A demonstration was organized in front of Don Bosco (Don Bosco Ashlayam) in Vikaspuri under UNHCR yesterday by about 50 Chin refugees. The protesters work with the Income Generation Activities (IGA) sub-office of Don Bosco in New Delhi.
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International and local financial assistance will be available for the elephant yam (Locally called “Wa u”) plantations in specified yam plantation areas by the Chin state government.
The Chin Human Rights Organisation has revealed in a report how Chin Christians are being coerced to convert to Buddhism.
Two persons were killed on the spot and 10 other passengers, including the driver were injured in a tragic jeep accident in Hakha, the capital of Chin state. The jeep was travelling to the capital from Rizua Sub-township of Matupi Township on September 3 at around 6:45 p.m. local standard time.
A township level cultural dance competition was concluded in Matupi, the second capital of Chin state, Burma on 1 September 2012.
Chin social groups on the Indo-Burma border held a meeting to discuss the peace process initiative in Burma for the upcoming ethnic nationalities conference in September.
A man was arrested for stealing 15 lakh Kyats, two motorcycles and a mobile phone in Hakha, the capital of Chin state, Burma on 30 August. He was detained jointly by local youths and the police
The Chin National Front (CNF) has set up a peace talk committee, comprising 23 party members for discussions relating to stability and peace in Burma with President Thein Sein’s government.
Among the names of 1,147 people removed from a blacklist by the office of President Thein Sein on 30 August are some Chin leaders.
In a move to eradicate opium cultivation, the Chin state government proposes to replace poppy plantations in Tonzang Township, where most such fields exist, by other kinds of crop plantations. The authorities are also making a list of farmers to provide them loans for alternative crop plantations since July 20.