Rhododendron News: Volume XII, No I. January ? February 2009

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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

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Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)

Date of Publication: 

2009-02-00

Date of entry: 

2009-04-07

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  • Individual Documents

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English

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