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Systemic human rights violations along 180-mile gas pipeline in southern Burma, says new report
A 180-mile gas pipeline in southern Burma is responsible for human rights violations that are “systemic, shocking and ongoing,” says the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) in a report…titled Laid Waste: Human Rights Along the Kanbauk to Myaing Kalay gas pipeline…This report is released at a critical juncture. Intense competition for access to Burma’s abundant natural resources continues, with China recently agreeing to purchase gas that will be transported 1,200 miles across Burma.