"Rhodedendron News" Volume XV, Issue II, March-April 2012

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Arbitrary Taxation & Extortion Page 03-07: • Soldiers Confiscated Land Owned by Chin Locals • Money Forcibly Collected from School Students • Chins forced to Contribute Money for Road Construction • Money Forcibly Collected from Villagers for Library Construction • Local Travellers Charged 200 Kyats for Guest Registration • Chins Forced to Contribute Money for Hakha Water Festival • Army Soldiers Confiscated over 960 Acres of Farmland • Over 260 Households Forced to Contribute for Indo-Burma High Road Construction • Locals Faced Difficulty due to ?Forced? Cemetery Relocation... Forced Labour Page 07: • Locals Forced to Contribute Labour for School Construction • Villagers Forced to Plant Jatropha in Matupi Township... Freedom of Religion Page 08-11: • Questions over Govt?s Plan to Construct New Buddhist Pagoda in Chin State • Soldiers Interrupted Christian Conference, Threatened MP in Chin State • Christian Cross Destroyed by USDP Members in Tedim Township • Chin Family Evicted from Village for Conversion to Christianity... Other Human Rights Violations Page 12-13: • 40 Houses Demolished for Indo-Burma Road Construction • Corrupt HA Abuses Chin Villagers in Paletwa Township • Army Soldiers Accused of Bootlegging in Matupi... Humanitarian Situation Page 13-14: • Fire Destroyed 18,00 Tins of Rice in Matupi Township • Lemro Dam Project Not to Benefit Chin Locals in Paletwa Township • Over 140 Houses Destroyed by Tropical Storms in Chin State... Situation of Refugees Page 15-18: • Delhi Chin Refugee Couple Gang-Assaulted by Landlord • Chin Refugee Community Members Attacked in Malaysia • 55 Chin Refugees in Custody, 1 Missing in Malaysia • Chin Refugee Beaten to Death in Malaysia • Refugees Seek Support for Children?s Education in Camp • Refugee Parents Died of Car Accident, Son in Critical Condition in Malaysia... Chin State Government Page 18-20: • State Govt Stopped Civic Education Training in Hakha • Govt to Hold ?Thingyan? amid Water Shortages in Hakha • Govt Unveiled Roads Constructed by Locals on Sunday in Chin State • Govt?s Decision to Build Pagoda in Hakha ?Invalid?: CNP... Opinion Page 21: • Suu Kyi Should Visit Displaced Persons as Part of Her First Foreign Trip... Poem & Cartoon Page 22 • Chin Peace Deal: A Trap or A Clap • Cartoon by Vapual & Kocik

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Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO)

Date of Publication: 

2012-04-00

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2013-06-06

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  • Individual Documents

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English

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