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Displaying 591 - 595 of 1151SAVE MONG KOK FROM COAL
Only 40 kms north of the Thai border
in the mountains of eastern Shan State,
Thai investors are poised to begin
mining and burning large reserves
of coal at Mong Kok. Ihis
project — which will ravage a
pristine valley and poison
the Kok River, impacting
countless Shan and northern
Thai communities downstream
- must be stopped immediately.
The Italian-Thai Power Company has entered into
agreements with the Burmese military regime to
develop an open-pit coal mine and power plant at
The Process and Prospects for Resettlement of Displaced Persons on the Thai-Myanmar Border
Sustainable Solutions to the Displaced Person Situation
On the Thai-Myanmar Border.....Conclusion:
Extortion, land grabbing and [forced laour in Shan State] - Shan Human Rights Foundation Monthly Newsletter, July 2011
Commentary: Confiscation and Extortion...
Forcible rice procurement continues in Kaeng - Tung...
Confiscation of rice fields in Kaeng-Tung...
Farmland confiscated for building new military base in Kun-Hing...
Confiscation of rice fields in Murng – Nai...
Leased rice field threatened to be forcibly taken, rent not paid in full, in Murng - Ton...
Houses forcibly taken in Murng-Ton...
Extortion of money from travelers worsens in Kun-Hing...
People forced to pay for election expenses long after poll, in Kaeng-Tung...
Burma’s Navy Attacks Civilians’ Livelihood - An Account on Land Confiscation and Human Rights Violations on Kywe Thone Nyi Ma Island, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division
...Beginning in December 2010, Burmese Navy Unit No. 43, under the
command of Ka Dike-based government navy regional command head
quarters, began to confiscate the rubber plantations and household plots of
villagers on Kywe Thone Nyi Ma Island, Yebyu Township, Tennaserim
Division. Since then, all land on which red signboards were placed by the
navy has been confiscated. This report documents the confiscation of over
1,000 acres of land on Kywe Thone Nyi Ma Island. However, HURFOM found
Burmese government land grab: Farmers without rights
...Life for farmers and workers in Burma is growing increasingly more difficult. The minimum wage fails to provide the ‘just and favourable remuneration’ that ensures ‘an existence worthy of human dignity’ that is guaranteed by Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.