Christian Cross Destroyed To Be Replaced With Pagoda
A Christian cross planted on the top of Kimo mountain in Paletwa Township, Chin State was pulled down in March, 2009 and is to be replaced with a Buddhist pagoda by the military regime, sources unveiled. Read the rest of this entry »
Seminar on Bamboo Famine held in South Mizoram
An international seminar on ‘Mawta/Mautam’ Famine was recently held at Tipa (Tuipang) in South Mizoram. It was conducted by Mawta Famine Relief Committee (MFRC), well attended by victims from across the border and sympathisers from India and abroad. The report is below: Read the rest of this entry »
Chin people plagued with disease with onset of famine
Khonumthung News, Oct. 31 - An official from Mohre Youth Clinic has reported that there have been many visitors from Chin state’s Matupi and Thantlang villages, who had come for a check up in Mohre Youth Clinic, in the Indo-Myanmar boarder area earlier this month. Read the rest of this entry »
Burmese Army extorts money and live stock from hungry villagers
(Khonumthung News) September 27 - Burmese Army soldiers have been demanding livestock and money from starving villagers in areas that are severely affected by acute food shortage in southern Chin state, western Burma. Read the rest of this entry »
BBC Radio - English - Starvation in Burma’s Chin state
One of Burma’s smallest ethnic minorities, the Mara, say hundreds of their people have starved to death. Read the rest of this entry »
Rampaging rats bring starvation to Burma
By Bernadette Carroll
BBC News, Chin state, Burma
In Burma’s north-west Chin state, thousands of people say they are starving. The Mara tribe say hundreds of their community have died in the past two months alone. Read the rest of this entry »
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