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…
Tag: land disputes
Thilawa SEZ appeals to investors but angers locals
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.
Land grabs could pit NLD against military
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: When does the government have the right to take land?
DVB Debate’s panel discusses land rights issues and why so many victims of land confiscation have still not been compensated.
MP slams military promise to return confiscated land
A member of parliament on Wednesday accused the military of misleading the public by pledging to return thousands of acres of confiscated land
Scott Leckie: ‘Burma could very easily become the displacement capital of Asia’
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…