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Cambodia Convicts, Fines Two Land Rights Activists over Mannequin Protests
By: Sel San
Date: August 22nd 2016
Source: Radio Free Asia
Two land rights activists in Cambodia were convicted Monday of insulting a public official for their version of a “Black Monday” protest earlier this month.
Smartphones help Tanzanian women secure land rights
August 25th 2015
Author: Kizito Makoye
ILALASIMBA, Tanzania, Aug 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Yolanda Ngunda has every reason to smile now she holds a title deed recognising her as sole owner of a disputed plot of rugged farmland in Tanzania's remote southern highlands.
Uganda: Gertrude Njuba - New Law Must Stop Court-Aided Land Grabbing
By: Siraje Lubwama
Date: August 31st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Observer
Capt Gertrude Njuba, the head of the State House Land department, wants the proposed amendments to the Land Act to include strict provisions that make it extremely difficult for courts of law and land agents to aid land grabbing.
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Africa’s women moving mountains to stand up for land rights
By: Holly Miller
Date: September 16th 2016
Source: Women's Agenda
Proposed law may remove indigenous land rights in Brazil
BY ADRIANA BRASILEIRO
December 2nd 2015
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Maria Valdenice Nukini believes it's her duty to protect her ancestral territory in northern Brazil and raise awareness of the role indigenous communities play in protecting nature.
That's why she recently traveled 4,700 kilometers from her isolated reserve in the northern state of Acre to Rio de Janeiro to protest oil and gas exploration that may take place near her community, located on the border with Peru.
'Without land, we have no power', Indian Dalit land rights activist says
By: Rina Chandran
Date: 22 September 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Marginalised low-caste Dalits are fighting against victimisation and demanding land that is owed to them
'Set Up Special Courts for Land Grab Cases'
By: Express News Service
Date: January 10th 2016
Source: New Indian Express
BENGALURU: The state government on Saturday was urged to set up special courts, envisaged in the Karnataka Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, and bring the offenders to book without any further delay.