"Rhododendron News" Volume XI, No V. September-October 2008

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CONTENTS: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS IN CHINLAND - * Villagers Punished for Failing to Comply with Forced Labour Order * Unfair Restrictions on Ferry Operators Cause Price Hike * Chin Widow Taxed 30, 000 for Owning Two Cows * Soldiers on Killing Spree of Livestock for Meat * Villagers Flee to India as Burma Army Rages * Farmers Compelled to Buy Govt-Produced Fertilizer * Villagers Forced to Supply Porters and Chickens... FOOD CRISIS IN CHINLAND: * Severe Food Shortages Blamed for Sharp School Dropout * Discriminatory Practice in Aid Distribution * Forced Labour Exacted from Areas Hard Hit by Food Scarcity * Food Crisis Puts Mothers and Children at Risk * Chin People Brace for Famine-Related Diseases * ENC Calls for Immediate Action to Address Food Crisis * DFID Hailed for its Response to Food Crisis in Chin State * Burma?s Regime Slammed for Neglecting Food Crisis in Chin State * Local Relief Group Raised Funds for Famine Victims... NEWS AND EVENTS: * Deportation Feared for a Chin Refugee in Malaysia * Joint Cross-Border Effort Planned for Victims of Hunger in Chin State * Mizoram University Host International Seminar on Chin History * Chin Scholar Urged to Look Back into the Past * Demonstration to Mark Suu Kyi?s 13 Years in Detention... OPINION: * Making Burma ungovernable... BACK COVER POEM: * Saffron Revolution

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Chin Human Rights Organization

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2008-10-00

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2010-11-24

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English

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