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    VIDEO: Chin National Day hopes

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    In the background of Chin National Day last month, Ninu, a Chin women’s rights group, launched a report calling for patriarchal customs including inheritance, the division of property and the bride price system to change.

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    New homes not good enough say displaced Chin villagers

    Displaced residents of the landslide-rocked Chin State capital of Hakha took to the streets in protest on Tuesday, enraged over what that say is inadequate replacement housing.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Latest results from regional parliaments

    The Union Election Commission has released the fifteenth round of results from the general election.

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    Relief promised to homeless in Hakha

    President Thein Sein visited Chin State’s capital Hakha on Wednesday to pledge support for locals left homeless by recent floods and landslides.

    Many of the roads to the IDPs are flooded or too muddy for aid trucks to get through. (PHOTO: DVB).

    2015 Elections Chin Lead Story News Politics

    Election 2015: Chin campaigning stuck in the mud

    Political parties in Chin State say they are struggling to reach rural areas due to the destruction caused by last month’s floods.

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    2015 election: Voter lists ready in flood-hit areas

    Despite speculation that Arakan, Chin and Sagaing regions would not be ready in time, Burma’s election commission says it is up to speed.

    DVB Roadshow: Painful Chin tradition fading with time video

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    DVB Roadshow: Painful Chin tradition fading with time

    Join the DVB Roadshow team as they meet Chin hill tribe women who are among the last inked by a fading tradition.

    Chin Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Chin State residents abandon towns, seek shelter in Tedim

    The entire population of Kahngen village, some 127 people from 40 houses, has abandoned their homes due to flooding and landslides and sought refuge in nearby Tedim.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News Travel & Tourism

    Tourism industry escapes flood unscathed

    Flooding and landslides have devastated 12 of 14 Burmese states and divisions, but tourism operators have reported that the industry has been largely unaffected.

    Lead Story Myanmar News

    World leaders respond to Burma’s call for help

    Burma took the unprecedented step of appealing for international aid on Tuesday, seeking assistance to provide medicine, food, clothing, hygiene kits and shelter for more than 210, 000 people affected by torrential flooding across the country.

    2015 Elections Chin Lead Story News

    Only 50% of population on voter lists in Chin State

    Out of a total population of 480,000, only 262,000 names appear on voter lists. Authorities blame media and CBOs for not informing the public.

    Approximately 350 Khumi people have been forced to flee their homes, of whom 141 are under 18. (PHOTO: CHRO).

    Chin Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Caught in the crossfire

    A small community of indigenous Chin people are bearing the brunt of war, reports an NGO, as fighting breaks out in the state’s south.

    Chin Lead Story News Religion

    Burmese soldiers extort Chin Baptists: CHRO

    Chin NGO says troops from Light Infantry Battalion 289 extorted 180,000 kyat (US$180) from a group of ten Baptist evangelists in Paletwa Township.

    Chin women turn their faces away from painful practice video

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    Chin women turn their faces away from painful practice

    Women in Chin State are rejecting an ancient custom of female facial tattoos.

    DVB Debate: Can federalism be the solution? video

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    DVB Debate: Can federalism be the solution?

    On this episode of DVB Debate, a panel of ethnic leaders and political analysts discuss the future of federalism in Burma.

    Bullet Points: 24 July 2014 video

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    Bullet Points: 24 July 2014

    Bullet Points: today’s top news stories with Angus Watson.

    Chin Development Lead Story News

    Hakha lights up

    Residents of Chin State capital Hakha can now enjoy 24-hour electricity since the town was connected to the national grid at the beginning of July.

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    Bullet Points

    Bullet Points: bringing you the day’s news for Wednesday 16 July.

    Chin Lead Story News Religion

    Chin party slams Religious Law proposals

    CNDP says Burma’s proposed Religious Conversion Bill, if enacted into law, would violate the 2008 Constitution, as well as fundamental human rights guaranteed under the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

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    Rights groups call for transparency in Kaladan Project

    An alliance of civil society organisations on Wednesday urged the Burmese and Indian governments to be more transparent in the planning and construction of the controversial Kaladan Project.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Govt pay hike affecting consumer prices in Chin State

    A surge in the price of consumer goods has hit markets in Chin State following the announcement in February of pay increases to civil servants.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Chins affirm Geneva Call on sex crimes, child protection

    The Chin National Front signed Geneva Call documents in Switzerland on 19 March, committing to the “highest international norms in terms of child protection and prohibition of sexual violence”.

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    Chin villages face food shortages following bad harvest

    Dozens of villages in Thantlang, Matupi and Paletwa townships are facing renewed food shortages following bad weather conditions and low yields of harvest.

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    Chin rebels supply rice for opium eradicators

    The Chin National Front says that it will provide bags of rice to villagers affected by a drug eradication activity conducted in Tonzang Township and Cikha Sub-township in Chin State.

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    Ethnic groups resist census, object to question of ethnicity

    Many ethnic leaders are opposed to a list that only recognises 135 specified ethnic groups in Burma – a list that dates back to British colonial times. (PHOTO: Shan family/ public domain)

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    Hearing set for Ann arson suspects

    Fourteen ethnic workers in Arakan State’s Ann Township will be charged on 10 February for alleged involvement in a fire at a fuel relay station along the Shwe gas pipeline route.

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    The colourful lives of the Chin

    Associated Press photographer Gemunu Amarsinghe recently submitted a photo essay from Chin state where ancient traditions and a rich culture struggle to prevail against a history of religious conversion, Burmese chauvinism, military rule and economic misery.

    Development Lead Story News Politics

    Additional US$1 million for development in Chin state – but is it enough?

    An additional one billion kyat (US$1 million) budget was approved for development in Chin state at an emergency meeting of the regional parliament in Hakha on Tuesday.

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    First Chin conference in six decades to convene in November

    A collection of Chin political parties, civil society organisations and an armed group are set to hold the ethnic group’s first conference in six decades later this year.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Quintana ‘too rushed’ to meet Chin civic groups

    Chin groups say they were denied the chance to present their human rights issues to the UN Special Rapporteur due to his rushed schedule.

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