Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On July 28, 2003, President George Bush signed into law the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003. This act bans the importation of any article that is ...
A few days ago for my preview of the inaugural TEFAF New York Fall art fair, I wrote about Wallace Chan’s “Stilled Life” art jewel, an artistic depiction of a bright green cicada made of Imperial ...
(Washington, DC) - Consumers should support a new US law banning Burmese gems by refusing to buy from jewelers unless they ensure their gems are not from Burma, Human Rights Watch said today. The US ...
(New York) - A new US law that bars gem dealers and jewelry retailers from importing rubies and jade from Burma is a major step in curtailing the unethical international trade in Burmese gems, Human ...