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    Tagged: land confiscations

    Land Lead Story News Pegu Division

    Nattalin farmers march for misappropriated lands

    Around 450 acres of land belonging to 123 farmers in Dhammange, Phalanbin, Jobintha and Shasaybo villages were allegedly confiscated in 1991 by the Burmese army.

    Land Lead Story News Sagaing

    Seven Kanbalu plough protestors released from jail

    Seven farmers from Kanbalu in Sagaing Division, jailed for staging plough protests on confiscated land, were released from prison after serving their full three-month sentences.

    Land Lead Story News Politics

    ‘Colonial style’ red tape blamed for delay in returning seized land

    Burma’s parliamentary Farmland Investigation Commission has cited the overwhelming layers of bureaucracy as the foremost cause for delays in returning confiscated land to its original owners.

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    Karen Land Lead Story News

    Hpa-an farmers march for return of seized lands

    More than a hundred farmers from nine villages in Hpa-an Township, Karen State, staged a rally on Monday demanding the return of lands they say were seized by the military many years ago.

    Land Lead Story News Sagaing

    Kanbalu villagers say they’ll get some land back from military

    According to Sagaing villager, 384 acres of land will be returned by military, which confiscated 3,000 acres in Hyaukshai village in 1999 for a sugarcane plantation project.

    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 Law Lead Story News Politics

    Hunger strikers released from prison

    Burmese activists Myint Myint Aye, Khin Mi Mi Khine and Thant Zin Htike walked free from Paungde prison in Pegu division on Tuesday morning after the regional high court upheld their appeal.

    Land Law Lead Story News Politics

    Families denied access to Myint Myint Aye, other hunger strikers

    Myint Myint Aye’s brother says the families have been denied access to three land rights protestors and are worried about their health given that it is nearly a week since they declared they were starting a hunger strike.

    Environment Lead Story News

    Stop arresting farmers, says 88 Generation

    By arresting and sentencing so many farmers and activists for protesting land grabs, Burmese authorities are affecting the stability of the state, warned the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society.

    Lead Story News Property

    Govt says it’s working to return confiscated lands to farmers

    Burma’s Land Utilisation committee vows that it is working to resolve all cases of land grabs and return seized lands to their rightful owners before the end of the government’s term in 2015.

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