The Farmer Becomes the Criminal -- Human Rights and Land Confiscation in Karen State
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Author(s): Caroline Stover
Date: 2016
Topics: Governance, Land, Livelihoods
Countries: Myanmar
In Burma, where 70 percent of people earn a living through agriculture, securing land is often equivalent to securing a livelihood. But instead of creating conditions for sustainable development, recent Burmese governments have enacted abusive laws, enforced poorly conceived policies, and encouraged corrupt land administration officials that have promoted the displacement of small-scale farmers and rural villagers.