"Rhododendron News" Volume XII. No. III. May-June 2009

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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: ?s Student Leader Salai Tin Maung Oo ?€? Interview With Mai Popo: Till the Down of True Democracy in Burma

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Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)

Date of Publication: 

2009-06-00

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2009-12-01

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  • Individual Documents

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English

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