kimi colney
@KimiColney
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Aizawl, India
Joined November 2013
🧵 On 31 May, as torrential rains battered Mizoram, we found ourselves stuck in a massive landslide jam b/w Lunglei & Thenzawl. We spent 16+ anxious hrs inside our car, perched on the side of a hill, as rain & thunder pounded us through the pitch dark night. But… +
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For the second straight year since the start of ethnic conflict in the state, not a single member of the Kuki-Zomi-Hmar community has been included in the Manipur team for the National Games. By @jon_selvaraj
sportstar.thehindu.com
For the second straight year since the start of ethnic conflict in the state, not a single member of the Kuki-zo community has been included in the Manipur team for the National Games.
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Tax authorities have revoked our non-profit status, claiming journalism does not serve any public purpose and therefore cannot be carried out as a non-profit exercise. It severely impairs our ability to do journalism. Our statement: https://t.co/79tTEVW8UR
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For the first time in history, a group of Burmese Hindus are resisting against the Military regime. Instead of protecting Hindu minorities, they accuse the Indian govt of putting biz interests over democracy. My story @Article14live
article-14.com
For the first time in the history of Myanmar, which has been under military rule since 2021, Hindu minorities are organising against the Junta and appealing to be included in India’s Overseas...
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EastMojo in Thailand: A personal insight into the 2 sides of Myanmar’s borders https://t.co/wvfvQcteGg
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My story for @BBC_Future on the solution employed by the indigenous communities in Arunachal and Nagaland to avoid human vs mithun conflicts, a consolidation to what they had been doing since ages: protecting mithuns and its habitat, in turn the forests. https://t.co/0lgLitXVDR
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"Living fences" are helping protect Himalayan sacred cattle from deforestation and climate change
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The CYLA’s recent blockade on goods to Myanmar’s Rakhine state amid the ongoing coup has sparked controversy. This move has restricted essential supplies for many Chin civilians.📦 Join us to learn why this blockade has led to a humanitarian crisis and how it affects lives on
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Mizoram: Oppn. criticises ₹8.45 crore CM adviser costs, calls for abolishment https://t.co/ejjqTFuzct
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EastMojo and the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation are proud to announce a six-month paid fellowship for Northeast India's indigenous journalists. The fellowship will empower Indigenous journalists to present their narratives and stories on issues shaping the modern world
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#Mizoram has warmly welcomed refugees from #Myanmar, yet it quietly allows the forced return of #Bangladeshi refugees. The newly established #ZPM government faces heavy criticism from the former ruling party, #MNF, for its inaction. 🤐 Discover why Bangladeshi refugees are not
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From this morning Myanmar refugee detainees in Manipur state, India, started changing their silent hunger strike to speak out five slogans: We are Refugees, We want to be released from here, We have family to take care of, Send us to our family, and "Release us to secure.
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Thank you @Lalrinpuii_Rini for support in implementation of 331 Health center. 🙏 Thank you @KimiColney for the article @SELCOFoundation
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Mizoram: Cyclone claims 23 lives, including 5 from the same family https://t.co/XHEIujMLmu
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My opinion piece on the Lok Sabha candidates in Mizoram
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Manipur: Tribal body shuts govt. offices amid brutal killing of 2 Kuki-Zo volunteers https://t.co/SJuJWtQC22
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Congratulations 🏆 to @EastMojo on their first Ramnath Goenka award. The only hope for journalism to survive is if small, independent and regional newsrooms can do gutsy reporting from the margins. Please support them in this endeavour
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Thank you @KimiColney for coverage @SELCOFoundation Assam: Over 1500 healthcare facilities in NE solar powered
eastmojo.com
Guwahati: The Energy for Health Summit: North Eastern Region Chapter, hosted by SELCO Foundation in Guwahati on February 28th and 29th, 2024, showcased
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“The papers and articles I write may garner hundreds of citations or none at all, but they will be a document that my daughter and her daughters can hold on to, to remember the history that has formed their identity.” Our latest, from @KimiColney
https://t.co/OzXv8JeJTL
contingentmagazine.org
Whatever I write and record could be important for my children and future generations.
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#India's home ministry has suspended (not revoked) the Free Movement Regime (FMR) along the India-Myanmar border. This is a purely political move linked to #Manipur. I expect the suspension to be reversed in the near future, perhaps after elections. (1/n) https://t.co/ZF8vbrhLha
thehindu.com
India suspends Free Movement Regime along Myanmar border, requiring visas for border residents to enter India.
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