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    Tagged: land rights

    Land Lead Story News

    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 tenure.

    Land Lead Story News

    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 country with a rising demand for property for industrial use.

    Land Lead Story News

    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 conflicts over land and resources get increasingly bloody.

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    Land Lead Story News

    ‘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 the disputed territory on the invitation of local officials.

    Land Lead Story News

    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.

    Environment Farmers Lead Story Natural resources News

    In Mon State, expanding quarries threaten farms

    The number of quarries in Mon State is quickly increasing and locals say authorities fail to regulate their environmental impact on farmlands.

    Farmers Lead Story News

    Land grabs rampant in conflict-ridden Kachin State

    At the expense of poor farmers, land grabs have been on the rise since conflict re-erupted in Kachin State.

    Land Lead Story News Protest

    Farmers right’s activist jailed

    Farmer’s rights advocate Su Su Nway has been jailed in Pegu Division after being charged with trespassing.

    Saw Johnny, a local land rights proponent and NLD leader in Hpa-an. (PHOTO: DVB).

    Crime Lead Story News

    Land rights proponent shot dead in Hpa-an

    A leading land rights proponent and NLD leader in Hpa-an was shot dead by unknown assailants outside his home in the early hours of Thursday morning.

    DOCUMENTARY: ‘With only our voices, what can we do?’ video

    Development Karen Lead Story News Video

    DOCUMENTARY: ‘With only our voices, what can we do?’

    Watch as KHRG takes you into rural southeastern Burma, where forced land confiscation and environmental destruction is taking place under the backdrop of an increasing Burmese military presence.

    Land Lead Story News Rangoon

    Private firm accused of violent eviction in Rangoon

    Forty-eight families were left homeless and several people injured after violence broke out following an attempt to evict residents in Simphontaung.

    Land Lead Story News Protest

    Kyaukphyu farmers rally against Daewoo gas plant

    Residents from Malakyun and Gonchein villages are demanding compensation for the farmland destroyed by the company’s operations.

    Land Lead Story News

    Su Su Nway: Ploughing a new direction

    DVB spoke to the founder and leader of the Myanmar Farmers Union about her organisation’s aims and future plans.

    Land Lead Story News Protest

    Farmer dies after self-immolation land protest

    Myint Aung, 63, doused himself in gasoline and self-immolated after being told that a residential project was planned for land seized two decades ago.

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    Environment Lead Story News Pegu Division

    Govt must act over dam project chaos, say Pegu villagers

    Villagers who say they have suffered from environmental and economic chaos as a result of a newly built hydropower dam in Pegu Division’s Taungtaunggyi held a protest on Sunday, calling[…]

    Karenni Land Lead Story News Protest

    ‘Plough protest’ supporters rally in Loikaw

    Following last week’s sentencing of three local farmers, a Karenni court finds six more guilty of trespassing, prompting local supporters to stage a rally.

    Karenni Land Lead Story News

    Anger as ‘plough protest’ farmers found guilty

    As many as 500 villagers protested in front of a township court after three of their peers were sentenced for their part in a symbolic “plough protest”.

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    Lead Story News Protest

    Symbolic acts of release mark New Year

    Activists staged the symbolic acts to draw attention to the continued detention of Burmese citizens.

    Analysis Lead Story News Protest

    Protest without imprisonment

    Land disputes, industrial action, and student activists: Bo Gyi of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners on the right to protest.

    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.

    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.

    Lead Story News

    Karenni State villagers ask Min Aung Hlaing to let them farm

    Local villagers in Karenni State’s Hpruso Township sent a letter to Burma’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing for permission to farm on land that was allegedly seized from them by the Burmese Army in 1993.

    Land Lead Story News

    Farmers sentenced 8 months for Mandalay plough protest

    Local farmers from Mandalay Division’s Sintgai Township were sentenced to prison terms of up to eight months on Tuesday under charges of trespassing and destroying property while staging a plough protest in May.

    Elderly Michaungkan protestor dies after 138-day vigil video

    Land Lead Story News Society Video

    Elderly Michaungkan protestor dies after 138-day vigil

    Seventy-six-year-old activist Thaung Nyunt had campaigned relentlessly against the confiscation of her land and that of her community, right up until her death on Friday.

    Land Lead Story News

    Pegu farmlands flooded by dam overflow

    More than 40 square kilometres of farmland in Pegu Division’s Thegon Township have been inundated by overflow from a nearby reservoir following heavy rain, according to locals.

    Land Lead Story News

    More farmers jailed for Sagaing land protests

    Eighteen farmers in Kanbalu, Sagaing Division, have been sentenced to jail terms of up to three and half years for ploughing seized lands, a newly popular form of protest in Burma.

    Land Lead Story News Politics

    Burmese army plans to return only a quarter of seized land nationwide

    The Burmese army plans to return less than 125,000 acres of farmland to its original owners, a Ministry of Defence official said on Wednesday.

    Tada-U farmers win back half their land, vow to fight on video

    Land Lead Story News Property Video

    Tada-U farmers win back half their land, vow to fight on

    The government has returned 5,000 acres of land to residents in Mandalay’s Tada-U, after confiscating it in 1993 to make way for construction of an airport.

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    Incensed farmers wage war on local fishery video

    Lead Story News Property Video

    Incensed farmers wage war on local fishery

    Farmers in central Burma’s Madaya have vandalised a local fishery pond in a show of anger over the reluctance of the fishery owners to negotiate.

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