Scores of farmers in southern Shan State’s Taunggyi township, who were facing trial after the Burmese military pressed criminal trespass charges against them over a land confiscation dispute, were sentenced…

Scores of farmers in southern Shan State’s Taunggyi township, who were facing trial after the Burmese military pressed criminal trespass charges against them over a land confiscation dispute, were sentenced…
Former residents of the area now being used as part of the Thilawa Special Economic Zone say they haven’t been adequately compensated for the loss of their land.
The NLD government’s efforts to resolve thousands of land-grab disputes involving the military could put it on a collision course with Burma’s powerful generals.
DVB Debate’s panel discusses land rights issues and why so many victims of land confiscation have still not been compensated.
A member of parliament on Wednesday accused the military of misleading the public by pledging to return thousands of acres of confiscated land
Following the publication of Displacement Solutions recent report on housing, land and property rights in Burma, DVB’s David Stout spoke with the organisation’s founder and director Scott Leckie about land…