Table of Contents: Arbitrary Taxation & Extortion Page: • Govt admin head demands money to release detainee i n Matupi • Complaint against senior govt staff over corruption • Township police threatens, extorts money from logge rs Freedom of Religion Page 05-06 • Yesagyo Chin pastor?s court date set after repeated postponement • Chin Chief Minister urged to move pagoda constructi on site • Magwe authorities behind court case against Yesagyo Chin pastor... Other Human Rights Violation: • Chin farmers face difficulties after land confiscat ion... Humanitarian & Development Situation: • CNF to provide rice in poppy-eradicated areas in Ch in State • Food shortages hit villages in Chin State • Airport construction site surveyed near Hakha • Western Union to open in Chin State?s Hakha • Telenor surveys Chin State for cell towers • Over 60 percent of land unusable for agriculture in Chin State • Commodity prices increase as govt to give pay rise • Chin State?s Mt. Victoria nominated for World Herit age status Event & Protest Page 11 • Chin media agencies to attend ethnic media conferen ce in Taunggyi Situation of Refugees Page 11 • Burmese refugee women demand protection in India... Other News: • New Burma UN HRs envoy appointed • CNF vows to protect children and combat sexual viol ence • Time-bomb explodes in Tedim, no casualties reported • Ahead of by-elections, commission offices to open l ocally... Press Release & Opinion: • Women from Burma delegation speak in British Parlia ment • "A constant state of fear": Chin refugee women and children in New Delhi