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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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.
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The Union Election Commission has released the fifteenth round of results from the general election.
President Thein Sein visited Chin State’s capital Hakha on Wednesday to pledge support for locals left homeless by recent floods and landslides.
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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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Despite speculation that Arakan, Chin and Sagaing regions would not be ready in time, Burma’s election commission says it is up to speed.
Join the DVB Roadshow team as they meet Chin hill tribe women who are among the last inked by a fading tradition.
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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.
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Flooding and landslides have devastated 12 of 14 Burmese states and divisions, but tourism operators have reported that the industry has been largely unaffected.
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.
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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.
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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 NGO says troops from Light Infantry Battalion 289 extorted 180,000 kyat (US$180) from a group of ten Baptist evangelists in Paletwa Township.
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Women in Chin State are rejecting an ancient custom of female facial tattoos.
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On this episode of DVB Debate, a panel of ethnic leaders and political analysts discuss the future of federalism in Burma.
Bullet Points: today’s top news stories with Angus Watson.
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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.
Bullet Points: bringing you the day’s news for Wednesday 16 July.
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.
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.
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.
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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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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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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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)
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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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.
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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.
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.
Chin groups say they were denied the chance to present their human rights issues to the UN Special Rapporteur due to his rushed schedule.
