Religion News Blog » Burma http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Burma Troops ‘Kill, Torture’ Christian Kachins Despite Ceasefire Pledge http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26536/burma-troops-%e2%80%98kill-torture%e2%80%99-christian-kachins-despite-ceasefire-pledge http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26536/burma-troops-%e2%80%98kill-torture%e2%80%99-christian-kachins-despite-ceasefire-pledge#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:47:11 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26536 Burma Burmese troops kill or torture civilians and destroy churches and even entire villages of the predominantly Christian Kachin minority despite pledges from Burma's nominally civilian government that it seeks ceasefire agreements with ethnic groups, investigators say.

Rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) said it recorded "grave human rights abuses" during a three week visit to the Rangoon and Kachin State on the China-Burma border.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26536/burma-troops-%e2%80%98kill-torture%e2%80%99-christian-kachins-despite-ceasefire-pledge/feed 0 Christian Civilians in Burma Face Deadly Attacks http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26361/christian-civilians-in-burma-face-deadly-attacks http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26361/christian-civilians-in-burma-face-deadly-attacks#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:21:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26361 Burma As U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Burma’s capital, Naypyidaw, last week in a show of support for authorities’ ostensible reforms to discuss minority rights, government troops killed civilians and burned houses in a Christian-majority state about 450 miles away.

On Wednesday (Nov. 30), the day Clinton arrived, Burmese soldiers killed a woman and injured six other villagers as they fired four rounds of mortar shells at civilians.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26361/christian-civilians-in-burma-face-deadly-attacks/feed 0 Burma cyclone survivors haunted by ghosts http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21419/burma-cyclone-survivors-haunted-ghosts http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21419/burma-cyclone-survivors-haunted-ghosts#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 06:28:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21419 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21419/burma-cyclone-survivors-haunted-ghosts/feed 0