For many rural communities in the Mekong sub-region as in elsewhere, land is life. Direct access to and effective control over land and all resources tied to land is indispensable in ensuring the people’s rights […]
Schlagwörter: Land Grabbing, Landrechte, Laos, Südostasien
Weiterlesen »Nine Lao villagers held for over two years for protesting the loss of land awarded by the government to a Vietnamese rubber company have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to six years, […]
Schlagwörter: Land Grabbing, Landkonflikte, Laos, Projektländer
Weiterlesen »A Lao villager held in jail since 2011 as a leader of a land protest in the country’s Salavan province has died in custody, with officials citing natural causes but villagers fearing torture, sources in […]
Schlagwörter: Land Grabbing, Landkonflikte, Laos
Weiterlesen »Lao authorities have released a villager held since 2017 with a group arrested for protesting the loss of land awarded by the government to a Vietnamese rubber company, sources in the communist Southeast Asian state […]
Schlagwörter: Land Grabbing, Laos
Weiterlesen »Lao villagers formerly leasing land to a Vietnamese rubber company under a profit-sharing arrangement are now being refused compensation by the foreign-owned firm, which says the land belongs not to the villagers but to the […]
Schlagwörter: Land Grabbing, Laos
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