10 People Sentenced To Jail Protesting Controversial Shwe Pipeline
02 October 2013
Ten residents of Kyaukpyu, located in the Arakan state, were sentenced to three-month jail terms September 26 for their unauthorised protests against the Shwe pipeline, a controversial Chinese-backed project. The demonstration attracted the support of more than 500 locals and was held in mid-April on Maday Island. The controversy that caused the protest stems from […]