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Michaungkan Protestors Stage One-day Hunger Strike
Protestors from Michaungkan began a hunger strike at Maha Bandula Park on Wednesday calling for the release of Sein Than, a community leader from the eastern Rangoon village who was arrested and jailed for staging an unauthorised protest in July.
The protestors have occupied the site in central Rangoon for seven months, demanding the return of seized lands […]
• •Michaungkan Protestors Stand Fast as Deadline Passes
As Saturday dawned, dozens of protestors from the Rangoon suburb of Michaungkan, who have been conducting a vigil outside Maha Bandula Park in the city centre to protest land grabs, were still occupying the public street despite a 3 October deadline ordered by local police to dismantle their camp and leave.
As Friday’s deadline struck, police did not appear at the protest site where many feared that force might once again be used to disperse the villagers […]
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