A protest camp of over 100 residents of the Rangoon suburb of Michaungkan has been forcibly dispersed from their sit-in location at Maha Bandula Park in the former capital.
Tag: forced relocation
Shan land requisitioned for military golf course
130 famers face eviction as land requisitions for a military golf course in Shan State begin.
Displaced farmers suffer in Kachin state's ‘tiger reserve’
Kachin farmers forcibly relocated to make way for plantations in the Hukawng valley are enduring great hardship at the poorly equipped relocation site where they have been forced to move
Freed copper mine protesters assaulted by police
Nine out of 12 female farmers, arrested for protesting against a copper mine in Monywa in Sagaing Division earlier this week, claim to have been beaten by the police before…
Labour activist arrested in Mandalay after protest
Police detained Aye Thein who was assisting about 100 vendors who were protesting potential relocation in Mandalay’s Kidan Market
Burma named worst violator of housing rights
Dec 6, 2007 (DVB), The Burmese ruling State Peace and Development Council has been named one of the worst violators of housing rights by an international human rights organisation. Since…