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    Tagged: land seizures

    Land Lead Story Mandalay Division News

    Police break up farmers’ protest camp in Mandalay

    Police forcibly broke up a sit-in last night, when they cleared farmers, who were protesting land grabs, from a site in central Mandalay. The farmers had been occupying the protest[…]

    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.

    Karen Land Lead Story News

    10 Hpa-an land claim protestors sentenced

    The ten were part of more than 100 local villagers who attended a rally in Hpa-an on 25 August calling for the return of lands they allege were seized from them by the military government in 1986.

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    Land Lead Story News Rangoon

    Michaungkan protestors stand fast as deadline passes

    Dozens of villagers defy a 3 October deadline ordered by local police to dismantle their camp and leave their protest site in Rangoon city centre.

    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.

    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

    Hearing postponed for Kanbalu farmers

    A court hearing for more than 170 farmers from Kanbalu Township, who were charged for conducting plough protests, is postponed after their lawyers petitioned for jailed farmers to be included in the proceedings.

    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 Natural resources News

    Latpadaung activist Thaw Zin sentenced to 15 months

    Activist Thaw Zin is handed a 15-month prison sentence at a court in Monywa for his role in helping local villagers protest against land seizures at the controversial Latpadaung copper mine in Sagaing Division.

    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.

    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.

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