Tag: Land Rights
Vietnamese celebrities oppose coal plants in striking photo campaign
Vietnam’s government shocked in January with a pledge to halt construction of new coal power stations.
Published on 06/04/2016, 3:24pm
Popular artists don gas masks in posters, warning: ‘Don’t let coal pollution destroy your life’
By Alex Pashley
Vietnam’s government shocked in January with a pledge to halt construction of new coal power...
General Locals fear for safety after southern activist shooting
The Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) needs to step up efforts to solve land disputes to avoid further attacks on community-based human rights defenders, Surat Thani land rights activists say.
Activists urge Alro to solve land rows
12 Apr 2016 at 04:00 | NEWSPAPER SECTION: NEWS | WRITER: ACHARA ASHAYAGACHAT
The Agricultural...
At a Southern Plantation, Laments for Lost Land
About 20 former farm owners challenged the basis on which their lands moved into the hands of plantation owner Max Myanmar, during a recent visit to the vicinity by The Irrawaddy.
By SAW YAN NAING / THE IRRAWADDY| Tuesday, May 24, 2016 |
SHWE YAUNG PYA, Mon State — Some four...
Press Release: Sime Darby Landgrabbing in Indonesia
Communities from West Kalimantan call on Sime Darby to give them back their land. The complaint they filed at the RSPO in 2012 remains unresolved.
Communities from West Kalimantan call on Sime Darby to give them back their land. The complaint they filed at the RSPO in 2012 remains unresolved.
Bangkok,...
Thailand: Protect Right to Peaceful Protest of Environmental Defenders
Thai authorities should protect the rights to peaceful assembly and expression of two human rights defenders on trial for protesting a gold mine in Loei Province, Fortify Rights said today.
End judicial harassment of mining-affected communities in Loei Province
(Loei, October 13, 2016)—Thai authorities should protect the rights to peaceful assembly...
Activist Tep Vanny Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison
After Thursday’s decision was announced, Ms. Vanny and her supporters in the courtroom repeatedly shouted: “This is an injustice.”
by Sek Odom | February 23, 2017
Tep Vanny, one of the country’s most prominent rights activists, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Thursday over charges related...
Vietnam Farmers Hold Policemen amid Standoff Over Land Dispute
A group of farmers in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi on Monday continued to detain at least 20 people—including riot police—in a situation sources described as “heated,” after a land dispute led to a rare incident of violence between residents and authorities over the weekend.
by Nhan Quyen •
Radio Free Asia,...
Asian People’s Land Rights Tribunal: Land Rights are Human Rights
This publication contains the struggles of four cases presented by the aggrieved communities in Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, and deliberated by an international panel of experts during the Asian People's Land Rights Tribunal. These cases have all exhausted various grievance mechanisms, seeking justice for the violations committed on...
Farmers’ union leader arrest sparks concern
Concerns have been voiced by human rights groups over the arbitrary arrest of leader of the Myanmar Farmers Union, Daw Su Su Nway.
July 27, 2015 | Written by Mizzima | Published in Mizzima
Concerns have been voiced by human rights groups over the arbitrary arrest of leader of the Myanmar...
‘Ph has most land activists killed in Asia, LatAm’ – study
The Philippines has the most number of killings of indigenous peoples and peasant activists in Asia and Latin America for the past six months, a study of a global environmental group revealed. State security forces, including paramilitary groups, were the main perpetrators in the killings.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Bulatlat.com
MANILA...
