Rhododendron News: Volume XII, No II. March-April 2009

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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.

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Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)

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2009-04-00

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2009-05-03

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English

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