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Evictions of Palestinians from their homes and other properties using affadavits

Published in Monday May 21st, 2012 In Opinion

May 21, 2012 by William Temple A recent court case, from May 8 2012, reported by Haartez has highlighted how The Absentee Property Law together with unsupported affadavits has been used to secure the evictions of Palestinians from their homes in sensitive areas of East Jerusalem. A number of legal methods have been used by […]

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Protesters in Chicago target evictions, foreclosures (USA)

Published in Thursday May 17th, 2012 In In the media

May 16, 2012 About 150 protesters in Chicago marched to banks and government offices on Wednesday to demand a one-year moratorium on local home evictions and foreclosures, the latest in a series of demonstrations leading up to next week’s NATO summit. The protesters performed a piece of street theater at Daley Plaza featuring a bank trying […]

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Activists: Cambodian girl killed in mass eviction

Published in Wednesday May 16th, 2012 In In the media

May 16, 2012 Cambodian activists say a 13-year-old girl was shot to death Wednesday in the latest of several clashes between villagers and authorities trying to evict them to make room for development. Hundreds of armed police and soldiers tried to sweep out villagers in northeastern Kratie province from what authorities claim is state land, […]

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Stop forced evictions in Africa

Published in Wednesday May 16th, 2012 In Social movement news

Across Africa hundreds of thousands of people each year are left homeless when they are forcibly evicted from their homes by the authorities. In most cases evictions are conducted without any due process, consultation, adequate notice or compensation. Amnesty International has documented mass forced evictions in Nairobi, Accra, N’Djamena, Port Harcourt, Cairo and Harare in addition to other cities and countries across the continent.


Amnesty International has documented mass forced evictions in Nairobi, Accra, N’Djamena, Port Harcourt, Cairo and Harare in addition to other cities and countries across the continent. They are launching a campaign to help stop them.

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Photos of the Special Rapporteur, Raquel Rolnik, working visit to Chile

Published in Wednesday May 16th, 2012 In News on the Rapporteurs

Check the photos of the working visit the Special Raporteur to the Right to Housing, Raquel Rolnik, to Chile, between April 26th and May 3rd.

Favela do Metrô Terrorized through Drawn-out Eviction

Published in Wednesday May 16th, 2012 In In the media

Two years on from the first announcements that their houses would be cleared to make way for World Cup 2014 developments, residents of Favela do Metrô are still living through the brutal, drawn out destruction of their community. A stone’s throw from the world famous Maracanã stadium, Favela do Metrô was founded 33 years ago […]

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Nepal: Concern over condition of elderly, women and children homeless by evictions

Published in Tuesday May 15th, 2012 In In the media

May 13, 2012 The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns the excessive use of force and the lack of due process in the eviction of the community living in the squatter settlements in Thapathali, Kathmandu on the banks of the Bagmati River on 8 May 2012. Over 248 houses, including a school, were destroyed in the […]

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Athens 2004 Olympics: what happened after the athletes went home?

Published in Tuesday May 15th, 2012 In In the media

As the flame for the London Olympics is kindled in Greece, Helena Smith looks at the legacy of the 2004 Games In the soft Attic light, Athens’s Olympic sports complex does not look like such a bad place. Men and women jog gently under its great steel arches, athletes go in and out of its […]

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Cave-dwelling Palestinian farmers facing eviction from homes

Published in Monday May 14th, 2012 In In the media

May 13, 2012 A unique way of life in the West Bank is under threat after Israel renewed a legal bid to evict more than 1,600 cave-dwelling Palestinian farmers from their land in the desert hills near the Biblical city of Hebron. Israel’s defence ministry is expected to seek court approval this week to destroy […]

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Free webinar on the rise of tent cities in the United States rescheduled

Published in Monday May 14th, 2012 In Mobilisation and agenda

May 14, 2012 Tuesday, May 22, 2012 – 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. EDT On Tuesday, May 22, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty will be hosting a free webinar previewing its upcoming report, “Welcome Home: The Rise of Tent Cities in the United States.” With homelessness and poverty at record levels, there have been increasing […]

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