Times of India: Anti-POSCO unrest spills on to capital's streets The village of Dhinkia continues to resist forced eviction from their farms and lands, to make way for the controversial POSCO steel project. Protests in solidarity with villagers are growing in Bhubaneshwar.
ANALYSIS-China pumps up Cambodia economy, but at what cost?
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* Massive investment makes China crucial for Cambodia
* China also promises protection, non-interference
* But forced evictions fuel popular anger
* Some warn of risks of popular backlash, revolt
Big Coal WikiLeaks Emergency in Bangladesh: Does Obama Support Removal of 100,000 Villagers? When thousands of Bangladeshi take to the streets again on March 28th as part of a decade-long battle to halt a devastating British-owned open-pit coal mine, the world will not only be watching whether Bangladesh's government will honor a coal ban agreement from 2006 or resort to violence.
Democratic Voice of Burma: Dam Investors 'Fuelling Violence' Foreign investment in Burma's multiple military-backed dam projects is contributing to environmental degradation and human rights abuses such as forced displacement, a Thailand-based watchdog has warned.
Urban Poor Uniting Across Borders Members of a Thai 'slum network' are feeling empowered and expressing solidarity with their counterparts in Cambodia, the Philippines and beyond.
The Hindu: Independent People's Tribunal Demands 'Stop Operation Green Hunt' An 'Independent People's Tribunal on Land Acquisition, Resource Grab and Operation Green Hunt,' called on the Indian government to publicly disclose all industrial and infrastructural contracts for projects proposed in controversial areas, and that it cease the forced displacement of tribal peoples.
Inside Burma: Junta Forcibly Acquires Relocation Consent New Delhi (Mizzima) Villagers in Tan Hte village near the hydropower project site at the confluence of May Kha and May Likha, tributaries of Irrawaddy River, the main waterway and lifeline of Burma, have been forced to give their consent to relocate by signing on a consent paper by Myitkyina township officials, a Kachin social group said.
Opposing China’s Shwe project in Burma
Voices against the foreign intrusion in Burmese economy are increasing. The pro-democracy Burmese activists and their supporters have come out with various programmes opposing a China sponsored multibillion dollar oil and gas pipeline project inside Burma (Myanmar).
Global Post: Cambodia Pushes out the Poor February 25th, 2010 In the rapidly developing Southeast Asian country, forcible evictions are an all-too-common way to make room for the new
