Government violence against the Christian minority in Myanmar is intensifying, according to human right activists.
The prediction of Open Doors comes after Myanmar’s army shelled a town in the Christian-majority Chin State burning more than 160 homes and two churches to the ground in the town of Thantlang.
In their advances the Tatmadaw, the military, has ransacked, shelled, and occupied churches, killing one at least one cleric.
According to Chin Human Rights Organisation, a Christian pastor who had attempted to put out the fires was shot dead by the military, his ring finger was cut off and his wedding ring was taken.
