A report said that the authority of Union Ethnic Youths Development College in Ongtaw village, Sagaing town of Sagaing region had expelled Salai Nang Thun for related with political issue on 28 July from the college. He said, “I have no connection with politics and nationalism, and I’m not a member of any political parties. I just used to write some comments about politics and other issues on Facebook using ‘Hnaphetmhinluhta’ account name. I think, it is just sharing my opinions to others. But they had charged me as involving in political activities,” to Khonumthung News. The collage authority had…
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In a letter sent to the Chin State chief minister this month, a group of Chin youth slammed the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army for allegedly perpetrating human rights abuses like forcibly recruiting villagers and using civilians as human shields. The five Chin youth – including representatives from the Chin National Democratic, the Chin Students’ Union, Myanmar and the Chinland Post – visited Paletwa township from June 17 to 26. While on the trip, residents from the township’s ten villages told them about regular abuses they reportedly have suffered at the hands of soldiers. “Human rights violations such as physical…
A law protecting ethnic media must be drafted, as the burgeoning industry was overlooked by the 2012 media law, according to participants at a recent ethnic media conference. Held in Loikaw, Kayah (Karenni) State from June 26 to 28, the fifth ethnic media conference was led by Burma News International (BNI) and Kayah State-based member organization The Kantarawaddy Times. Participants, including representatives from the Ministry of Information, the Myanmar Press Council, journalists and members of ethnic media groups, agreed on the need to draft a comprehensive policy to enshrine ethnic voices within the media landscape. “The role of ethnic media…
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In an attempt to unify one of the more fractured political fields in the country, two Chin political parties have agreed to merge, they announced following a meeting in Yangon on June 15. The Chin National Democratic Party (CNDP) and the Chin Progressive Party (CPP) will establish a working committee with a secretariat team to help ease the merging process, the parties said in a joint statement. They also said that they welcome other Chin political parties or Chin State-based parties to join them. The CNDP, the CPP and the Chin League for Democracy (CLD) have been negotiating a potential…
Pu Suny Than Cung, Chief Judge of Chin state urged Chin people who have no armed license to hand over their hunting guns to concern department, if not they can be imprisoned for 7 years without bail according to the Chin Act Law. “According to Chin act law, there is the right to hold armed in Chin state, but no more armed license are produced now. 75% of people in villages are holding hunting guns without license while the parliament urged to protect wild animals in Chin state. Therefore, the villagers should not hold the guns, but to hand over…
A Chin daily newspaper called ‘Chin Thuthang’ in Falam language had stopped from 1st June because of financial problem to publish though it has been published since 2015, based in Kalaymyo, Sagaing region in Myanmar. Salai DL Senling, editor of Chin Thuthang said that the newspaper has been published from last two years without any financial support from outsiders. But now they have faced financial problem and the rapid development of Social Media. “Facebook is the main reason, stopping our daily newspaper as it is very fast in news updating and people are reading the update news from facebook, then…
A report said that as many as 338 Myanmar nationals, mostly women and children, have been repatriated after they crossed over to the Indian side in Mizoram northeast state of India last week, following alleged atrocities by a Myanmar-based insurgent group. The refugees from Ralei village had arrived in Lungpuk and Khaiky villages of southern Mizoram’s Saiha district on May 19, said Mizoram daily newspaper. A release issued by Guwahati-based Defence PRO Lt Col Suneet Newton said, ‘the refugees had crossed over to escape atrocities from Myanmar-based insurgent group Arakan Army. It added that the Assam Rifles organized the repatriation…