TABLE OF CONTENTS:- EDITORIAL: * Bottom Line: Rights Conditions Unlikely to Improve Post Elections..... HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS: ARBITRARY MEASURES: * Residents Facing Shortage of Drinking Water due to Privatization... * Arbitrary Tax Exacted from House Owners... * Christian Religious institutions Face Heavy Tax Increase... * Authorities Collect Funds for Water Supply Project... * Forestry Department Taxes Firewood Use...* Increased Tolls Cause Fare Hike... * Patients Compelled to Pay for Test on Prospective Blood Donors... * Municipal Officers Collect Money for Garbage Removal, But Garbage Remains... * Authorities Refuse to Purchase Jatropha Seeds from Villagers as Promised... * SPDC Slashes the Salary of Civil Servants in Chin State... * Revenue Dept. Demand Exploitative Sums from People Going Abroad... * Soldiers Extort from Oil Workers..... FORCED LABOR: * 40 Villages Ordered to Perform Forced Labor... * SPDC Force Civilians to Perform Night Sentry Duty... * Civilians Face Hardships Due to Forced Sentry Duty... * Forced Labor and Portering Continues in Chin State... * Civilians Forced to Provide Money and Build Houses for Government Servants..... MILITIA CONSCRIPTION: * Hundreds of Chin Youths Conscripted into Militia Service... * Youths Flee as Militia Conscription Drive Intensifies... * Locals Trained to Shoot in Chin State... * Militia Trainees Prohibited Travels..... FOOD CRISIS IN CHINLAND: * Shortage of Drugs in Medical Facilities Results in Eight Deaths... * Singers Ready for Chin Food Aid Concerts in America..... DRUG: * Released Prisoners ‘Rehabilitated? in Poppy Farms... * Junta-Approved Poppy Cultivation in Tonzan Township...