Latpadaung Lead Story News Protest
The villagers had formed a protest line to try to stop bulldozers from entering disputed farmland that has been confiscated from local farmers for use in the project.
Human Rights Latpadaung Lead Story News
“Construction of the Letpadaung mine must be halted immediately until rights issues have been addressed,” says Amnesty International Researcher Meghna Abraham.
Land Latpadaung Lead Story Natural resources News
Local villagers injured during recent protests at the Latpadaung copper mine were interviewed by an official investigation team in Salingyi Township.
Land Latpadaung Lead Story News
Protestors marched from Monywa across the Chindwin River to the area of the copper mine where they met with the local villagers who are staging a series of sit-ins and rallies at the site.
Land Latpadaung Lead Story Natural resources News
Myanmar National Human Rights Commission and local Salingyi police launch separate investigations into the fatal shooting of protestor Khin Win.
Latpadaung Law Lead Story News
Activists Naw Ohn Hla and Nay Myo Zin were arrested by police in Rangoon on Tuesday morning for their role in a protest in front of the Chinese Embassy, denouncing the killing of Latpadaung villager Khin Win.
Land Latpadaung Lead Story Natural resources News
Around 100 local villagers have torn down a fence erected by the Myanmar Wanbao copper mining company around a disputed patch of land near Latpadaung mine.
Land Latpadaung Lead Story News
Chinese firm Wanbao extends ‘deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences’ to deceased Ma Khin Win’s family, following fatal shooting at Latpadaung copper mine protest site.
Land Latpadaung Lead Story News
For a second day, farmers clash with police at copper mine site as employees lay fence around disputed land. Police open fire, this time using rubber bullets.
Latpadaung Lead Story News Sagaing
One woman was killed and another 20 locals were injured, some critically, when riot police responded to protestors’ slingshots with live ammunition.
Interview Land Lead Story News
Phyu Hnin Htwe, following her release, speaks to DVB about the entire ordeal from the time of her arrest to the time in prison.
Myanmar Wanbao Mining Copper Ltd has confirmed that it has pressed kidnapping charges against activists who detained two of its Chinese employees overnight while demanding that the mining project be closed down.
Latpadaung Lead Story Natural resources News Sagaing
Two Chinese employees of Myanmar Wanbao Mining Copper Ltd who were apprehended and detained by local villagers in Seté on Sunday have been released, the Chinese firm has announced.
Going into Monday night, two Chinese employees of Myanmar Wanbao remain detained by villagers in Seté – “kidnapped”, say authorities – as tensions over seized lands around the controversial Latpadaung copper mine reach boiling point again.
