Land Lead Story Mandalay Division News
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[…]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
