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Total Population Evicted: 35000. Size of the Land: 10000 hactares

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Kiryandongo District

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Total land in Ha (Complete Eviction)

Total land in Ha (Complete Eviction)

Total land in Ha (Pending Eviction)

314854.96

Total Land in Ha (Fully Compensated)

33,055

Total Land in Ha (Partially Compensated)

63,571.4

Witness Radio - Uganda

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Since 2020, the prosecution had only presented two witnesses, which resulted in the trial being marred with unnecessary adjournments and transfers of trial magistrates.
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Before the closure of the prosecution, the defense lawyers applied for the dismissal of the case for want of prosecution, adding the evidence before the court was too weak to sustain a conviction.
#StopCriminalisingTheWorkofLRDefenders
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The state prematurely closes its prosecution in the trial of the eight community land rights defenders after it failed to produce its last witness.
#StopCriminalisingTheWorkofLRDefenders
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State fails to produce a key witness, prematurely closes its prosecution in the trial of the eight land rights defenders.
#StopcriminalisingtheworkofLRDefenders
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The #CESCR has called up the development banks and states hosting development projects to refrain from actions that interfere directly or indirectly with the enjoyment of the Covenant rights in land-related contexts outside their territories.
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#DevelopmentBanks and investors have been urged to invest in projects that do not deprive local communities of access to land on which they depend for their livelihoods.
@FIANista @KLandalliance @Stoplandgrabbin @rightlivelihood @EnviroDefenders
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