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In India, slum eviction drive turns violent

Published in Thursday June 14th, 2012 In In the media

June 14, 2012 A slum eviction drive turned violent here after police resorted to baton charge on slum dwellers. Hundreds of slum dwellers have been rendered homeless, and at least 15 persons were reported were severely injured after the baton charge. Slum dwellers complained that they were not served prior notice to vacate the area. […]

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Spanish banks keep evicting

Published in Thursday June 14th, 2012 In In the media

June 14, 2012 Spaniards every day protest against eviction from homes – homes bought on credit – credit under terms their banks convinced them were within their means. Most of the hundreds of thousands of evictions in the past several years have been families with children. These people shout: “We’re not scared!” And, holding up their […]

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Nils Muižnieks concerned by eviction of Roma families to Romanian “toxic dump”

Published in Tuesday June 12th, 2012 In In the media

June 12, 2012 Re-locating more than 300 Romanian Roma families to buildings of a disused chemical factory, breaches housing rights and may be life-threatening, the human rights commissioner has warned. Commissioner Nils Muižnieks wants the authorities in the Romanian city of Baia Mare to rehouse the families, following reports that 22 children and two adults […]

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600 settlers face eviction in Namibia

Published in Monday June 11th, 2012 In In the media

June 8, 2012 About 600 settlers in the Tsumkwe area run the risk of being evicted from their communal dwellings if government does not come to their aid soon. The settlers, who have been living in the area since 1987, claim that the late chief of the Hai-khom San and former Member of Parliament, Geelbooi […]

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Afghanistan earthquake: More than 20 houses buried; up to 100 feared dead

Published in Monday June 11th, 2012 In In the media

June 11, 2012 As many as 100 people are feared dead in an earthquake and landslide that buried more than 20 houses in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said. Rescuers have so far pulled two women’s bodies from the rubble of the landslide in Baghlan province, said provincial Gov. Abdul Majid. The UN confirmed one […]

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In Australia, a project is turning around lives of the homeless

Published in Monday June 11th, 2012 In In the media

June 11, 2012 by Duncan Kennedy A project helping homeless in a Sydney suburb is claiming impressive results, by challenging the notion that people living on the streets need to find the help themselves. Are we helpless when it comes to the homeless? It seems that many countries and societies don’t know how to solve […]

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Triad United States, Canada and China boycott minimum possibilities of advances in the Rio +20

Published in Wednesday June 6th, 2012 In In the media

June 6, 2012 United States, Canada and China, with occasional support from other countries (like Russia), depending on the situation, are boycotting the minimum possible Rio +20 conclude with concrete progress in terms of measures to reverse the global environmental crisis. The boycott of these countries was evident in the third round of informal negotiations […]

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In Australia, housing evictions rise due to three strikes policy

Published in Tuesday June 5th, 2012 In In the media

June 5, 2012 The State Government’s ‘three strikes’ housing policy has led to almost one eviction a day from Homeswest properties. The three strikes policy for Homeswest tenants came into effect a year ago in response to public outcry over the explosion of a clandestine drug lab in public housing. Figures now show since the […]

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Sri Lanka looks to restore war zone property

Published in Monday June 4th, 2012 In In the media

June 3rd, 2012 Sri Lanka is to bring in special property laws to protect the rights of hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the island’s Tamil separatist war, a justice ministry official said Sunday. The measure could see absentee owners, or their heirs, looking to reverse decades of possession by other people in both the […]

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Life at the World Cup in South Africa: corruption, bribery, bad-decisions and white elephants

Published in Friday June 1st, 2012 In In the media

A publication written by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), investigates a string of alleged ‘wheeling and dealing’ strategies behind the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. It details six case studies, written by journalists from South Africa and the UK. They provide a stark contrast between the stated goals of bringing the World Cup to Africa for the first time and the potential for corruption that accompanies such a huge event.

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