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Activists urge govt to push for jade transparency
Burma's decision to shake up its multi-billion dollar jade business is a ground-breaking opportunity to stop human rights abuses and increase transparency, say activists.
Thugs beat up Burman scavengers in Hpakant, says local NLD leader
"They were tied to bamboo poles and tortured. And they were warned not to scavenge on a ‘Kachin’ site."
Jade sales drop amid ongoing conflict
Proceeds from Burma's annual sale of jade, gems and pearls totalled US$592.12 million, down nearly 10 percent from 2015, government data showed.
Dreams of riches and risk of death — a jade miner’s life
Maung Aye left his poor village for Hpakant, where he risks his life each day to find the one jade stone that will lift him out of poverty.
Concerns grow over Hpakant’s scarred landscape
Villagers in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township feel threatened as whole mountains are turned into dangerous, unstable waste heaps.
Land grab disputes to meet incoming NLD govt
The new government will have to address numerous junta-era land grabs, such as in Ayeyawaddy Region’s Pantanaw Township where hundreds of farmers lost land.
