Report not aimed at Chin, Mizo confusion: HRW
Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia researcher of the US-based Human Rights Watch said the report focuses on the persecutions suffered by the Chin people in Burma and the subsequent difficulties faced in fleeing their homeland and does not aim at creating a misunderstanding between the two communities – Chins and Mizos.
In an interview with Mizzima, Ganguly said Mizo as a community has been known to have provided support to the Chin people, who fled their homeland, but the Indian government - both the Mizoram state and central – fails to protect the rights of the Chin people.
“What we are saying is Chin people are suffering a lot in Burma, that’s why they come to Mizoram,” said Ganguly adding that the report was detailing how India, as a government, fails to look into the plight of Chin people and does not refer to any group community.
“We do not want any misunderstanding between the Chin and the Mizo as communities,” she added.
Ganguly’s comment came after the Young Mizo Association, an influential social organisation in Mizoram, on Tuesday held a meeting with at least 23 Chin organizations and accused Chin leaders of misinforming the HRW and asked them to refute the report.
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