Myanmar's Christian Chin Are Being Persecuted
January 28, 2009
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It has been a few days since I've focused on Myanmar here on the blog, and I just wanted to remind you that Christians in Myanmar are still being persecuted. Take these two stories.
Myanmar abusing Christian Chin minority: rights group
BANGKOK (AFP) — Myanmar's military regime is committing widespread abuses against the mainly Christian Chin ethnic group, who face famine, forced labour, torture and persecution, a rights group said Wednesday.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said tens of thousands of Chin flee across the border to India only for many of them to be forcibly returned home, violating their right to refuge under international law. "For too long, ethnic groups like the Chin have borne the brunt of abusive military rule in Burma," said Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, referring to Myanmar by its former name. "It is time for this brutal treatment to stop and for the army to be held to account for its actions. India should step forward to protect those desperately seeking sanctuary."
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Report: Myanmar's Chin People Persecuted
BANGKOK (AFP) — Myanmar's military regime is committing widespread abuses against the mainly Christian Chin ethnic group, who face famine, forced labour, torture and persecution, a rights group said Wednesday.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said tens of thousands of Chin flee across the border to India only for many of them to be forcibly returned home, violating their right to refuge under international law. "For too long, ethnic groups like the Chin have borne the brunt of abusive military rule in Burma," said Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, referring to Myanmar by its former name. "It is time for this brutal treatment to stop and for the army to be held to account for its actions. India should step forward to protect those desperately seeking sanctuary."
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Report: Myanmar's Chin People Persecuted
By DENIS D. GRAY – 15 hours ago
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — The Chin people, Christians living in the remote mountains of northwestern Myanmar, are subject to forced labor, torture, extrajudicial killings and religious persecution by the country's military regime, a human rights group said Wednesday.
The New York-based Human Right Watch said as many as 100,000 people have fled the Chin homeland into neighboring India, where they face abuse and the risk of being forced back into Myanmar.
"The Chin are unsafe in Burma and unprotected in India," a report from the group said. The report
said the regime in Myanmar, also known as Burma, continues to commit atrocities against its other ethnic minorities.