The Delhi Dilemma
By ZARNI MANN
Thursday, February 17, 2011
In this photograph taken on June 25, 2009, an ethnic Chin refugee mother and child sit in a corner near a calendar bearing a Cross in their living quarters in New Delhi. (Photo; Getty Images)
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According to a report issued in January by the US-based Physicians for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, nearly 92 percent of households in Chin State have experienced at least one serious case of human rights abuses in the past two years; and there is widespread use of local people as forced laborers for the Burmese army or as unpaid laborers on government construction projects, as well as a host of other abuses by the Burmese authorities.
“Some of our friends are now in Australia and America. said a Chin woman who asked to remain anonymous. “We hope that our children will have a better future.”
Related Article: Ninety-two Percent of Chins Abused by Burmese Military: Report
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Burmese people the world over need assistance.
If the UN cannot deal with the 'fake democracy' junta (backed by China) with more strength and clarity, they need to atleast assist with the fallout, and the refugee resettlememnt in neighbourisng countries.
These people are human beings.
China, wake up! It is time to join the 21st century (and I don't just mean shopping)! |
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Mang Hlei Cung Wrote: |
18/02/2011 |
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| Thanks for your information to be heard by the world. But one thing I would like to add. That is regarding funeral service. If a person (refugee)is passed a way in New Delhi, there is no help from any NGOs or UNHCR office. |
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It is pity to see the Chin refugees bearing such hardship whilst applying refugee status in transit countries.
From my opinion, Chins are deserting their homeland. Since it would be difficult for agriculture and trading in Chinland, it is the best for Chins either to service in Burmese army or left homeland for refugee status then take better education/life abroad.
Event Burmese army would be difficult to survive in Chin Hills, I don't think they want to occupy permanently there.
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PB Publico Wrote: |
18/02/2011 |
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I am simply ashamed to be an ethnic Bama for the kind of brutalities done on the Chins or any others.
It is all the more saddening for being unable to do anything to help, while we all are at the junta's mercy even for a local movement. This junta has so much money and yet does not provide proper equipment to its own men. Instead, its troops force poor vilagers, prisoners and other helpless people as porters and mine sweepers.
The troops' cowardice is beyond words; I really have lost words to properly describe their horrid actions. The army men are paid, fed and housed at home, and I believe the equipment and supply-transport charges are paid out to the commanders in advance of any operation.
I don't know what they do with the public money paid out before they leave their bases.
I have known many Chins in my professional life. I have liked them. They are good, honest people, worthy citizens of Burma, unlike the wealth-amassing generals and their lackies, who are undeniably bad. |
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