Myanmar: Activists Continue to be Arrested Amid Spate of Land Grabs, Rights Group Says

Aug 19, 2014 | Eleven
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The government has continued to arrest activists and protesters although it has fulfilled some of the public’s demands, a recent report by the Human Rights Records Network (Myanmar) has said.The report says Myanmar still has political prisoners in jail and more activists detained in 2014 under laws such as the 1908 Unlawful Association Act and the Emergency Provisions Act – despite President Thein Sein pledging to release all political prisoners by the end of 2013.There have been many cases of land grabs for joint-venture development projects and by military officials during President Thein Sein’s time in office and a number of cases have not been dealt with properly despite people lodging formal complaints about their land being seized, the report said.