Myanmar: Land Seizures, Protests, and Arrests in Myanmar

Mar 7, 2019 | Maximillian Mørch, Diplomat
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Land confiscation is rife in Myanmar. Confiscation of land for plantations, Special Economic Zones, development projects or for use by the military or other armed groups has affected Myanmar for decades. Today, following the 2015 Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement and the easing of sanctions on the country, bringing an increase in foreign capital for development projects, the pace of land confiscation shows no signs of slowing down. The scale of the seizures is not accurately known but in 2016 the Farmers Affairs Committee stated that countrywide seizures could be as high as 2 million acres.