Around 60 landless farmers take part in a rare protest in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon.<br/> Public sit-ins like this are unusual, and are a test of the new civilian government's commitment to reform after decades of brutal suppression of dissent.<br/> These famers from suburbs east of the city claim the government has seized their land.<br/> One man says the protest is their last resort.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Burmese) PROTESTER PHO PHYU, SAYING:<br/> "The farmers have explored every legal avenue but it has been in vain. So we were forced to take to the streets to show our strength."<br/> Riot police quickly dispersed the protesters - but the lack of violence may be a sign that things have changed.<br/> About half of the Burmese workforce is employed in the agriculture sector.<br/> But evictions are common, and farmers have little legal recourse to launch any challenge.<br/> Travis Brecher, Reuters
