Items filtered by date: August 2016

Population of Chin refugees cannot be ignored: Interview with Salai Laitha

Chin refugees fear to go home without guarantee from govt: Interview with Salai Cung Dawt

24 August 2016 -- Representatives of Chin civil society organizations across Burma gathered in Rangoon from 22 to 24 August, discussing issues that will be prepared for the upcoming 21st Panglong Conference.

21 Ausut 2015 -- The Union Election Commission declared on Tuesday that the election of Dr Ba Maung as a Pyine Hluttaw MP of the Union Solidarity and Development Party from the Kanpetlet township constituency No. 2 was invalidated.

19 August 2016 -- People lined up expressing sympathy at airports, towns and villages that the dead body of Piang Ngaih Don passed through as it was carried all the way from Singapore to her native village, Chin State in Burma.

18 August 2016 -- School students in Paletwa Township, Chin State have not received their textbooks three months after the commencement of the 2016-2017 academic year in June.

16 August 2016 -- Private companies contracted by the State authorities of Thein Sein's government for road construction in Chin State get the blame for chaos caused on the roads.

14 August 2016 -- Chin committee based in Kalay town of Sagaing Region are putting more effort into seeking official recognition as an organization representing their communities.

PUTRAJAYA, 20 August 2016 - Malaysian government want to set up a special task force with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to look into and settle complicated migrant issues, including those related to the issuance of refugee cards.

In pictures: the International Day of the World's Indigenous Day in Rangoon