Rhododendron News - Volume XVII, Issue I - January-February 2014

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Table of Contents: Arbitrary Taxation & Extortion: • Govt department officials extort money from locals in Thantlang ... Freedom of Religion Page: • Govt urged to end violations against Chin Christian s • Chin pastor ordered to stop church building constru ction in Magwe • Chin pastor in Yesagyo summonsed to court • Court date postponed for Yesagyo Chin pastor • Court date rescheduled for Chin pastor in Yesagyo • Questions over plan to construct pagoda in Sami... Other Human Rights Violations: • Suu Kyi disappointed over ban on public rallies in Chin State • Complaint over errors in Chin category for Burma ce nsus • Farmers? land destroyed to make way for Paletwa to Matupi road • Human rights violations unabated in Burma • 12 Asho Chin farmers jailed in Pegu Region • Ethnic groups concern about govt?s census taking pl an... Humanitarian & Development Situation: • India, Burma to complete first phase of Kaladan Pro ject in June • Poppy fields destroyed in Chin State by govt insuff icient • Landslide-hit Chin villagers in urgent need • Govt to sign resource sharing agreement with compan ies in Chin State • Students to use computers at schools in Chin State... Event & Protest Page: • Chin village in Sagaing Region celebrates golden ju bilees • Training provided to help Chin farmers in Paletwa • State govt to hold Chin National Day in Mindat • Tachileik Chin National Day celebration renews unit y • CNF requests to re-designate Feb 20 as public holid ay • Protest against govt-changed road construction plan Situation of Refugees Page 16-19 • Chin refugee woman mugged in Delhi • Malaysia to crack down on illegal immigrants next w eek • Hundreds arrested in Malaysian major crackdown • Chin refugee, 22, beaten to death in Malaysia • 2-yr-old boy and uncle fall to death from 14th floo r in Malaysia • 10-yr-old Chin refugee girl hit by bicycle in Delhi • Chin refugee family move out in fear after attacks in Delhi • Chin refugee father injured in unprovoked attack in Delhi... Opinion Page: • Chin Affairs Minister of Sagaing Region on ?Chin? • Poverty a pressing human rights issue for the Chin... Cartoon Page: • Democracy in Burma 2014

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Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)

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2014-02-00

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2014-12-17

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English

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