By Abid Aslam WASHINGTON - Rights advocates are renewing calls for consumers and merchants to shun Myanmar-produced gems in the run-up to the military government's latest auction of precious stones, saying there is growing evidence that shows Western boycotts are beginning to hurt the foreign currency-spinning trade. US-based rights lobby Human Rights Watch (HRW)has assailed the gem trade for financially propping up the military dictatorship and renewed its call for a boycott in advance of an auction of...
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