Tag: Land Rights
Khmer activists jailed for blocking traffic
A Cambodian court Tuesday sentenced seven female land rights activists, including a 75-year-old woman, to one year in prison each for blocking traffic during a protest.
Published: 12 Nov 2014 at 01.47 | Viewed: 1,635 | Comments: 0
Online news: Asia
Writer: AFP
PHNOM PENH - A Cambodian court Tuesday sentenced seven female...
Myanmar: Serious risk of further human rights abuses at controversial Letpadaung mine
Two years after police used incendiary weapons against monks and villagers protesting a mining project in central Myanmar, no one has been held accountable, Amnesty International said ahead of the anniversary of the attack.
27 November 2014
Two years after police used incendiary weapons against monks and villagers protesting a mining...
Protecting profits over people
By KEVIN WOODS AND DANIEL AGUIRRE
30 November 2014
Myanmar is in the process of formulating an investment law and a land use policy that when combined will lay the foundations of development for the country. As it stands, these proposed instruments could have an adverse impact on human rights,...
Impunity tops agenda for special rapporteur
A UN special rapporteur will take the cause of Cambodia’s land-eviction battles and the abuses faced by those waging them to the UN Human Rights Council, according to a report released today
Tue, 2 December 2014
Shane Worrell
A UN special rapporteur will take the cause of Cambodia’s land-eviction battles and the...
Philippines one of 5 countries where land rights defenders frequently killed – report
The Philippines is one of five countries where land rights defenders are most frequently killed, according to the annual report released Tuesday by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OBS).
InterAksyon.com
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MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines is one of five countries where land...
Human Rights Day: tribal leaders assassinated for defending their land
To mark Human Rights Day on Wednesday, Survival International – the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights – warns about the growing humanitarian crisis afflicting tribal peoples around the world by highlighting five murders of tribal people fighting for their land and their rights:
9 December 2014
To mark Human Rights...
Dam projects on mighty Salween River threaten to re-ignite Myanmar’s civil war
Myanmar's government calls them signposts of modernity: a string of huge dam projects along the mighty Salween River, one of Asia's last untamed waterways, needed to meet economic goals and energy demands as the country opens its doors to the outside world.
Published December 11, 2014 | Associated Press
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Thai military storms forum on land rights in Isan, threatens organizers with arrest
Submitted by editor1 on Tue, 16/12/2014 - 10:53
More than 100 farmers in a northeastern province face charges on land encroachment as a result of the junta's Return the Forest policy, after the military prohibited the farmers from holding a public discussion to voice their concerns to the military government.
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Dam Projects Risk Reigniting Burma’s Civil War
Burma’s government calls them signposts of modernity: a string of huge dam projects along the mighty Salween River, one of Asia’s last untamed waterways, needed to meet economic goals and energy demands as the country opens its doors to the outside world.
By DENNIS D. GRAY / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS|...
Myanmar Farmers Reject Mining Company Payout For Ruined Crops
Villagers affected by a controversial China-backed copper mine in northwestern Myanmar said Friday that an offer by the project’s operator to compensate them for crops it damaged while erecting a fence on disputed land was inadequate and pledged to continue protests until the property is returned to them.
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Villagers affected...
