A court in Myanmar…ordered 10 activists jailed for three months each for participating in a demonstration against a China-backed petroleum pipeline project…About 300…mobbed the court…demanding the release of the activists who had joined hundreds in April in protesting against the Shwe project over inadequate compensation and demands that its developer provide better transportation infrastructure and higher salaries for local workers. The 10 were…convicted under Article 18 of the Peaceful Assembly Law, a much criticized legislation which requires a permit for demonstrations and which rights groups say is being used by the government to silence critics…[refers to China National Petroleum Corporation and Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise]