Noisy birds to holograms, eight curious property rights debates in 2019
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Fights over property rights extended to pavements, space, the sea, data, dead people’s images, and even noises and smells in 2019, with governments scrambling to define and legislate emerging areas of concern. At the same time, deadly conflicts raged over land and water with at least 108 people killed trying to […]
Fears of evictions as Bangladesh gives rivers legal rights
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation A ruling by Bangladesh’s top court granting rivers the same legal rights as people could hurt the poor fishing and farming communities that depend on them, human rights activists said. The Supreme Court declared this week that all Bangladesh’s rivers had the legal status of living entities, a move aimed at […]