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    Human rights watchdog criticises slow progress in resolving land grabs
    July 20, 2018in Land, Lead Story, News1666by MYANMAR NOW
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    Human rights watchdog criticises slow progress in resolving land grabs

    Advocacy group Human Rights Watch has criticised slow progress in addressing historical land grabs, which continue to leave large numbers of people destitute, and inadequate legal reform in protecting land…

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    Rural poor squeezed by land concessions in Mekong region: report
    May 30, 2018in Land, Lead Story, News404by THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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    Rural poor squeezed by land concessions in Mekong region: report

    Companies acquired concessions amounting to the size of a small European country, while rural residents of Southeast Asia’s Mekong region saw their landholdings shrink or disappear over the past two…

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    Court in Burma convicts farmers of trespass in ‘blow’ to land rights
    May 8, 2018in Land, Lead Story, News384by THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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    Court in Burma convicts farmers of trespass in ‘blow’ to land rights

    A Burmese court finds 33 farmers living next to a Special Economic Zone guilty of criminal trespass, a ruling seen by activists as a blow to land rights in a…

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    Women land defenders in Asia need protection as violence rises
    December 7, 2017in Land, Lead Story, News452by THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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    Women land defenders in Asia need protection as violence rises

    Women land rights defenders in Asia are at greater risk of violence and harassment, according to rights groups who are calling on authorities to do more to protect them as…

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    ‘They beat him with sticks,’ says villager of killing of land rights defender in Shan State
    November 14, 2017in Land, Lead Story, News261by THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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    ‘They beat him with sticks,’ says villager of killing of land rights defender in Shan State

    Campaigners demanding the return of land to villagers in northern Burma said their fight would go on, days after an activist was beaten to death by a mob while visiting…

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    Calls for action after Burmese land rights activist beaten to death
    November 10, 2017in Land, Lead Story, News613by THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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    Calls for action after Burmese land rights activist beaten to death

    Activists want a thorough investigation into the killing of a land rights activist in Burma, and greater protection of land defenders, amid a sharp increase in territorial disputes.

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