"The Mon Forum" (English) No.1/2013 (Nov 2012-Jan 2013)

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NEWS: -Local people concerned about gas pipeline renovation... -Villagers slowly return to former communities in search of confiscated land... -Four cases of ?pink card” bribery... -Plantations in Min Tar seized a second time..... Commentary: -Investment law and people?s rights in Burma..... Report: -"Infrastructure projects signal reform and reservations on the border": "In the past few months, two remarkable infrastructure projects have been planned for the areas extending north and west of Three Pagodas Pass on the Thai-Burmese border. The first entails rejuvenating a road that connects the border town to Kyainnseikyi, 53 miles to the north. The second project is part of a high-profile proposal to reconstruct a 60- mile section of the ?Death Railway,” a World War II era rail line stretching 170 miles from Thanbyuzayat in Burma to Ratchaburi Province, Thailand..."

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Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)

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2013-01-00

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2013-02-05

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