TABLE OF CONTENTS: Arbitrary Taxation & Extortion: • ALP accused of extorting money from villagers in Paletwa • Locals ordered to repay poverty alleviation loan without prior notice... Forced Labour & Freedom of Religion: • School teachers forced to attend meeting in Hakha • Chin Christian govt staff ordered to prepare food for Buddhist offerings • Govt urged to address discrimination against Christians in Chin State • Christians disappointed over Sunday meetings with Chief Minister... Other Human Rights Violations: • ?Banned? alcohol secretly sold by police in Thantlang • Chin Christian headmistress sacked for no given reasons • Bootlegged alcohol seized from soldiers in Lungler • Na Ta La school teacher sued over bootlegging • Chin pastor injured in Rakhine attack • School teachers threatened with salary deduction in Hakha: Humanitarian & Development Situation: • Chin parties to meet with State govt over Gullu nickel projects • Landslides forced two villages to move, school to close in Falam • Survey finds communities distrustful of Chinese mining companies • Power outages hit Hakha, Thantlang in Chin State • Hundreds of landslides recorded in Chin State • Concerns grow over increase of Chin ?illegal drug? users • State govt slow in response to food shortages in Chin State... Event & Protest: • Chin activist among 30 most inspiring world young leaders • Asho Chins held human rights training in Rangoon • Chin rights activist receives NGO Leadership and Excellence Awards • Chin female pastor won prize for women?s creativity • Chin communities celebrate harvest festival • Over 500 Chin refugees demonstrated in Delhi... Situation of Refugees: • Dozens of Chin refugees arrested in Malaysia • About 200 Chins stiil detained in Malaysia • Chin refugee mother beaten, family robbed in Delhi • Two-year-old Chin girl sexually assaulted by local teenage boy in Delhi • Scores of Chins arrested in Malaysia • Sick Chin refugee woman beaten up in New Delhi • 5-yr-old Chin girl hit by motorbike in Delhi... Chin State Government & Chin National Front: • Govt funds Na Ta La students while neglecting public schools • Chin State hluttaw passed 12 draft laws • CNF provides computers for high school students • CNF to hold public consultation in Rangoon • CNF provides rice for villages hit by food shortages... Poem: • Silent Distress of A Refugee?s Life