Chin activist visits London

A week after releasing a new report; On the Edge of Survival: The Continuing Rat Infestation and Food Crisis in Chin State, Burma, Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO) Executive Director Salai Bawi Lian Mang is in London briefing British Parliamentarians.
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Chin activist visits London

A week after releasing a new report; On the Edge of Survival: The Continuing Rat Infestation and Food Crisis in Chin State, Burma, Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO) Executive Director Salai Bawi Lian Mang is in London briefing British Parliamentarians.

On 23 September, Salai Bawi Lian Mang met with Shadow Foreign Minister Keith Simpson MP and the Chairman of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, Tony Baldry MP. He also met Burma Campaign UK, and was interviewed on Premier Christian Radio. Today, Salai Bawi Lian Mang will be meeting officials at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development, and will also brief Baroness Cox, Chief Executive of the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) who has visited Burma’s borderlands many times. Salai Bawi Lian Mang is in London on a two-day visit facilitated by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW).

Download Chin Human Rights Organisation press release www.chro.ca/

Published Online
24 September 2009
Region/Country
East Asia, Myanmar/Burma

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