CONTENTS: Editorial: The Forced Labor Pandemic... Human Rights Situations: Abuse of Religious Freedom: • Local Christians Forced to Attend Opening Ceremony of Buddhist Pagoda... Extortion • Burmese Troops Extort Money from Villagers • Army Officer Sells off 1000 Round Bamboos Forcibly Collected from Civilians for Personal Profit... Forced Labor: • Mass Forced Labor Exacted to Construct New Military Camp • Villagers Forced to Renovate Army Camp • Military Authorities Compel Civilians to Supply Wood Planks for Construction of Hospital • SPDC Forced Primary School Children to Porter • Army Officer Sells off 1000 Round Bamboos Forcibly Collected from Civilians for Personal Profit • 30 Villages Forced to Contribute Sand to Renovate Army Camp • SPDC Forced School Children and Civilians to Labor at Government?s Tea Plantation... Opinion: Indo-Burma Relations A Cause Betrayed: Has the World?s Largest Democracy Turned Its Back on the Cause of Democracy in Burma? (Chinland Guardian)... Environmental Issue: • MITHUNS SACRIFICED TO GREED The Forest Ox of Burma's Chins