Charges have been brought against two nieces of a farmer who died after setting himself alight in protest of military confiscation of his family’s land.
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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.
Business tycoon and MP facing lawsuit
Powerful tycoon and member of ruling party accused of confiscating land to build industrial complex in Rangoon division
Army seizes 30,000 acres of farmland
Farmers turn to ILO but risk heavy retribution from Burmese government, which has a history of zero tolerance towards complainants
Farmers' helper jailed for two years
Sept 25, 2009 (DVB), A Burmese opposition party member has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment after pledging to help two farmers facing charges of damaging government property. Aye Myint,…
Farmers' lawyer sentenced to four years in prison
Mar 18, 2009 (DVB), A young lawyer defending farmers whose land had been forcibly seized by the army was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment by Magwe division court yesterday, said…