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Burma military officials unload an aid delivery of blankets and tents from a cargo plane of the Russian Emergencies Ministry at Yangon airport May 10, 2008.
Monday, Dec. 19, 2011

Open quoteIt's like a set menu of abusive practices: forced labor, torture and the destruction of property and livelihoods.Close quote

  • DAVID MATHIESON,
  • Burma researcher for Human Rights Watch, outlining the violations his organization claims were carried out by Burmese troops during their six-month war against ethnic-minority rebels in the north of the country
Photo: Reuters | Source: The Guardian