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    Tagged: Land

    2015 Elections Land Lead Story News Pegu Division

    3 new parties vow to fight for Burma’s farmers

    More than 400 candidates from three new political parties devoted to representing Burma’s farmers will contest seats in the upcoming November election.

    Farmers from Pantanaw Township rally, demanding the return of land they claim to have been confiscated in 1999-2000. (PHOTO: DVB).

    Irrawaddy Division Land Lead Story News

    Pantanaw farmers rally against land grabs

    Local farmers from the Irrawaddy delta staged a protest rally on Friday, demanding the return of land they claim was confiscated in 1999-2000.

    Police speaking at a press conference after the squatters' arrest. (PHOTO: DVB).

    Karen Lead Story News

    Myaingkale forest squatters face charges

    Police have arrested and charged around two dozen people for squatting in a protected forest in Karen State.

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    Business Land Lead Story News

    Burma’s land prices scare off Thai firm

    Saha Group, Thailand’s leading consumer product conglomerate, has scrapped plans to set up an industrial estate in Burma, citing high land prices.

    Pegu fury over generational land claim video

    Land Lead Story News Video

    Pegu fury over generational land claim

    A Farmers in Nattalin, Pegu Division turned out in their hundreds to demand the return of land seized by the Burmese army 25 years ago.

    Analysis Contributor Land Lead Story News

    Protecting profits over people

    Burma’s National Land Use Policy must first address the discrepancies between protecting vulnerable peoples’ land use rights and claims before creating an enabling investment environment.

    Development Land Lead Story News

    NGOs say ethnic areas have no ‘virgin lands’

    A coalition of ethnic NGOs says the draft National Land Use Policy is flawed because it overlooks traditional shifting agricultural practices in Burma.

    Land Lead Story News Rangoon

    Govt to confiscate idle industrial zone land 




    Rangoon’s divisional government will confiscate land from individuals who have purchased more than 4,000 acres of industrial zone land without operating businesses there.

    Land Lead Story News

    Jailed Kanbalu farmers face additional charges

    Eight farmers jailed for staging a plough protest on military-confiscated land in Sagaing Division’s Kanbalu Township are now facing additional charges for trespassing.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Tavoy farmers jailed for ‘disturbing’ officials

    Farmers in Tenasserim Division’s Tavoy [Dawei] received various sentences for clashing with government officials over a land confiscation case earlier this year.

    Demolition of riverside squats leaves families homeless video

    Lead Story News Property Video

    Demolition of riverside squats leaves families homeless

    Local authorities have demolished 50 huts belonging to squatters on the banks of the Irrawaddy in Mandalay Division.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Drugs, land and mining issues plague Shan State

    A four-day regional development workshop responding to the challenges posed by drugs and environmental degradation has concluded in Shan State

    Michaungkan protestors forcibly dispersed from Maha Bandula Park video

    Lead Story News Politics Video

    Michaungkan protestors forcibly dispersed from Maha Bandula Park

    A protest camp of over 100 residents of the Rangoon suburb of Michaungkan has been forcibly dispersed from their sit-in location at Maha Bandula Park in the former capital.

    Land Lead Story News Politics

    Shan Chief Minister assures farmers on land issues

    Shan State Chief Minister Sao Aung Myat said he believes all seized lands will be returned to farmers in his region before the end of the year.

    Land Lead Story News Politics

    Pegu farmers injured in police crackdown

    Three farmers are injured in Pegu where police broke up a protest site of about 100 locals who had been demanding the return of farmland they say was confiscated by the army in 2000.

    News Politics

    Farmers in Rangoon incensed after authorities seize disputed land

    Tensions are high in Rangoon’s Dagon Port township after authorities cordoned off a piece of disputed property claimed by local farmers last Friday

    News Politics

    MP’s company files suit against party chair

    The Zaykabar company, which has been locked in legal disputes with farmers in Rangoon division, has slammed a defamation lawsuit against a political party’s chairman who is providing the affected group with legal aid

    News

    Jailed farmers’ lawyer refused appeal

    June 1, 2009 (DVB), An appeal for a renowned lawyer jailed after helping Burmese farmers complain to the United Nations of land confiscation by the military was last week rejected[…]

    Environment Features (OLD) Politics

    Ground control: militarization and the theft of Burma’s land

    Rosalie SmithApr 23, 2009 (DVB), In the last two decades Burma has aggressively expanded its military, doubling army personnel to the point where now there is one troop for every[…]

    Environment Features (OLD) Politics

    Ground control: militarization and the theft of Burma’s land

    Rosalie SmithApr 23, 2009 (DVB), In the last two decades Burma has aggressively expanded its military, doubling army personnel to the point where now there is one troop for every[…]

    News Politics

    Expansion of military forces citizens off land

    Apr 21, 2009 (DVB), Fertile farmland is being confiscated by the government and converted to army barracks, outposts and training sites as Burma's military increases in size, says a report[…]

    News

    Military force cashew farmers to neglect land

    Apr 10, 2009 (DVB), Restrictions in movement imposed by the Burmese military on Mon villagers in Tenasserim division are forcing local cashew growers to neglect their farmland and incur a[…]

    News

    Farmers given limited compensation for seized land

    Feb 17, 2009 (DVB), Farmers in Rangoon’s New Dagon Port township were disappointed to be given a very small amount of compensation for the more than 6000 acres of farmlands[…]

    News

    Grassroots activist pressured by police

    Feb 6, 2009 (DVB), Grassroots activist Than Soe, who helped local farmers in Magwe's Aung Lan township report land seizures, has gone into hiding after being threatened with arrest by[…]

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    Farmland confiscated for road to defence factory

    Feb 3, 2009 (DVB), More than 20 acres of farmland in Setoketaya township, Magwe division, have been confiscated to build a road to a defence materiel factory six miles outside[…]

    News

    New Dagon authorities confiscate paddy fields

    Jan 29, 2009 (DVB), Authorities in the port district of New Dagon township in Rangoon division have confiscated more than 6000 acres of paddy fields and driven farmers and animals[…]

    News Politics

    ILO concerned by jailing of labour activist

    Jan 27, 2009 (DVB), A representative of the International Labour Organisation has the ILO is concerned by the recent sentencing of labour activist Zaw Htay after he helped farmers in[…]

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    Monk seizes farmland in Bago for pagoda

    Jan 16, 2009 (DVB), Local farmers from Tawwi in Bago division’s Nyaunlaypin township have complained that a monk named Dhamma Pala has seized their land to build a pagoda. A[…]

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    Meikhtila local official sells off communal land

    Jan 9, 2009 (DVB), Residents of Meikhtila’s Yadanar Maung ward have complained that a local Peace and Development Council official has been selling unregistered land near a local creek for[…]

    Uncategorized

    Lawyer in ILO case harassed by authorities

    Jan 8, 2009 (DVB), Lawyer Pho Phyu, who is well known for representing political activists, has complained of being harassed by local authorities when he went to Nat Mauk township[…]

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