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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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Karenni Land Lead Story News Protest
‘Plough protest’ supporters rally in Loikaw
Following last week’s sentencing of three local farmers, a Karenni court finds six more guilty of trespassing, prompting local supporters to stage a rally.
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”.
Seven Kanbalu plough protestors released from jail
Seven farmers from Kanbalu in Sagaing Division, jailed for staging plough protests on confiscated land, were released from prison after serving their full three-month sentences.
Farmers sentenced 8 months for Mandalay plough protest
Local farmers from Mandalay Division’s Sintgai Township were sentenced to prison terms of up to eight months on Tuesday under charges of trespassing and destroying property while staging a plough protest in May.
Land Lead Story Mandalay Division News Politics
Sintgu farmers clash with police in plough protest
Forty police officers were briefly held captive on Thursday night by residents of Mandalay Division’s Sintgu Township.
Kanbalu farmers demand release of 57 jailed ‘plough protestors’
Some 1,500 farmers rallied for the release of 57 jailed land rights activists in central Burma’s Sagaing Division on Wednesday.
20 Kanbalu plough protestors transferred to distant prisons
Around 20 farmers from Kanbalu, jailed for holding a “plough protest” in March, have this week been transferred to prisons far from their homes.
Three farmers sentenced to three years for plough protest in Sagaing
Three farmers in Sagaing Division were sentenced to three years in prison for “trespassing” after staging a “plough protest” in Kanbalu.
Mandalay villagers stage plough protest for cotton fields
Local residents in Mandalay Division’s Myittha Township are staging a plough protest to demand the return of farmland.
Land Lead Story Mandalay Division News
Mandalay farmers begin ‘plough protest’ on 3,000 acres
Some 800 farmers in Mandalay Division begin ploughing more than 3,000 acres of farmland as a protest for its return since it was allegedly confiscated by the military government about 40 years ago.
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Plough protestors charged with sedition
Local farmers of Madaya, Mandalay division have been charged with crimes ranging from sedition to trespassing and staging unauthorised protest after they took up tools and farmed land they claim is rightfully theirs.
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Plough protestors charged with trespassing and vandalism
Four farmers in central Burma’s Madaya have been charged with trespassing and vandalism, after staging a ploughing protest on land that had been confiscated by the government.
Farmers call on leaders to return land as officials target ‘plough protestors’
Around 200 farmers called on President Thein Sein and Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to return the vast swathes of land that have been confiscated across the country during a protest in Rangoon
Farmers in hiding near Inle Lake as officials crack down on ‘plough protests’
Locals near Inle Lake have gone into hiding after officials issued warrants for their arrests following a demonstration where the farmers ploughed land that had been confiscated
Police crackdown on ‘plough protestors’ near Latpadaung
At least one person was shot and five individuals arrested during a police crackdown on local villagers protesting near the controversial Latpadaung copper mine
Su Su Nway: Ploughing a new direction
DVB spoke to the founder and leader of the Myanmar Farmers Union about her organisation’s aims and future plans.
Protesting Karenni farmers threatened by army commander
Karenni farmers, who sent a letter to Commander-in-chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing asking him to intervene in a local land dispute, say they have now been threatened by local military commanders.
More farmers jailed for Sagaing land protests
Eighteen farmers in Kanbalu, Sagaing Division, have been sentenced to jail terms of up to three and half years for ploughing seized lands, a newly popular form of protest in Burma.
Land Lead Story Mandalay Division News
Su Su Nway charged in Mandalay for protesting without permission
Police authorities in Pyin Oo Lwin pressed charges against labour activist Su Su Nway for organising a massive protest with getting permission.
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.
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Protesters arrested after appealing for Latpadaung activist’s release.
Four villagers demanding the release of prominent anti-mine activist Thaw Zin have been arrested for unlawful assembly.
Fresh protests erupt near Latpadaung copper mine
Over 150 locals in central Burma’s Monywa staged another round of protests against the controversial China-backed Latpadaung copper mine on Wednesday after police and security guards began bulldozing their farms on the project site.
Police defend mine protest response: state media
Burmese authorities defended the police handling of a land protest near a Chinese-backed mine, state media reported Friday, accusing villagers of attacking them with petrol bombs, sticks and stones
Jailed Kanbalu farmers face additional charges
Eight farmers jailed for staging a plough protest on military-confiscated land in Sagaing Division’s Kanbalu Township are now facing additional charges for trespassing.
Hearing postponed for Kanbalu farmers
A court hearing for more than 170 farmers from Kanbalu Township, who were charged for conducting plough protests, is postponed after their lawyers petitioned for jailed farmers to be included in the proceedings.
Land returned ‘to the wrong hands’
More than 95 percent of confiscated lands – some 350,000 acres – have been returned to farmers across Burma, according to the government’s Land Utilisation Management Committee, noting that just 17,091 acres are left to be returned nationwide.
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.
Female activists sentenced for prayer session in Mandalay
Three leading political activists in Mandalay have each been sentenced to four months in prison for staging a peaceful protest without permission in March.
DVB Bulletin: 27 May 2015
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