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    Sagaing farmers call for compensation, closure of nickel mine
    July 26, 2016in Land, Lead Story, News, Sagaing114by YAN NAING SOE / DVB
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    Sagaing farmers call for compensation, closure of nickel mine

    Residents from 22 villages around the town of Tigyaing said they lost a total of 16,632 acres to land grabs by the military government between 2005 and 2008 to make…

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    3 new parties vow to fight for Burma’s farmers
    August 5, 2015in 2015 Elections, Land, Lead Story, News, Pegu Division287by DVB
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    3 new parties vow to fight for Burma’s farmers

    More than 400 candidates from three new political parties devoted to representing Burma’s farmers will contest seats in the upcoming November election.

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    Nine sentenced for plough protest in Meikhtila
    May 27, 2015in Land, Lead Story, Mandalay Division, News, Protest213by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Nine sentenced for plough protest in Meikhtila

    Court jailed farmers to five months in prison for trespassing and vandalism. Defendants say their lands were seized by senior officials in 1991.

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    Anger as ‘plough protest’ farmers found guilty
    April 28, 2015in Karenni, Land, Lead Story, News99by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Anger as ‘plough protest’ farmers found guilty

    As many as 500 villagers protested in front of a township court after three of their peers were sentenced for their part in a symbolic “plough protest”.

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    Michaungkan protestors evicted from City Hall … again
    February 26, 2015in Lead Story, News, Protest, Rangoon36by KYAW ZAYAR WIN / DVB
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    Michaungkan protestors evicted from City Hall … again

    Fourteen protestors and four street vendors are arrested as police break up the Michaungkan rally camp in front of Rangoon City Hall.

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    Tavoy farmers in land dispute stand-off
    December 17, 2014in Land, Lead Story, News, Tenasserim97by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Tavoy farmers in land dispute stand-off

    A stand-off continues on Wednesday between farmers and construction company workers at an urban development project in Tavoy in Tenasserim Division.

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