{"id":108188,"date":"2019-05-28T10:15:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T14:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namati.org\/?p=108188"},"modified":"2023-01-11T11:58:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T15:58:29","slug":"opinion-myanmar-is-confiscating-land-that-people-depend-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namati.org\/news-stories\/opinion-myanmar-is-confiscating-land-that-people-depend-on\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: Myanmar is confiscating land that people depend on","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/news.trust.org\/item\/20190528151020-eora3\">Thompson Reuters, Namati&#8217;s Vivek Maru and Nwe Ni Soe<\/a> describe how Myanmar&#8217;s Vacant, Fallow, or Virgin land law is leading to a land grab on a massive scale across the country. Millions who depend on the land risk displacement and imprisonment under this new draconian law.<\/p>\n<p>Our recent survey of farmers in affected areas reveals that most people have never even heard of the law that may pull the land from under their feet. The <a href=\"http:\/\/news.trust.org\/item\/20190528151020-eora3\">Op-ed<\/a> calls on Aung San Suu Kyi&#8217;s National League for Democracy Party to immediately reverses course for the sake of justice, human rights, and peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Thompson Reuters, Namati&#8217;s Vivek Maru and Nwe Ni Soe describe how Myanmar&#8217;s Vacant, Fallow, or Virgin land law is leading to a land grab on a massive scale across the country. Millions who depend on the land risk displacement and imprisonment under this new draconian law. 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