Irrawaddy Division Land Lead Story News
Local farmers from the Irrawaddy delta staged a protest rally on Friday, demanding the return of land they claim was confiscated in 1999-2000.
Seven farmers from Kanbalu in Sagaing Division, jailed for staging plough protests on confiscated land, were released from prison after serving their full three-month sentences.
Land Lead Story Mandalay Division News
Both local police in Sintgu and a group of villagers say they are filing lawsuits against each other following a violent confrontation in the Mandalay Division town last week.
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.
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.
At least six activists were convicted on Friday for violating Article 18 of Burma’s controversial Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Processions Law
Over 150 locals in central Burma’s Monywa staged another round of protests against the controversial China-backed Latpadaung copper mine on Wednesday after police and security guards began bulldozing their farms on the project site.
Around 200 farmers called on President Thein Sein and Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to return the vast swathes of land that have been confiscated across the country during a protest in Rangoon
