Activist arrested for filming protest
Police raid house of man who filmed Irrawaddy farmers' protest and charge him under Video Act in worrying sign for media freedom Disempowering farmers puts a curse on Burma
The farmers who protested in Rangoon last week are an example of the struggle to break the mystique and impregnability of the powerful Lawyer claims drugging by police
Pho Phyu, who was arrested after a farmers' protest in Rangoon, says he was given a nauseating substance during interrogation Farmers unlawfully detained by UMEH
Army officials from UMEH round up farmers, due to return agricultural loans, at a rice mill and lock them up in warehouses until they pay back the money Farmers given lengthy jail terms
Farmers facing prosecution by military owned Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings (UMEH) and Htoo Trading Company were given lengthy prison terms Than Shwe’s warning to farmers
Burma junta chief marks Peasant's Day with claims that the country is producing surplus rice, whilst warning farmers to the make the right choice at this year's elections Political inmates ‘face threats to life’
Political prisoners in Burma are being detained alongside death row convicts and face 'life threatening' conditions, a recently released inmate claims Farmers sell livestock to repay loans
Jan 6, 2010 (DVB), Farmers in central Burma forced to repay loans months in advance of Two farmers handed 7-year sentence
Dec 11, 2009 (DVB), Two farmers involved in a land dispute in Burma which was taken Twelve farmers sentenced with hard labour
Oct 19, 2009 (DVB), Twelve farmers in central Burma have been sentenced to up to five

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