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50Hrs hunger-strike against Student (r)



Dear sante,
The CNC USA suport your hunger strike. Please make sure that the Indian
Government knows that more refugees will be coming from the Chin Hills
because of the policy of the SPDC to bar the Chin from farming.

Yours
 Vum Son
-----Original Message-----
To: Recipients of burmanet-l <burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 12:01 AM
Subject: 50Hrs hunger-strike against Student Sport Festival


>Dear Friends,
>45 numbers including (10 ) ladies of Chins in New Delhi are going on for
>(50) Hrs long Hunger Strike against the National Students Sport Festival
>which would be started from March 28,1998.The hunger strike has been going
>on since this morning 11:00 A.M Indian standard time(March 16, 1998) at
>Jantar
>Mantar,New Delhi.many supporters from various organisations and Media
>persons are also participating and joining the program. The program
>consists of worship,reading the messages of various organisations and
>giving speeches from respected patriots.Then,the memorandum was dubmitted
>to the Burmese Embassy.I attach the Statement of Chin National Democratic
>Forces. Thanking you. I remain!
>
>With regards,
>Sante
>
>CHIN NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC  FORCES BASED IN DELHI 50- HOURS HUNGER STRIKE
>AGAINST THE 8TH NATIONAL STUDENTS' SPORTS FESTIVAL IN BURMA.
>
>1. The military regime, State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) is
>preparing to organise the 8th National Students' Sports Festival at Haka,
>the capital of Chin State, on March 28, 1998.
>2. In Burma, following the coup d'etat staged by a group of military led
>by Gen. Ne Win in 1962, a military government, with its name changing, has
>been ruling the country with dictatorship till today. It's been till today
>that the dictators are inhumanly killing students who lead peaceful
>demonstrations and demand abolition of dictatorship, restoration of
>democracy and human rights. However, the regime still denies to recognise
>the will of the people.
>3. The regime has been organising National Students' Sports Festival every
>year since 1990 with the hopes: to get support of the people; to erase
>their image of tyranny; to get students' support to the leadership of
>military; to strengthen the Union Solidarity and Development  Association
>( USDA , and Pillar of the regime); to falsely show international
>community that the Union territories are peaceful; and to suppress
>national spirit of the minorities.
>4. The regime is dismantling the peacefulness of Chin State just to
>successfully organise the 8th Students' Sport Festival in the State where
>Chin people have been staying peacefully. For this festival the SPDC
>issues unjust and suppressive orders, arrest and detains a lot of innocent
>people. Forced labour and forced relocation are prevailing in the whole
>state. The people have to bear expenses for the festival - in cash or
>provisions. Giving reason for security the strength of armed forces is
>expanded and jungle par set fire.
>Since Chin students are forced to practice dances for months opening and
>closing ceremony of
>festival, the students are loosing time for studies. Moreover, the regime
>has issued order - those students who do not participate in the festival
>will be dismissed from school.
>In Chin state, where most of the inhabitants are living on
>jhum-cultivation, an order prohibiting the people to go out from their
>villages was issued. Two women who went out to pick some fire-wood were
>shot dead.
>5. The Burma Army stationed in Chin state prohibits religious gatherings;
>some churches are forced to shut down or some church sign-broads were
>removed. In Chin state, most of the inhabitants are Christians, the
>peoples are forced to build pagodas.
>In Burma, the soldiers are encouraged and promised promotion if they get
>married with Chin girls and convert into Buddhists. In these way the
>regime is not only violating freedom of religion but also systematically
>organising racial discrimination.
>6. Because of these inhumane treatment and suppressing of the junta, Chin
>students and Chin peoples are sneaking into Mizoram of India to take
>refuge, and the number is increasing day by day.
>7. We Chin Nationals based in Delhi are undergoing 50 hours hunger strike
>against cruel and ruthless activities of SPDC, military regime to Chin
>people and in order to share our peoples' suffering.
>8. Our demands are as following:-
>(a) To stop the 8th National Students' Sport Festival in Burma.
>(b) To stop suppression of military dictatorship upon the  Chin people.
>(c) To give self-determination and Human rights of Chins.
>(d) To establish genuine Democracy and Federal Union in Burma.
>(e) To accomplish the tripartite dialogue between Democratic forces led by
>Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, leaders of all nationalities and SPDC.
>(f) To put pressure by international communities in order to eliminate
>illegal military dictatorship for establishing democracy in Burma.
>
>
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>
>16th March, 1998.
>Chin National Democratic Forces ( Delhi ).
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