Full Coverage: Land

29.09.2005 Peasant farmer families in Tanah Awuk, Indonesia, who gathered on September 18 to air their longstanding grievances over the proposed construction of an airport on their farm lands, were violently dispersed by Indonesian police forces, and their planned discussion with local and international land rights groups prevented.

23.09.2005 The Bushmen of Botswana's Central Kalahari Game Reserve are being starved from their homes by wildlife officers, according to a Bushman who was arrested inside the reserve after he tried to stop 19 armed wildlife officers entering his hut without a search warrant.

13.09.2005 Bina Agarwal, expert on inheritance, womenÂ’s property and land rights, recently spearheaded an initiative on a landmark legislation passed in Parliament this session - the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005. She speaks to Sonu Jain, for the Indian Express, on the economic and symbolic importance of these amendments.