United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) and its Partner Organizations | November 19, 2018 1. The Farmland Law and the Vacant, Fallow & Virgin Land Manageme nt Law were enacted in 2012 and amended with more penalties in late 2017. Now, we've [...]
Network for Human Rights Documentation Burma (ND-Burma) | October 16, 2018 (Yangon – 16 October, 2018) Victims of human rights violations desire government reparations and deserve to see justice for what they have suffered, said the Reparations Working Group [...]
By Saw Thein Myint / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | September 20, 2018 No compensation has been given to most of the villagers whose lands have been seized for development projects in southeastern Myanmar, the Karen Human [...]
Narinjara / BNI Online | September 18, 2018 Although the Ministry of Defence has released 120 acres of land that belongs to the residents of Pyaung Seik, Pyaing Chaung, and Oke Taung Pyin villages under Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State, [...]
By Marn Yu Kyaw (Shwewa Myay) / Narinjara / BNI Online | September 17, 2018 Around 200 farmers from Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State staged a protest yesterday (September 16) to demand the return of over 1,000 acres of military seized [...]
By Htet Naing Zaw / The Irrawaddy | August 28, 2018 NAYPYITAW — An investigation into the ownership of some 900 acres (364 hectares) of land allegedly acquired illegally by former President U Thein Sein and his cabinet members [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | August 2, 2018 On July 17, Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the government for compensation of illegally confiscated land, and urged to enact laws to protect farmers [...]
Htet Arkar / Radio Free Asia | July 18, 2018 Myanmar’s military said Wednesday that it has been returning to its rightful owners all unused lands it confiscated for decades from farmers, a day after a damning report by [...]
Richard Finney / Radio Free Asia | July 17, 2018 Myanmar should move quickly to settle decades-old claims by farmers forced from their land by the country’s military, a rights group said on Tuesday, adding that the country’s new [...]
By De Moe Thway / Mizzima | July 9, 2018 More than 200 farmers from six villages in Tanintharyi Township, Myeik District, Tanintharyi Region, on Sunday morning staged a protest march urging authorities and Shwe Kanbawza oil-palm company to [...]