A recent report by Ashley South published by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions will be of considerable interest to those New Mandala readers who are hungry for more details on the nitty-gritty of life in Burma today.
The report:
…focuses on the ongoing abuses of [Housing, Land and Property] rights occurring under military rule today, particularly in areas populated by non-Burman peoples. In recent years, the peoples living in these areas have been the most severely affected by large-scale displacement. These abuses occur during military counter-insurgency operations; for the construction and support of new army battalions; to make way for infrastructure development projects; in the context of natural resource extraction; and to provide vested interests with business opportunities.
The full report is available here.
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