Document #1123640

NYT – New York Times (Author)

Myanmar Police Used Phosphorus on Protesters, Lawyers Say

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/world/asia/myanmar-troops-used-phosphorus-on-protesters-lawyers-say.html

ecoi.net description:
According to a group of lawyers, police used white phosphorus, a munition normally reserved for warfare, to disperse protesters outside a copper mine in central Myanmar on 29 November 2012
Country:
Myanmar
Source:
NYT – New York Times (Author)
Published:
30 January 2013
Original link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/world/asia/myanmar-troops-used-phosphorus-on-protesters-lawyers-say.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Document ID:
1123640 (former ID 237084)

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