Legislators from North, Central and South America gathered at the Carson Center in Carson, California to show their support for the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW). PARLACEN, the Central American Parliament has begun to implement the DPCW into its member states’ laws, as well as the city of Policarpa in Colombia, which has also implemented Article 10 into its city code. The DPCW has also received support from the National Assemblies of Ecuador, Nicaragua and Panama. In the U.S., the DPCW has received 17 congratulatory certificates from the congressional districts and 15 support letters from city mayors.…
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The Arakan Army (AA) has continued to detain parliamentarian Huay Ting in their custody but on Monday morning released nine other people they had been holding, according to a Chin State government spokesperson. AA forces took Huay Ting, who represents Chin State’s Constituency 11, into their custody on Sunday. Along with him, they detained five Indian nationals working on road construction within the Kaladan Multi-modal Transit Transport Project, two translators, and two boat operators. The group was traveling from Paletwa in Chin State to Kyauktaw in Rakhine State, an active conflict area. “They released all detainees at 6:00 a.m. this…
The state-level commemoration of the 72nd Chin National Day will be held in Thantlang town on February 20 of next year, a government spokesperson said. The proceedings were originally planned for Paletwa in southern Chin State, but the area has seen intensified armed conflict between the Burma Army and the Arakan Army. “Our cabinet has decided to hold the upcoming Chin National Day in Thantlang town. The priority venue is the Thantlang football grounds. An alternative venue is the sports stadium, which is still being constructed,” the Chin State municipal minister Soe Htet told Khonumthung News. He blamed the cancellation…
An employee with the education department in Paletwa Township was taken from his house this last week by an as-yet unidentified group, his family members said. Tawng Pang was abducted at around 9:00 p.m. on October 27 from Pwi Wong village in Ouk Thae Mawa village tract in Paletwa. Family members say that nearly one week on, they have not received any update on his whereabouts. “I don’t know who they are. They spoke the Rakhine language. They said that they had questions for my dad,” Tawng Pang’s daughter told Khonumthung News. “I’m so worried that something will happen to…
October 25th, 2019 – Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) from Belgium and the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR) from Italy host a seminar in Seoul, South Korea on November 29th to discuss global human rights abuse cases with 40 legal experts, journalists, and representatives from civil society organizations. The lecturers in the seminar will include some of the leading academic scholars of new religious movements from the United States and Europe. At the seminar titled, “Intolerance and discrimination against new religious movements: an international problem”, the participating experts will cover the current issues of destructive damages caused by…
On the 19th, the HWPL Peace Education Conference was held under the theme, “HWPL Peace Education, Changing the Future of Korea by Building an Upright Character” to create a peaceful future. HWPL has made agreements with education ministries and institutions, providing peace education to students of different nationalities and cultures. HWPL, the host of the conference, has developed peace education on a global level for the past three years since 2017. Working with educators around the world, HWPL developed teaching materials that can nurture students into peace leaders and citizens. It has signed Memoranda of Agreement with education ministries in…
Locals and internally displaced people (IDPs) from other areas who have sought refuge in Meezar village in southern Chin State’s Paletwa Township, say that they have been forced to carry food and supplies for Burma Army troops. The Burma Army called up a total of 35 people in Meezar on the morning of Wednesday, October 23 to work as porters, carrying food rations from the village of Twin Chaung Wa to Kha Maung Wa. The trek is one full day on foot and was scheduled for Thursday. “The Burma Army gave the order to the village headman and the local…
Students in Tung Zan village in Chin State’s Tedim Township have been attending classes in local churches after their high school was destroyed in a fire this month. The October 11 blaze consumed the school building and six houses, including five homes for government staff who are working as schoolteachers. Tung Zan high school principal Derl Pao told Khonumthung News that while the school is operating out of churches, the students still need learning materials and desks. “Our students are attending their classes in three churches and in a primary school. We especially need learning materials and office supplies, including…
The disappearance of local people in southern Chin State’s Paletwa Township has raised alarms among government officials and human rights groups as conflict in the region continues to claim civilian victims. According to a statement released last week by the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), the latest case involves a farmer and his wife who both went missing earlier this month. The statement said that Ku Huay, from the village of Thayar Kon in Paletwa Township, disappeared on October 5 while he was tending his fields. When his wife, Thanda Oo, went looking for him later that day, she also…
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