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... U.S federal court against yet another international oil and gas company. The lawsuit was brought by Jennie Green, staff attorney with center for Constitutional Rights, Earth Rights International, Had Sell and Stormer, and Paul Haffaman, on behalf of 15 anonymous victims of rape, forced labour, forced relocation, assaults and the death of family members. All the victims are Karen, an indigenous ethnic minority group affected by the pipeline project, who lived near the Thai Border. Lawyers described how a SLORC officer kicked one of the plaintiffs- a woman, who was nursing her baby-into fire. The baby died as a result of burns after SLORC soldiers prevented the mother from medical assistance. VIOLATIONS AGAINST ENVIRONMENT 1. Amount that global mean temperature already risen: 0.3-0.6C 2. Percentage contribution of deforestation to climate change: 17 3. Numbers of countries with frontiers forest threatened by oil gas explosion: 22 4. Numbers of countries with coral reefs threatened by oil and ...