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    232 Search results for "land grab"

    Land Lead Story News

    Human rights watchdog criticises slow progress in resolving land grabs

    Advocacy group Human Rights Watch has criticised slow progress in addressing historical land grabs, which continue to leave large numbers of people destitute, and inadequate legal reform in protecting land tenure.

    Land Lead Story News

    Land grabs on the rise as Burma pushes for peace

    Land conflicts in Burma have escalated in recent years, with military and armed groups driving people from their land, and new laws failing to protect farmers, says a rights watchdog.

    Land Lead Story News

    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.

    Land Lead Story

    Land grab disputes to meet incoming NLD govt

    The new government will have to address numerous junta-era land grabs, such as in Ayeyawaddy Region’s Pantanaw Township where hundreds of farmers lost land.

    Farmers Lead Story News

    Land grabs rampant in conflict-ridden Kachin State

    At the expense of poor farmers, land grabs have been on the rise since conflict re-erupted in Kachin State.

    Farmers from Pantanaw Township rally, demanding the return of land they claim to have been confiscated in 1999-2000. (PHOTO: DVB).

    Irrawaddy Division Land Lead Story News

    Pantanaw farmers rally against land grabs

    Local farmers from the Irrawaddy delta staged a protest rally on Friday, demanding the return of land they claim was confiscated in 1999-2000.

    Land Lead Story News Politics

    150 USDP members resign in land grab protest

    Villagers quit amid claims that the party failed to assist them in claiming back land they were denied in 1992.

    Lead Story Media News

    Myanmar Times apologises for land grab cartoon

    An abject retraction is issued after Burma’s military authorities object to the sketch, which appeared to ridicule the army for confiscating land.

    Land grabs in public interest, says Construction Minister

    Deputy Minister for Construction Soe Tint weighed in on the land confiscation issue in parliament on Tuesday, saying, “Farmland loss is due to establishing new satellite towns in public interests,”[…]

    Farmers hold massive march in Mandalay over land grab video

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    Farmers hold massive march in Mandalay over land grab

    Around 1,500 farmers from Mandalay Division marched through Pyin Oo Lwin demanding the return of 300,000 acres of farmland allegedly confiscated by the government and private companies.

    Karenni Land Lead Story News

    Farmers plough on in Karenni land grab case

    More than 200 farmers staged a protest on Tuesday in the town of Hpruso in Karenni State against land grabs by the Burmese military by marching to the confiscated farmland in question to plough it.

    BRIEF— Farmers paid out on 17-year land grab claim

    Almost 90 million kyat (over US$90,000) will be provided to the victims of a 1997 land confiscation issue in Hlaing Tharyar, Rangoon Division. The settlement came after farmers ended a[…]

    Dawei Development Land Lead Story News

    Tavoy locals vow to step up land grab protests

    Locals in Tavoy [Dawei] in Tenasserim Division have vowed to intensify protests demanding the return of farmlands, which they say was confiscated without their prior knowledge.

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    Land Lead Story News Photos

    Suu Kyi listens to land grab victims

    Land grab victims from Rangoon’s Mayangon Township rally in front of the University Avenue home of Aung San Suu Kyi, where they chanted and held banners requesting the assistance of the Burmese opposition leader.

    BRIEF – Michaungkan land grab negotiations break down

    Residents of Rangoon Division’s Michaungkan village have vowed to restart their protest after talks with government authorities and MPs broke down without agreement on 1 April. More than 200 villagers[…]

    Irrawaddy farmers gain ground in land grab case video

    Land Lead Story News Property Video

    Irrawaddy farmers gain ground in land grab case

    Over 200 acres of land confiscated by the military is given back to villagers in Myanaung township.

    Land Lead Story News

    Govt urged to settle land grab claims by September

    The Burmese Parliament on Thursday called on relevant government bodies to implement settlement claims over land confiscation cases by September at the latest, though the number of cases remains disputed.

    Land Lead Story News Politics

    Tenasserim villagers protest military land grab

    Thayetchaung residents protest the 1990 seizure of more than 900 acres of farmland by the military and government to build a railroad.

    Land Law Lead Story News Politics

    Land grab activist vows to go on hunger strike

    Activist Myint Myint Aye, who was detained six months ago for assisting farmers fighting against land grabs in central Burma’s Pegu division, has vowed to stage a hunger strike against her arbitrary detention.

    Lead Story News

    Funeral rites for land grab protestors in Michaungkan

    Around 400 residents in Rangoon’s Thingangyun township have received funeral rites from Buddhist monks, saying they are ready to die protesting for the return of cultivated land which was confiscated from them by the military.

    Military land grabs leave farmers in despair video

    Features Lead Story Property Video

    Military land grabs leave farmers in despair

    Farmers in Dalla township are forced to relocate after the Burmese military confiscated 500 acres of land to make way for a naval storage base.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Parliament calls for land grab recommendations to be expedited

    Speaker Shwe Mann urges the government to expedite the return of land – specifically land left unused after being confiscated – to its rightful owners as per a parliamentary commission’s recommendations.

    Land grabbing ahead of SEA Games video

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    Land grabbing ahead of SEA Games

    By ALI FOWLE In the run up to the South East Asian Games, due to be held in Burma at the end of this year, locals in Irrawaddy division are being[…]

    News Politics

    Farmer’s rally against land grabs; officials issue warning

    About 300 farmers from Rangoon’s Dagon Seikkan township demonstrated last Friday over land grabbing as an official in Pegu division warned farmers to stop ploughing confiscated land

    Environment News Politics

    Court ‘cheats’ Yuzana land grab victims

    Judges order Yuzana to pay less compensation for confiscation of villages and 200,000 acres of land than initially offered by company

    News Politics

    Paltry payout for mass land grab

    Farmers compensated less than one percent of estimated cost of land confiscated in 2006 by the Burmese army in Magwe division

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    Magwe authorities accused of land grab

    Aug 13, 2007 (DVB)

    Business Lead Story News

    Uber sells Southeast Asia business to Grab after costly battle

    Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to sell its Southeast Asian business to bigger regional rival Grab, the firms said on Monday, marking the US company’s second retreat from an Asian market.

    Farmers Land Lead Story News Shan

    Freed farmers renew fight against Burmese Army over land

    Farmers locked in a land dispute with Burma’s armed forces pledged to renew their fight after being released from jail on Friday, in a case testing leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s resolve to challenge the military’s economic interests.

    Land Lead Story News Shan

    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 to one month in prison on Thursday.

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