"Rhododendron News" Volume XIV, Issue III, May-June 2011

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:- Arbitrary Taxation & Extortion: * Soldiers Demanded Money for Alcohol License * Soldiers Demanded Money for Crossing Bridge * Soldiers Forcibly Demanded Money from Local Trader * Hakha Traffic Controllers Provided Extra Motorbikes * Land Confiscated, Locals Forced to Pay for Summer Rice Cultivation * Students Forcibly Demanded Money for Teacher Training * Soldiers Extorted 23 Lakhs and 10 Cattle from Traders * School Fund Milked by Falam Township Admin Officer * Cattle Trader Forced to Pay Money by Police Officers... Freedom of Religion: * Complained by Monk, Pastor Interrogated over Christian Mission Work * Photos of Chin Buddhist Children and Buddhist Institutions in Tedim * Records Revealed Forcible Contributions for Buddhist Monastery Construction... Other Human Rights Violations: * Burmese Police Detains Theological Student in Kalay * Police Officer Threatened Locals with Axe and Knife * ?Corrupt? Township Medical Officer to be Transferred * Soldiers Accused of Dispensing Expired Medicines... Food Crisis and Humanitarian Situation in Chinland: * Chin Youths ?Ignorant of HIV/AIDS? * Massive Shortage of Teachers Puts Education, Communities in Jeopardy * Food Shortage Likely to Worsen As More Farmlands Destroyed... Event and Protest: * Rights Groups Slammed Burma at UN Forum * Famous Chin Female Singers to Entertain Fans in Australia * Memoir of Chin Freedom Fighter to Be Launched in Malaysia... Situation of Refugees: * Chin Community Network Formed in Delhi * Chin Refugee Children Fall Prey to Drug Dealing * Malay-Aussie Refugee Deal to Go Despite Protest by Rights Groups * Five Chin Refugees Injured in Road Accident in Delhi * Chin Eviction Case Reaches India?s National Human Rights Commission * Thousands of Chin Refugees Marched on World Refugee Day in Delhi * Full Crackdown to Follow Short Period of Amnesty in Malaysia... Chin State Government: * ILO Met Local Authorities in Chin State * First Emergency Session of Chin State Assembly Summoned... Opinion: * Civil War Will Continue in Burma... Poem & Cartoon: * Waiting For You All The Time * Cartoons by Vapual, Kocik & Cung Luai Hnin

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Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)

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2011-06-00

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2011-07-21

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English

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