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UN rights office voices concern over forced evictions of Palestinians in West Bank

Published in Wednesday August 28th, 2013 In In the media

The United Nations human rights office today expressed concern over the forced eviction of Palestinians in the West Bank as a result of recent demolitions carried out by Israeli authorities, and noted this could amount to a violation of international law. The demolitions began on 19 August and have been carried out by Israeli authorities in at least six different locations, including East Jerusalem, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said.

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South Carolina City Takes Steps to Evict Homeless From Downtown

Published in Monday August 26th, 2013 In In the media

With business owners sounding increasingly worried about the threat they believe the homeless pose to Columbia’s economic surge, the City Council approved a plan this month that will essentially evict them from downtown streets.

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Claims of illegal eviction in Uganda haunt German firm

Published in Monday August 26th, 2013 In In the media

In 2001, more than 4,000 people were evicted from land in Uganda after it had been acquired by a German coffee firm on a 99 year lease. The company insists the deal was above board, but an NGO is now raising doubts.

Egypt: “an escalating and deeply worrying human rights crisis” – UN experts urge restraint and dialogue

Published in Monday August 19th, 2013 In News on the Rapporteurs

A group of United Nations human rights experts today called for restraint and an immediate end to violent confrontations that have seen hundreds killed and thousands injured in Cairo in recent days

High time for justice in Badia East

Published in Tuesday August 13th, 2013 In Social movement news

The Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) and Amnesty International have published a joint report on the February 23, 2013 mass forced eviction of at least 9,000 persons from the Oke-Ilu-Eri and Ajeromi villages of Badia East, Lagos. Building on SERAC’s longstanding engagement with the affected community, the report marshals evidence given by victims, Lagos State Government officials, and other witnesses.

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Another landslide in Bududa

Published in Monday August 12th, 2013 In In the media

According to a principal nursing officer at Bududa hospital Zeles Nabusayi Wakubona, among those admitted is a 55-year-old Peretina Nabifo of Namirumba village who was hit on the chest after the walls of the house in which she took shelter crumbled and hit her on the chest.

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Thousands of Marylanders are losing homes in second wave of foreclosures

Published in Monday August 12th, 2013 In In the media

Maryland is getting a second dose of the housing crisis — a sequel that foreclosure experts and state officials knew was coming but no one wanted to see.

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9,000 hit by forced evictions in Nigeria

Published in Monday August 12th, 2013 In In the media

Forced evictions in Nigeria’s largest city Lagos have cost around 9,000 people their homes or livelihoods, Amnesty International and a local rights group said in a report. Tens of thousands more could be at risk if the government proceeds with plans to redevelop the slum area of Badia East, said the report, issued jointly with the Social and Economic Rights Action Centre (SERAC).

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Lagos state government must stop wave of devastating forced evictions

Published in Monday August 12th, 2013 In Social movement news

It is estimated that close to 9,000 residents of Badia East lost their homes or livelihoods. However senior officials in the Lagos state government had claimed that the area was a rubbish dump.

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Romanian authorities leave 15 Roma families homeless and many more at risk

Published in Thursday August 8th, 2013 In Social movement news

The Romanian authorities must immediately halt all forced evictions and provide those Romani families who were recently forced out of their homes with alternative housing, Amnesty International said after 15 families (at least 60 people) were left homeless in the city of Baia Mare yesterday.

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