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‘Everywhere is broken’: how land grabs in Cambodia are demolishing lives

The government has a ‘masterplan’ for the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, with tourist meccas built on land given to elite families while the poor and powerless face the bulldozersPhotographs by Cindy Liu for The GuardianSitting on the veranda of a…

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My grandmother is challenging patriarchal land values in India. I’m so proud of her | Shreya Kalia

Daughters too often get cut out of their inheritance, but more women are standing up for their rights – and change is comingWhen my 67-year-old grandmother, Poli, learned that her four brothers had divided all the family land among themselves, she was …

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‘Where should we go?’: thousands left homeless as Karachi clears waterways

As Pakistan’s supreme court backs bulldozing of homes blamed for floods, critics say government has no proper plans for residentsMaqsooda Bibi, 62, did not know the house she had lived in all her life would be demolished, forcing her whole family to be…

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‘They fired at everyone’: peril of Pakistani villagers protesting giant luxury estate

Activists were shot and beaten at demonstration to stop property giant Bahria Town building on indigenous land they say was taken with forceMuhammad Anwar was not aware of any danger when he took the day off work to join his friends at a demonstration …

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