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    72 farmers get prison time over land dispute with military
    December 23, 2016in Land, Lead Story, News, Shan198by DVB
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    72 farmers get prison time over land dispute with military

    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…

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    Thilawa SEZ appeals to investors but angers locals
    October 18, 2016in Development, Land, Lead Story, News185by REUTERS
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    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.

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    Land grabs could pit NLD against military
    August 8, 2016in Land, Lead Story, News370by REUTERS
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    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.

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    May 6, 2014in DVB Debate, Lead Story, News, Video163by DVB
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    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.

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    MP slams military promise to return confiscated land
    July 11, 2013in News, Politics3by SHWE AUNG / DVB
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    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

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    Scott Leckie: ‘Burma could very easily become the displacement capital of Asia’
    November 5, 2012in Interview2by DAVID STOUT
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    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…

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