provide Ration Or Your Village Will Be Burnt • Cultivate Jatropha Plant Or Leave The Village • SPDC Soldiers Collect Ration From Villagers • Matupi Town Residents Compel To Watch Football Match • Dar-Lin Villagers Have To Pay For Entertaining The Army Officer • Villagers Must Buy Jatropha Seeds • The SPDC Fined 1,700,000/- Kyats From 5 Cattle Traders • SPDC Soldiers Extort 400,000/- Kyats From Cattle Traders • Village Headmen Bear The Burden Of Militia Training • SPDC Soldiers Looted From A Farmer • A Chin Girl Sent Home And Denied For Health Training For Wearing Longpant • 2 SPDC Police Refused To Pay Their Bus Fare • Internally Displaced In The National Capital • SPDC Authority Extort Money From Travellers • SPDC Police Looted From Female Trader • Burmese Soldier Steal Chicken From Villager... REFUGEE: • Detained Refugees Face Poor Conditions and Possible Caning • Chin Refugee Fell To His Death • Malaysia Detains 176 Suspected Illegal Immigrants From Myanmar... LOBBY & ADVOCACY: • Chin and Kachin Delegation Holds Milestone Meeting with UK Foreign Office Minister • Activists Increase Pressure as EU Looks to Review Common Position on Burma • Burma’s Persecuted Christians Plea Case In Highest U.S. Hearings • A Chin Girl Speaks at UN about Gender Violence in Burma PRESS RELEASE • CHRO Concerned by Remarks of Malaysia’s Home Affairs Minister • CHRO Welcomes the Publication of “Carrying the Cross”... MILESTONE NEWS & EVENTS: • ENC General Secretary Dr. Lian Hmung Sakhong awarded the 2007 Martin Luther King Prize in Sweden • A Struggle To Be An Authentic Human Being Again.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization
Format/size: pdf (141K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.chro.ca/publications/rhododendron/66-rhododendron-2007/156-rhododendron-news-volume-x-no...
Date of entry/update: 17 March 2007


Title: "Rhododendron News", Volume IX. No. VI. November-December 2006
Date of publication: January 2007
Description/subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS: HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN CHINLAND: * Forced Conscription By SPDC In Chin State * Villagers Forced To Work In Road Construction * 2 Minor Boys Among 20 Porters * Villagers To Relocate Within Deadline * Junta Orders Closure And Destruction Of Orphanage School * SPDC Organized Village Council Election Training REFUGEES: * Detained On Christmas * 43 Chin Refugees Arrested In Immigration Raid * Malaysia Deports 80 Asylum Seekers * Chin Refugees Got A Surprise Star Visit * Struggle Continues For Human Rights Award Winner * Chin Asylum Seeker Mother And Child Released NEWS & EVENTS: * Chin Refugee Committee Wins Human Rights Award In Malaysia * CHRO Wraps Up Lobby Trip In Washington D.C FACTS & ARGUMENTS: CONCEALED ETHNIC CLEANSING IN BURMA By Mai Mang Khan Cing (Bianca Son) o Introduction * Ethnic Cleansing Defined * Avoidance of Mass Murder * Forced Labor * Prohibition of Foreign Journalists * Isolationism * Forced Migration * Disconnection from Soil * Rape * Religious Persecution * Eminent Domain * Undocumented Cases of Concealed Ethnic Cleansing * Conclusion * References: BACK COVER POEM: * THE CHINS IN DECEMBER
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organisation
Format/size: html (174K)
Date of entry/update: 21 January 2007


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume IX. No. V. September-October 2006
Date of publication: 10 December 2006
Description/subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS:- FORCED LABOR: * SPDC Authority Forced Hundreds Of Local Villagers To Repair India-Burma Border Trade Road; * Villagers Forced To Construct Army Camp; * Villagers Forced As Porters; * SPDC Force Villagers To Search For A Lost Gun... CONSCRIPTION: * SPDC Conscripted Villagers For Militia Training, Collect Ration And Money From Civilians; * 200 Local Civilians Trains For Militia... ARBITRARY ORDERS, ROBBERY OF SPDC, AND POWER ABUSE: * VPDC Chairman Got 6 Months Imprisonment For Failing To Attend The Meeting; * Police Threaten 2 Merchant Women And Demand 20,000 Kyats; * SPDC Troops Confiscate 1,000,000 Kyats And Four Cattle From Traders; * Chin Woman Forced To Abort Her Pregnancy By A Lieutenant Commander... REFUGEE: * Chin Asylum Seekers From Burma Detained In Malaysia Immigration Raid; * Update On Arrests Of Chins In Malaysia; * Chin Asylum Seeker Died; * Chin Asylum Seekers Held Captive By Thai Agents; * Mizoram Police Arrest 30 Illegal Burmese Migrants... LETTER & PRESS RELEASE: * CHRO Welcomes Chin Waiver; * The Department Of State Decides Material Support Inapplicable To Chin Refugees From Burma; * An Open Letter To Young Mizo Association (YMA); * Proposed Measures To Be Taken By The YMA Against Foreigners And Others Staying Illegally... NEWS & EVENTS: * Self-Decision Making Training For Women Concluded; * Chin Youth Conference Successfully Concluded; * Rights Group Praises US For Allowing Myanmar 'S Chin Refugees; * Rice Exempts Chin Refugees For US Resettlement, Welcomed By CHRO... CRITICAL ISSUE: * The Threat Of HIV/AIDS Among Chin People (By Piang Lilian)... BACK COVER POEM: * A Land Abandoned (By Van Biak Thang)
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 19 January 2007


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume IX. No. IV, July-August 2006
Date of publication: August 2006
Description/subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS: ARBITRARY ORDERS & POWER ABUSED: * Village Headman House And Huts Of Villagers Burned Down By SPDC * Mother And Infant Child Arrested * SPDC Arrest People Who Refuse To Serve As Village Council Chairmen * SPDC Prohibits Headmen From Resigning From Their Posts * SPDC Soldiers Burn A House * SPDC Authorities Close Down Orphanage School * SPDC Ordered Village Self Supported Middle School to Close * Unfair Tuition Fees Demanded * SPDC Force Local People To Sell Timber Planks At Unfair Price * Burmese Army Collect Rations From Villagers * Burmese Army Demand Chicken From Villagers * Police Arrest Cross-Border Trader And Confiscate Goods * SPDC Lieutenant Took 200,000 Kyats From A Woman Trader * Military Officials Need Permission To Go To Capital * SPDC Ignore 23 Deaths Caused By The Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever... ARBITRARY KILLING & RECRUITMENT: * Village Headman Killed, Two Forcibly Recruited As Soldiers * Villagers Forced To Attend Two Months Military Training * Local Residents Forced To Take Militia Training... FORCED LABOR: * Castor Oil Plantation Project A Problem For The People * SPDC Authorities Fine People Who Fail To Plant Castor Oil * SPDC Re-Issues Order For Castor Oil Plantation * Land Confiscation Continues For Jathropas Plantation * Death Sentence To People Opposing Jathropa Plantation... RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION: * SPDC Authorities Collect Money From Local Residence For Buddhist Water Festival * Fifty Households To Be Evicted For Monastery Expansion * Land Confiscated For Buddhist Monastery... REFUGEE: * Chin Workers Arrested In Malaysian Immigration Raid... MILESTONE NEWS & EVENTS: * Tahan Market Reduced To Ashes * Chin Student Union Of North America Formed * Gathering Strength: Exiled Chin Christians Merged For A Joint Mission * Chin Community Of Germany Hosted Chinland Constitution Consultative Meetings * The Chin Community In Norway Successfully Hosted Chinland Constitution Consultative Meeting * ENC Goes Online * CNF Ratifies Anti-Landmine Treaty... OPINION: * Reconciling Identity And Integration (By Bianca Son: Mang Khan Cing)... BACK COVER POEM: * A Bedbug (By Van Biak Thang)
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html (257K)
Date of entry/update: 02 September 2006


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume IX. No. III May-June 2006
Date of publication: June 2006
Description/subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS: EDITORIAL: * Growing Abuse Of Human Rights In Chin State... SUMMARY KILLING: * Village Headman Shot To Death... VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: * Burmese Soldiers Rape Mother Of Four Children... TORTURE: * Burmese Army Tortured Village Headman And 3 Villagers * Burmese Police Tortured A Chin Trader And Extorted Money... ARBITRARY ORDERS: * Police Officer Illegally Demanded Huge Sums Of Money From A Female Trader * Burmese Army Demand Bribes From Cross-Border Traders * National Id Cards Withheld For Civilians * Spdc Authorities Illegally Collect Excessive Farm Tax * Spdc Fined A Villager After Killing Her Pig... FORCED LABOR: * Civilians Forced To Cut Timber Planks For The Construction Of Buddhist Monastery In Military Camp * SPDC Forced 25 Villagers To Work In Their Camp Everyday * SPDC Soldiers Force Civilians To Work On Matupi Town Road Extension * Burmese Army Forces Villagers To Repair Army Camps Without Payment * Burmese Army Use Villagers For Forced Portering * SPDC Soldiers Call Villagers To Work For 30 Days * SPDC Use Labor Of Villagers For Personal Profit * SPDC Forced Over A Hundred Local People For Road Maintenance... REFUGEE: * Chin Refugee Community In Malaysia Held 5 Funerals In A Week * CHRO Called For Action (Letter Writing Campaign)... OPINION: * A Legacy And A New Battle Cry * Judging Our Political Parties... STATEMENT: * Statement Of The First Chin National Assembly * Chin Freedom Coalition Statement To Support Dr. Salai Tun Than’s Mission For The Re-Emergence Of Democracy In Burma... BACK COVER POEM: * A Traumatised Child
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 02 September 2006


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume IX. No. II. March-April 2006
Date of publication: April 2006
Description/subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS: HUMAN RIGHTS: * Burmese Soldiers Stopped Worship Service, And Took Them For Potter * Civilians Forcibly Conscripted For Militia Training * Civilians Flee To Mizoram As Burma Army Targets Relatives Of Chin Rebels For Arrest * Increasing Of The Death Of The Hard Labors Prisoner Under The State Peace And Development Council * Thousands Forced To Attend Anti-Opposition Rallies * Police Officer Extorts Money For Illegally Collecting Wild Orchids * Church And 26 Houses Gutted In Fire In Chin State... OPEN LETTER & APPEAL FROM PROFESSOR DR. SALAI TUN THAN: * Appeal To Senior General Than Shwe * Appeal To The Students And Youths * Appeal To The Minorities In Myanmar... REFUGEE: * Statement Of Chin Human Rights Organization On The Us Patriot Act Of 2001 And The Real ID Act Of 2005... STATEMENT: * Political Affairs Committee Of Chinland Calls Chin National Assembly * Victoria Agreement * Statement Of Chin Consensus Building Seminar
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 02 September 2006


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume IX. No. I. January-February 2006
Date of publication: February 2006
Description/subject: Table of Contents: Human Rights Situations in Chinland. Summary Execution, Torture & Arbitrary Detention: • A 17 Year-Old Boy Summarily Executed by Burmese Troop • Relative of Chin Rebel Victim of Chronic Abuse, Torture & Extortion • Villager Severely Tortured for Alleged Sympathy to Rebels, Six Others in Army Custody • Alleged Rebel Sympathizers Tortured by SPDC troops • Two High School Students Arbitrarily Detained for Suspected Ties to Rebels... Forced Labor & Extortion: • 45 Civilians Forced as Porters • More than 200 Civilians Forced to Work in Road Construction • SPDC Forced Villagers to Clear over 600 Acres of Forested Land for Tea Plantation • Advance Christmas Celebration Disrupted by Forced Labor Conscription • Burmese Police Illegally Extort Money from a Woman Trader • SPDC Troops Extort Money from Traders • Villagers Forced to Contribute Tin Roofing Plates to Build Army Barrack • Burmese Soldiers Robbed Chin Women Traders of over Half a Million Kyats • SPDC Collecting Forced Donations to Support Disabled Army Veterans • SPDC Forcibly Collects ‘Donation’... National Convention: • Mass-Signing’ Event Held in Support of the National Convention... International Campaign: • Canada Should Work More Aggressively to Affect Positive Change in Burma (Brief Submitted by CHRO to Canadian Foreign Affairs)... Opinion: • Rethinking a Parliamentary-Federal Proposal for Burma By Salai Za Uk Ling... Back Cover Poem: • Unity against Colony (Chin National Day) By Van Biak Thang.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 02 September 2006


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume VIII. No. VI. November-December 2005
Date of publication: December 2005
Description/subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Indiscriminate Killing & Prohibitive Orders: • Two Killed, Six Injured in Indiscriminate Killing • SPDC Authority Prohibits Growing other Crops Except Rice at Farms... Forced Labor and Extortion: • Burmese Troop Forced Civilians to Porter, Demanded Rations • SPDC Collected Money Illegally from Local People • Excessive Money Collected from Identity Cards • Local People Forced to Construct Police Station • Excessive Taxes Exacted... Opinion: Will the National Convention Bring Democracy to Burma? --By Harn Yawngwe... Presentation: • Human Rights Situations in Chinland --By Salai Bawi Lian Mang... Activity Reports • CHRO Key Activities Highlights in 2005... Back Cover Poem • Sweet December --By Van Biak Thang
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 02 September 2006


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume VIII. No. V. September-October 2005
Date of publication: October 2005
Description/subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Women Rights: • A Chin Girl Raped by Burmese Soldier • 5 Teenaged Girls Among 18 Porters Forced to Carry Army Supplies • Chin Women Compel to Join MWAF by Junta... Forced Labour: • SPDC Takes Credits for New Bridge Built with Forced Labor • Chin Villagers Fined for Failure to Provide Forced Labor • Villagers Ordered to Cut Bamboo for Army Camp • 12 Villages Exacted for Forced Labor at New Army Camp... Extortion & Power Abuse: • Army Officer Demands Deer Skins and Chicken from Chin Villagers • Township Authorities Collect Illegal Tax from Students • Burmese Army Robbed from Cross Border Traders • Burmese Troop Robbed 300,000 Kyats From Cattle Traders • Five Civilians Hospitalized As Burmese Army Rage over Loss of Football Match with Civilians... Interview: • Online Interview: Talking About Human Rights... Opinion & Commentary: • The Dragon is Looking Askance : Chinese Policy and the Moral Authority of the Security Council (By Kanbawza Win)... Statement: • Statement of Condolence on the Death of Dr. Vumson Suantak... Back Cover Poem: • A Boring Worm (By Van Biak Thang)
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 02 September 2006


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume VIII. No. IV. July-August 2005
Date of publication: August 2005
Description/subject: CONTENTS: Editorial: The Forced Labor Pandemic... Human Rights Situations: Abuse of Religious Freedom: • Local Christians Forced to Attend Opening Ceremony of Buddhist Pagoda... Extortion • Burmese Troops Extort Money from Villagers • Army Officer Sells off 1000 Round Bamboos Forcibly Collected from Civilians for Personal Profit... Forced Labor: • Mass Forced Labor Exacted to Construct New Military Camp • Villagers Forced to Renovate Army Camp • Military Authorities Compel Civilians to Supply Wood Planks for Construction of Hospital • SPDC Forced Primary School Children to Porter • Army Officer Sells off 1000 Round Bamboos Forcibly Collected from Civilians for Personal Profit • 30 Villages Forced to Contribute Sand to Renovate Army Camp • SPDC Forced School Children and Civilians to Labor at Government’s Tea Plantation... Opinion: Indo-Burma Relations A Cause Betrayed: Has the World’s Largest Democracy Turned Its Back on the Cause of Democracy in Burma? (Chinland Guardian)... Environmental Issue: • MITHUNS SACRIFICED TO GREED The Forest Ox of Burma's Chins
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 02 September 2006


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume VIII. No. III. May-June 2005
Date of publication: June 2005
Description/subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS: General Human Rights Violations: • Army Officer Abducts Village Headman for Ransom • Villagers Flee to India to Escape Army Brutalities • Youth Organization Abolished and The Leader Arrested • SPDC Commander Justify His Barbaric Action • Compulsory: You Must Buy USDA Calendar... Forced Labor: • New High School Being Constructed with Forced Labor • New Military Camps: Anguish For The People • SPDC Use Prisoners for Construction of Hospital • SPDC Forced 600 Villagers to Engage in Road Construction... Religious Persecution: • Chin Christians Forced to Supply Construction Materials for New Buddhist Monastery... International Campaign: • Canadian Parliament Passed Burma Motion... Refugee: • Indian NGO Expressed Concern Over UNHCR Handling of Refugees from Burma in New Delhi... Facts & Arguments: Persecution of Chin Christian in Burma (By Salai Bawi Lian Mang)... Back Cover Poem: * A letter to My Mother (By Van Biak Thang)
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 02 September 2006


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume VIII. No. II. March - April 2005
Date of publication: April 2005
Description/subject: CONTENTS: Human Rights Situations: Extrajudicial Killing • Innocent Villager Shot to Death and Burned • Innocent Chin Beaten to Death by Burmese Army Forced Labor & Extortion • Forced Labor Increases Hardship for Impoverished Villagers • Local Army Chief Orders Forced Labor and Illegal Tax from Civilians • Hundreds of Civilians Provided “Voluntary Labor” to Construct Road • Extortion Intensified at Border Trade Route... Political Suppression • SPDC Unlawfully Destroyed House of Local Leader of National League for Democracy Party... Refugee Situations: • (RI) Malaysia: Chin Refugees on the Run... Debate: • Independence or Federalism? By Harn Yawngwe • Shan Elder Declare Independence, Chin MP Speaks • Panglong Agreement Vs Declaration of Shan Independence By Salai Za Ceu Lian... Back Cover Poem: • To Maung Lian: By Van Biak Thang
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 02 September 2006


Title: "Rhododendron News", Volume VIII. No. I. January-February 2005
Date of publication: February 2005
Description/subject: CONTENTS: Human Rights Situation: • Innocent Chin Villager Summarily Executed • Burmese Army Destroyed a Christian Cross in Matupi Township • Chin Christians Forced to Contribute Money and Labor for Construction of Buddhist Monastery • Civilian Compelled to Take Militia Training, Conscription Order Issued • Unjust Order Against Chin Farmers • SPDC Continues to Practice Forced Labor in Chin State • Forced Labor: Construction of Rih Hospital Quarters • Forced Labor at Tea Plantation Farm... International Campaign: • CHRO calls for the observance of International Day of Prayer on Sunday, January 30th for Persecuted Chin Christians in Burma • Exiled Chins Condemned The Burmese Military Junta’ practice of Religious Persecution Against Chin Christian in Burma • Press Statement on a protest against religious persecution against Chin Christians in Burma • Chin Community In the US Condemn SPDC Practice of Religious Persecution Against Chin Christians in Burma • CHRO Briefing at US Department of State • Update on Ethnic Nationalities Issues in Burma... Chin National Day: • Chins Commemorate National Day... Back Cover Poem: • Chin National Day
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 02 September 2006


Title: "Rhododendron News" Vol. VII. No. V. September-October 2004
Date of publication: October 2004
Description/subject: Table of Contents:- Human Rights Violations: • SPDC’s Chairman Gen. Than Shwe Poster A Must Buy in Chin State; • Bullet Speaks Lauder than Words; • SPDC Captain Tried to Rape a Married Woman; • Civilian Compel to Repair Army Camp; • High School Students Forced as Porters; • The Tale of Cross-border Cattle Traders; • Burmese Soldiers on the Rampage in Falam Township; • Supply Wood or Face Severe Punishment; • Suppression of Christians in Gankaw Towship... Refugee Concern: • Grievance Over Recent Incidences Around Putrajaya; • CHRO’s Presentation at the US State Department Bureau for Population, Migration and Refugee; • Chin Activists, Refugee International team up to lobby US... Facts & Arguments: • A Struggle For Self-Determination In Burma: Ethnic Nationalities Perspective (By Lian H. Sakhong)... Back Cover Poem: • “Where is Papa?” (By Van Biak Thang).
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 15 February 2005


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume VII. No. IV. July-August 2004
Date of publication: August 2004
Description/subject: Table of Contents: Human Rights: • Forced Labor at Indo-Burma Border Trade Route; • SPDC Practice Widespread Forced Labor In Border Towns; • Villagers Forced As Porter. Refugees: • Chin Refugees in Mizoram Face Threat of Deportation; Statement, Letter & Press Release: • Refugees International Letter to Sonia Ghandi; • CHRO’s Statement at the Twenty-Second Session UNWGIP; • Chin Human Rights Organization Mourns the Death of Dr. Chao Tzang Yawnghwe; Facts & Arguments: • Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Burmese Chin Refugees in India; Scholar Section: • Burma and National Reconciliation: Ethnic Conflict and State-Society Dysfunction By Dr. Chao-Tzang Yawnghwe
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 11 November 2004


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume VII. No. III. May-June 2004
Date of publication: June 2004
Description/subject: Contents:- Human Rights Violations in Chinland: * Christian Cross Destroyed By SPDC in Matupi; * Christian Pastors Forced to Take part at Buddhist Water Festival; * Obey the Order or Go to Jail; * Construction of Baptist Church Ordered to Halt in Matupi; * SPDC Open 2 New Concentration Camps in Chin State; * Village Headman and Council Menber Arrested for Failing to Repair Border Trade Road; * 45 Villagers from Rezua Township Engage in Forced Labor Construction of Kangaw-Matupi Road; * Villagers Forced to Work at Army Camp... Press Release: * Burma’s Junta Guilty of Mounting A Campaign of Ethnocide Against Chin Christians; * SPDC Guilty of Persecuting Christians Despite Purported Commitment to Political Reforms... Opinion: * Should the invitees attend the National Convention?... Facts & Arguments: * Conditions For Chinland To Join Reunification Of Federal Union Of Burma... Back Cover Poem: * Our Heart is There But There... Human Rights Violations in Chinland: Christian Cross Destroyed By SPDC in Matupi.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 01 September 2004


Title: "Rhododendron" Volume VII. No. II. March-April 2004
Date of publication: April 2004
Description/subject: CONTENTS:- Human Rights: * Chin Women forced to Join Myanmar Women Organization Chaired By Gen. Khin Ngunt’s Wife; * Forced Labor in Thantlang Town; * Forced Labor In Matupi Township; * 11 Villages Forced to Work at the Army Tea-Plantation Farm; * The SPDC soldiers Collect Illegal Tax from Chin Villagers; * Burmese Soldiers on Extortion Rampage; * Report Yourself to the Authority or Go to Lockup; * Eviction order served to residents of Tamu-Kalay Highway... Refugees: * Let the illegal people leave! * How to treat the Burmese in Mizoram... Religious Persecutions: * State-Sponsored Expansion Of Buddhism In Chin State; * Interview With Rev. Dr Chum Awi; * How And Why The Burmese Army Murdered Four Chin Christians, By Vum Son Suantak... Facts & Arguments: * The Non-Burman Ethnic People of Burma. By Harn Yawnghwe... Human Rights: Chin Women forced to Join Myanmar Women Organization Chaired By Gen. Khin Ngunt’s Wife.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 01 September 2004


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume VII. No. I, January-February 2004
Date of publication: February 2004
Description/subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS:- Human Rights: * Over 200 Household Forced to Work in Road Construction; * Villagers Forced to Work In Rih Area; * Villagers Forced as Porters; * Burmese Army Robbed Chin Farmers; * Burmese Army Extort Money from Villagers; * Extortion of Money by Burmese Police at Sentung Village; * Human Rights Violations in Lailenpi Area as Reported By Mara People Party; * The Chins In Washington DC Protest Against Burmese Military Junta... Refugees: * Chin Asylum Seeker died During Police Operation... Scholar Section: Human Rights Violations And The Denial Of Minority Rights In Burma: * Introduction; * Human Rights vs. Traditional Burmese Political Values; * Human Rights and Self-determination; * Human Rights, Religion and Nation Building; * Denial of Religious and Cultural Rights under Ne Win’s Dictatorship; * Religious Persecution under Current Military Junta (A Case of the Chin Christians); * Conclusion.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 01 September 2004


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume VI. No. V. November-December 2003
Date of publication: December 2003
Description/subject: Contents: Human Rights: · Suu Kyi Suporter Passed Away While on the Run; · Villagers Forced to Construct Army and Police Camp in Rih Area; · Civilians Ordered to Take Militia Training In Chin State; · Order Translation; · Hundred of Women Forced to Take Part in Militia Training; · 3 NLD Leaders in Chin State Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison... Refugees: * Chin Refugee Died In Police Detention [CRC Malaysia]; * Alarming News From New Delhi: Burmese Refugees Demonstrating Infront Of The Unhcr Office Are Arrested And Brutally Treated By The Indian Police[CFIS]; · REPORT UPON THE PROTEST BEFORE UNHCR [CRC Delhi]... Statement & Press Release: · Situation of Burmese Refugees Worsens After India Detained 44 Burmese Following Police Attacks [CHRO]; · India: Investigate Police Attack on Burmese Demonstrators [Human Rights Watch]; · Indian Government Should Investigate Police Attack On Burmese Refugees [Forum-Asia]... Facts & Arguments: · India: The Situation of Burmese Refugees in New Delhi By Kavita Shukla, Refugee International; · The Situation of Burmese Refugees in India By Victor Biak Lian, CHRO.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 01 September 2004


Title: "Rhododendron News" Volume VI. No. IV. September-October 2003
Date of publication: October 2003
Description/subject: CONTENTS: * Editorial: Waiting for Change for 15 years... Human Rights: * Land Confiscated to Build Military Base; * Villagers Forced to Repair Army Camp; * Crackdown on NLD Forced Suu Kyi’s Supporters into Exile... Refugees: * Burmese Refugees Protesters Arrested in India... Press Release & Statements: * CHRO: The Burmese Generals are lying to The World. * Statement by Pu Lian Uk (MP Elect-Haka Constitency) Regarding USDA Rally in Haka. * CHRO’s Statement to the United States Congressional Hearing on Burma.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 01 September 2004


Title: "Rhododendron News" Vol. VI No. III, July-August 2003
Date of publication: August 2003
Description/subject: 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 in India; * CHRO: Chin Refugees in India Face Forced Repatriation to Burma; * CHRO’s Letter to the National High Commissioner of India; * Refugee International’s Letter to Prime Minister of India; * RI: Forced back: Chin refugees... Statement: * CHRO’s Oral Intervention at 21st UNWGIP.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron publication" Vol. VI No. II, May-June 2003
Date of publication: June 2003
Description/subject: 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... Refugees: * UNHCR Office In India Comes Under Severe Attack By The Scandinavian Burmese Committees... Letter & Statements: * CHRO Presentation at the United States Department of State; * CHRO Condemns Attack on Aung San Suu Kyi, Calls for International Action; * Letter to Hon. Stanley Peter Dromisky... Scholar Section: * Constitutional Crisis in Burma (Toward the Political Dialogue on Constitutional Issues in Burma).
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. VI No. I, January-February 2003
Date of publication: February 2003
Description/subject: Human Rights: * 5 Chin Christian Children Escaped From Buddhist Monastery; * “No More Forced Labor, But Pay Cash”; * 21 Christian Villages in Chin State Being Forced to Supply Wood to build Buddhist Monastery... Refugees - Letters & Press Releases: * Open Letter to UNHCR (New Delhi); * Press Release by All Burma Refugee Committee in New Delhi... Back To The Past: * Historic Agreements Leading The Birth of Union of Burma; * Aung San-Atlee Agreement (27 January 1947); * The Panglong Agreement February 12, 1947; * The Justice of Tamadaw; * Chin National Day Message; * 20th February: A Milestone for Chin People.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: pdf (400K)
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron News" Vol. V No. V, November-December 2002
Date of publication: December 2002
Description/subject: New Buddhist Pagoda Being Built in Chin State with Forced Labor; * Burmese Army on the Rampage of Extortion; * 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 New Delhi; * The Long and Winding Road to Asylum; * CHRO’s Letter to Chin Churches and Communities Overseas; * Mizo Hnahthlak (or) Mizo Group By R. Vanlawma.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron News" Vol. V No. IV, September-October 2002
Date of publication: October 2002
Description/subject: * 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 Villages Extorted by Burmese Army; * Indian Security Force Arrested a Chin Democracy Activist,Fellow Acticists Fear Extradition to Burmese Military; * Press Release by Asylum Seekers From Burma in Delhi; * "The refugee situation on the western borders of Burma” By Chris Lewa, Forum Asia, Bangkok, Delivered at the Canadian Friends of Burma Public Conference; * What Chinland with its people is to India by Pu Lian Uk.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron News" Vol. V No. III, July-August 2002
Date of publication: August 2002
Description/subject: *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 risk of destructionin Chin State, western Burma; - Police Officer Killed by Own Bodyguad; - Burmese Baptist convention banned on orders of Junta... *Action Alert... *Facts and Arguments : - THE NEWIN DOCTRINE: A systematic Campaign of Hatred By Vum Son.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron News" Vol. V No. II, March-April 2002
Date of publication: April 2002
Description/subject: Human Rights: * Burma’s Junta Arrested Two Prominent Chin Christian Ministers; * Forced Labor Continues In Remote Areas of Chin State; * Forced Labor Used to Repair Army Camp; * Professor Gets 7 Years for Protest.. Refugees: * Chin refugees being evicted en mass in Northeastern India; * Translations of Orders & Local News Regarding Chin Refugees in Mizoram State of India... Letters & Press Releases: * Urgent Action Appeal By CHRO; * Chin Youth Organization Letter to Young Mizo Association; Chin Forum Letter to Young Mizo Association... Facts & Arguments: * Myanmar: The Politics of Humanitarian Aid By International Crisis Groups; * Critique Of The International Crisis Group's Report By Dr. Chao-Tzang Yawnghwe.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. V No. I, January-February 2002
Date of publication: February 2002
Description/subject: Burmese Soldiers Arrested A Dying Elderly Woman. Burma’s Junta Arrested A Chin Professor . Petition to the Government of Myanmar. Tortured Voice . A Chin woman political prisoner speaks out . Myanmar’s Minority Conundrum: Issues of Ethnicity and Authority - David I. Steinberg (Georgetown University ) Majority-Minority Problems - Interview with Peng Thang, a Lecturer from University of Rangoon. 54th Chin National Day Message.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. IV No.VI, November-December 2001
Date of publication: December 2001
Description/subject: HUMAN RIGHTS: 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 Soldiers Looted From Civilians; Can’t Afford Identity Card; Burmese Army Force Chin Civilians to Sell Liquor; " You Must Play Soccer" Said SPDC Captain; ICRC Suggests Some Prisoners Not Relevant to Hard Labour... LETTER & PRESS RELEASE: Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s Letter to The Burmese Regime; Burma’s Democracy Leader Still Under House Arrest, Ten Years After Winning Noble Peace Price... FACTS & ARGUMENTS: Canadian Ties to Burma’s Dictatorship.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron News" Vol. IV No. V, September-October 2001
Date of publication: October 2001
Description/subject: HUMAN RIGHTS:Forced Labor in Magwe Division; Racially selective settlement and relocation being implemented in Kalay-Tamu Area; SPDC monopolizes farming management; Villages Headmen Must Sign: "There Is No Porter or Forced Labour"; Junta disbands Christian infrastructure, restricts access to theological studies abroad; "No English, We are Burman"; Only Burmese Names in School; SPDC from Tidim seized goods from a Chin trader; SPDC troops abduct civilian vehicles at whims; Chin MP Arrested In Manipur State of India... REFUGEES: Chin immigrants being evicted from Mizoram... FACTS & ARGUMENTS: Human Rights Watch World Report: Burma & The Role of the International Community; Chins Welcome Long-Awaited Admission To World Body; Congratulations to the Chin people; Ethnic Groups In Burma... OTHERS: Statement of Condolence.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: pdf (76K)
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron News" Vol. IV No. IV, July-August 2001
Date of publication: August 2001
Description/subject: 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; Civilian in Southern Chinland forced to work at the Army Camp... REFUGEES: Burma's ethnic refugees in Indian border get no help; Letter & Press Release: Press Release From Chin; Urgent Action Called By Amnesty International...Scholar Section: Democracy Movement Towards Federal Union; The Role of UNLD in the Struggle for Democracy and Federalism in Burma By Dr. Lian H. Sakhong (Ph.D. Uppsala University).
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron News" Vol. IV No. III, May-June 2001
Date of publication: June 2001
Description/subject: Human Rights: Interview with an excaped prisoner from Sayasan Hard Labor Camp; Inter View with a Chin NGO Worker... Refugees: A Cry Unheard - A struggle for survival, dignity, and hope of Chin refugees in India by Salai Za Uk Ling; Letter & Press Release: No Shelter for Chin Refugees In Malaysia; Chin Students and Youth Organization’s Letter to UNHCR Office, Kuala Lumpur; Congressman Underwood Secures HHS Refugee Aid For Myanmar Nationals in Guam; CHRO’ Oral Intervention on 57th Session UNCHR... Facts & Arguments The Unkept Promises Fleeing Burma Where Life is At Risk And Liberty Curtail Human Rights; Interview with an escaped prisoner from Saya San Hard Labor Camp.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron News" Vol. IV No. II, March-April 2001
Date of publication: April 2001
Description/subject: Burmese Soldiers Arrested A Female Pastor In Chin State; Ethnic Leader Arrested In Burma; Being An Elected MP In Burma; Night Watch Duty By Civilian Persists In Town In Chin State; How Polio Vaccines Are Given In Chin State; Army Authorities In Chin State Imposed Levy On Farmers... REFUGEES: Burmese Refugees In India To Go Hungry; Burmese Refugees Write To Kofi Annan For Help... FACTS & ARGUMENTS: Secret Negotiations - The Myanmar Mentality (By Kanbawza Win); Burma Army And Forced Recruiting Of Child Soldiers (By Salai Kipp Kho Lian); The Most Common Causes Of The Chin People's Exodus (By Hre Mang).
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron publication" Vol. IV No. I, January-February 2001
Date of publication: February 2001
Description/subject: HUMAN RIGHTS::Interview With Lt. Col. BIAK TO; Burmese Soldiers Stole A Church’s Solar Plate; Burma Orders Christians In Chin State Not To Celebrate Christmas; Supply Wood Or Pay Fine... REFUGEES:UNHCR To Cut Monthly Allowance To Burmese Refugees In India; Burmese Seeking U.S. Asylum Held In Custody, Limbo In Guam; Burmese Refugees Released... LETER & PRESS RELEASE: Ecumenical Group Led By Church World Service Secures The Release Of Asylum Seekers From Burma... FACTS & ARGUMENTS: The Chin Identity Crisis; US Refugee Policy Should Include Persecuted Christians in Annual Admissions; The Chins In The Eyes Of Foreigners... Back Cover Poem: Rhododendron Land Awakened (Salai Kipp).
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. III No. IV, November-December 2000
Date of publication: December 2000
Description/subject: HUMAN RIGHTS: - Junta Orders Burning Of 16,000 Bibles, Halts Church Construction; - A Reflection By An Eyewitness - Pu Do Thawng; Chin Political Prisoner; - List Of Civilians Charged With "Unlawful Association Acts"; - How The Burmese Soldiers Behave In The Village... REFUGEES: - Chin And Other Burmese Asylum Seekers In Guam Face Crisis... LETTERS & PRESS RELEASE: - An Appeal To SPDC From Catholic Bishops & Council Of Churches In Burma... FACTS & ARGUMENTS: - Ethnic Political Crisis In The Union Of Burma.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. III No.III, September-October 2000
Date of publication: October 2000
Description/subject: CHRO: MAKING VOICE FOR THE OPPRESSED; HUMAN RIGHTS: SPDC DESTROYED CHIN VILLAGE; SPDC STORMED CHIN CHRISTIAN CHURCH; NOWHERE TO GO; US SAYS BURMA GUITY OF CONTINUED RELIGIOUS REPRESSION; INTERVIEW WITH SAWI THANGA; INTERVIEW WITH VAI LIAN ZING... REFUGEES: INDIA ACTS TO BLOCK WAVE OF ILLEGAL BURMESE IMMIGRANTS; INDIA DEPORTED 82 CHIN REFUGEES; CHIN REFEGEES SENT TO FALAM, CHIN STATE, BURMA; 54 CHIN REFUGEES FROM LUNGLEI AND LAWNGTLAI DEPORTED... LETTERS & PRESS RELEASE: USCR CONDEMNS INDIA'S FORCIBLE RETURN OF BURMESE CHIN REFUGEES; MEMORANDUM TO CHIEF MINISTERS, GOVT' OF MIZORAM STATE, INDIA; CFOB’s LETTER TO HIGH COMMISSIONER OF INDIA, OTTAWA; A PLEA TO STOP DEPORTING CHIN INNOCENT REFEGEES; LETTER TO SWDISH FOREIGN MINISTER... FACTS & ARGUMENTS: India: POLICIES AND LAWS TOWARD REFUGEES.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. III No. II, July-August 2000
Date of publication: August 2000
Description/subject: HUMAN RIGHTS: 1. CHRO - FIELD MONITOR AND TWO VILLAGERS KILLED BY SPDC SOLDIERS; 2. CHIN WOMAN ARRESTED AND HUMILIATED BY SPDC SOLDIERS; 3. CHRISTIAN CHURCH ORDER TO DEMOLISH IN HAKA, CHIN STATE... REFUGEES CRISIS IN INDIA: 1. HUNDREDS OF REFUGEES FROM BURMA ARRESTED IN AIZAWL, INDIA; 2. THE ARREST & DEPORTATION OF CHIN REFUGEES IN INDIA CONTINUES; 3. CHIN REFUGEE DIED AT AIZAWL LOCK-UP; 4. BURMA REFUGEES WITHOUT UNHCR SUPPORT IN DELHI; 5. JAIL CONDITION IN MIZORAM STATE (HNEHTU DAILY NEWS PAPER, AIZAWL)... PRESS RELEASE: 1. PRESS RELEASE OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONCERNING CHIN REFUGEES; 2. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: INDIA MUST PROTECT CHIN REFUGEES; 3. UNITED STATES COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER FATE OF BURMESE; 4. CHIN DEPORTED AND DETAINED BY INDIA... FACTS & ARGUMENT: 1. CHRISTIANITY IN EASTERN CHINLAND (Rev. Dr. Chum Awi)... DEVELOPMENT: 1. ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM AND RENEWABLE ENERGY IN CHIN STATE (provided by Chin Research and Development Society).
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol III No. I, January 2000
Date of publication: January 2000
Description/subject: "Forced Labor in Matupi township of Chinland; A yong boy drowned while relaying a letter for the SPDC troops; No religious freedom in Burma..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. II No. XI, November 1999
Date of publication: November 1999
Description/subject: Indefinite power of a Burmese Army Officer; A frustrated soldier defected; Kyats 80,000 bribe safe a life; Forced labor in Chinland; Shot on sight: innocent Chin civilian killed by Burmese Army; Two pastors arrested in Thangtlang township of Chinland.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. II No. X, October 1999
Date of publication: October 1999
Description/subject: Innocent Chin villager shot death by SPDC troops; A Buddhist monk killed in Chin state; SPDC troops used forced labor to repair road; A strange monk at Rikhawdar village of Chinland; Meeting for various kinds of works; Village headman arrested in Chinland; Extorted money from villagers by SPDC troops.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. II No. IX, September 1999
Date of publication: September 1999
Description/subject: "Civilians held responsibile for disappearance of army personal (Burmese soldier tortured village headmen in Chinland); Soldier extorted domestic animals in Falam township of Chinland; Burmese troops terrorized in Indian villages; Civilians engaged in road construction as forced labor; Burmese Christians flee to India alleging persecution; Forced to construct police station and army camp in Chinland..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. II No. VIII, August 1999
Date of publication: August 1999
Description/subject: "100 civilian men detained in the Church; Village life in rural Chinland; Land confiscation; Collecting cane sticks from villagers for SPDC troops; The plight of Burma's women refugees in India..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. II No. VII, July 1999
Date of publication: July 1999
Description/subject: Military government's attitude towards Christianity; Forced labor in Thangtlang township; One day is not enought to tell you our suffering.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: pdf (43K)
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. II No. VI, June 1999
Date of publication: June 1999
Description/subject: "Pastors arrested in Chinland..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. II No. V, May 1999
Date of publication: May 1999
Description/subject: "Forced labor in Thangtlang township; Chin hunger strickers sent to jail in New Delhi; Caught in a crossfire - village lilfe in Paletwa Township..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. II No. IV, April 1999
Date of publication: April 1999
Description/subject: "Interview with a Chin villager in Sagaing division..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. II No. III, March 1999
Date of publication: March 1999
Description/subject: Land confiscation as using to racial discrimination; Interview with fomer college student from Chinland; Deforestation in Chinland under SPDC government.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. II No. II, February 1999
Date of publication: February 1999
Description/subject: "Chin peoples have to supply ration for SPDC troops; Interview with VPDC chairman; Money for pagoda festival; Religious persecution in Chinland; Uncertainty to celebrate Christian Centenary; Villages treaten with landmines; Army or Bandit?; Monks and SPDC troops unite for one purpose; Kyats 20,000 per village track for SPDC Headquarters' school..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron publication" Vol. II No. I, January 1999
Date of publication: January 1999
Description/subject: "No educational opportunities under the SPDC; Forced labor in Chinland; Chaotic situation in Paletwa township; Kyats 20,000 ransom for 34 lives and Villages headmen compelled to sell liquor..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol I No. VI, December 1998
Date of publication: December 1998
Description/subject: "Preventing from running self-support private schools in Chinland by SPDC; 60 times a porter for the SPDC troops in a year (1998); Committing suicide; Rice storage for whom?; Villages elders forced to drink liguor; A villager beatten in Paletwa township; Extorting for selling Cattles; Shot on sight; Forced rally: USDA rally in Haka; Rape of a woman porter and Killed by landmines..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. I No. V, November 1998
Date of publication: November 1998
Description/subject: "Interview with a Chin political prisoner; Religious persecution in Chinland; Looting of jaggery., Forced labor: Building a football (succer) ground and Maung Taw Kya Aung's account..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. I No. IV, October 1998
Date of publication: October 1998
Description/subject: "Interview with village headman; Two democracy activists arrested; Extortion and arrested; Cutting timber for SPDC troops; Extortion in Matupi township; Religious persecution in Chinland; Church leader tortured in Lautu track by SPDC troops; Traders robed by SPDC troops; Demanding porters and a pig by SPDC troops; Looting of jaggerry; Forced labor building a football (soccer) ground..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. I, No. III, September 1998
Date of publication: September 1998
Description/subject: "Situation of Chinland under SPDC for ten years (1988-1998); The account of Sawm Lian; Religious persecution in Chinland..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. I, No. II, August 1998
Date of publication: August 1998
Description/subject: "Chins face treat of landmines; Forced labor as prisoner of war; Pushing into stervation; Treating as enemy; Our Army, our torturer; Forced labor in Paletwa township of Chinland; Distortion in Thangtlang township by SPDC troops..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003


Title: "Rhododendron" Vol. (I) No. (1), July 1998
Date of publication: July 1998
Description/subject: "Introduction to the Chinland; Chin Seminar held in Canada; Villagers tortured and raped; Looting in Chinland by SPDC troops; Students life in Tonzang township; Portering at gun point; Stealing civilian properties by SPDC troops..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 31 December 2003