By: CONNOR MACDONALD & PHYO THIHA CHO / MYANMAR NOW|
Date: February 20th 2016
Source: The Irrawaddy
YANGON — Ei Cho Khine once had dreams of becoming a tour guide. As a student back in her village in Magwe Region in central Myanmar, she would often encounter groups of foreigners being led by…
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By: Thin Lei Win Myanmar Now
Date: February 23rd 2016
Source: Mizzima
La Laung Daung Nan vividly remembers the last day of April 2015.
Alone in front of the two-acre plot of land her family had been allocated in a United Nations-led project, she waited for fellow villagers to turn up. They had…
By: Khine Kyaw
Date: March 10th 2016
Source: The Nation / Myanmar Eleven
CIVIL SOCIETY organisations (CSOs) and local residents living near the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) have called for action from the Japanese, Myanmar and Thai governments to tackle human rights violations before…
By: Michael Peel
Date: March 1st 2016
Source: Financial Times
Michael Peel reports from Myanmar where the end of dictatorship has unleashed a struggle over land.
1. THE LOST FIELDS
Hla Ohn May still weeps when she takes the road past the twisted white piping of the gas terminal near the western…
By: Caitlin Pierce
Date: April 4th 2016
Source: The Diplomat
“Now it is more important than ever to include women as true participants in governing Myanmar.”
Aung San Suu Kyi will have her hands full over the next few months as she seeks to lead two of Myanmar’s most important ministries.…
By Richard Finney
Source: Radio Free Asia
Harsh restrictions imposed on Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya minority continued during the final year of that country’s rule by a nominally civilian but military-backed party, while government troops acted with impunity in abusing noncombatants in conflict…
Author: Saw Tun Lin
Date: May 29th, 2016
Source: Karen News
Karen National Union leaders has called for respective state and regional governments to recognized land rights and policies that are already in place for decades in ethnic areas and agreed to by both ethnic communities and armed groups…
“Bringing Land Governance into ASEAN Economic Integration”
The G8 World Summit in 2003 stated that “Weak land governance and property rights systems can lead to opaque land deals.” It further states that “increasing security of land rights and transparency of land governance fosters participation…
By: Ron Corben & Bryan Lynn
Date: August 1st 2016
Source: VOA
An international human rights organization says Southeast Asia is facing increasing conflicts and violence over land grab activity. A “land grab” relates to taking land quickly, forcefully and often illegally.
In this case, the…
By: Nyein Nyein
Date: August 3rd 2016
Source: The Irrawaddy
RANGOON — Land confiscation and rights abuses linked to the continued militarization of ethnic minority regions in southeastern of Burma has had particularly adverse impacts on women, ethnic Karen human rights advocates said at a press…
By: Morgan Erickson-Davis
Date: August 3rd 2016
Source: Mongabay
After years of rising deforestation rates, Myanmar is temporarily banning logging activity until March 2017.
Myanmar lost 5 percent of its tree cover from 2001 through 2014, with rates scaling upward over that time.
The ban will…
By: Nay Aung
Date: August 16th 2016
Source: The Myanmar Times
Villagers in Magwe Region’s Sinbaungwe township are calling for the reconstitution of committees in the township tasked with resolving seized land claims, saying their current memberships do not have locals’ approval.
A letter urging…