By: Fidelis E. Satriastanti
Date: March 24th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
JAKARTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indonesia's government is under pressure to boost protection for indigenous peoples' rights, after a state-led inquiry identified 40 cases in which they were violated, prompting calls for the president to set up a task force to deal with the problem.
By: Daudi Migereko (Uganda’s Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development and Member of Parliament)
Date: March 24th 2016
Source: New Vision
By: Sek Odom
Date: March 19th 2016
Source: Cambodia Daily
The Ministry of Justice on Friday announced two key changes to court policy related to land dispute cases as part of the government’s broader efforts to improve its handling of such disputes in the lead-up to the 2018 national election.
By PETER NGILA and JOHN MUCHANGI
Date: March 14th 2016
Source: The Star
Are the land bills being discussed in Parliament going to stop forced resettlement, grabbing and other land-related injustices?
By: Brian Whittaker
Date: March 15th 2016
Source: Business Day Live
WHAT is the courageous conversation we are not yet having with the unknown future — the world that lies over the horizon, but has not yet been fully articulated? The poet, David Whyte, wants to know.
By: Moisés Rendón
Date: March 13th 2016
Source: Panam Post
In 1763, immigrants to the North American colonies had more secure property rights than a native-born Venezuelan does in the 21st century.
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: March 1st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indigenous people formally own just one-tenth of the world's land, according to research released on Wednesday as part of a campaign that aims to expand legal rights to land globally.
By: Thin Lei Win Myanmar Now
Date: February 23rd 2016
Source: Mizzima
La Laung Daung Nan vividly remembers the last day of April 2015.
By: John Kamau
Date: February 21st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation
OPINION
Many Kenyans have never heard about the Z-Plots - yet if anyone wants to investigate the origins of land grabbing in Kenya, this is where they should start.
