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    Tagged: plough protest

    Land Lead Story Mandalay Division News Protest

    Nine sentenced for plough protest in Meikhtila

    Court jailed farmers to five months in prison for trespassing and vandalism. Defendants say their lands were seized by senior officials in 1991.

    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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    Development Land Lead Story News

    NGOs say ethnic areas have no ‘virgin lands’

    A coalition of ethnic NGOs says the draft National Land Use Policy is flawed because it overlooks traditional shifting agricultural practices in Burma.

    Land Lead Story News

    Jailed Kanbalu farmers face additional charges

    Eight farmers jailed for staging a plough protest on military-confiscated land in Sagaing Division’s Kanbalu Township are now facing additional charges for trespassing.

    Karenni Land Lead Story News

    Protesting Karenni farmers threatened by army commander

    Karenni farmers, who sent a letter to Commander-in-chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing asking him to intervene in a local land dispute, say they have now been threatened by local military commanders.

    Interview Land Lead Story News

    Land disputes must be solved right and fast: Dr Thaung Htun

    DVB recently spoke with Dr. Thaung Tun, one of Burma’s leading advocates for farmers’ rights and fair land use policies.

    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.

    Land Lead Story Mandalay Division News Politics

    Sintgu farmers clash with police in plough protest

    Forty police officers were briefly held captive on Thursday night by residents of Mandalay Division’s Sintgu Township.

    Land Lead Story News Sagaing

    Kanbalu farmers demand release of 57 jailed ‘plough protestors’

    Some 1,500 farmers rallied for the release of 57 jailed land rights activists in central Burma’s Sagaing Division on Wednesday.

    Land Lead Story News Sagaing

    20 Kanbalu plough protestors transferred to distant prisons

    Around 20 farmers from Kanbalu, jailed for holding a “plough protest” in March, have this week been transferred to prisons far from their homes.

    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.

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    Three farmers sentenced to three years for plough protest in Sagaing

    Three farmers in Sagaing Division were sentenced to three years in prison for “trespassing” after staging a “plough protest” in Kanbalu.

    Land Lead Story News

    Mandalay villagers stage plough protest for cotton fields

    Local residents in Mandalay Division’s Myittha Township are staging a plough protest to demand the return of farmland.

    Land Lead Story Mandalay Division News

    Mandalay farmers begin ‘plough protest’ on 3,000 acres

    Some 800 farmers in Mandalay Division begin ploughing more than 3,000 acres of farmland as a protest for its return since it was allegedly confiscated by the military government about 40 years ago.

    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.

    Plough protestors charged with trespassing and vandalism video

    Land Lead Story News Property Video

    Plough protestors charged with trespassing and vandalism

    Four farmers in central Burma’s Madaya have been charged with trespassing and vandalism, after staging a ploughing protest on land that had been confiscated by the government.

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