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Indonesia volcano eruption prompts mass evacuation

Published in Monday February 17th, 2014 In In the media

A major volcanic eruption in Indonesia has shrouded a large swath of the most heavily populated island in ash, triggering the evacuation of more than 100,000 people and the closure of three international airports.

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100,000 evacuated as Indonesia’s Mount Kelud erupts

Published in Monday February 17th, 2014 In In the media

More than 100,000 people were evacuated from areas where volcanic dust and rocks lay up to eight inches thick after Mount Kelud on Java island exploded.

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Unwanted Roma

Published in Friday February 14th, 2014 In In the media

Hundreds of thousands of Roma – mostly from Romania and Bulgaria – have moved to Western Europe since the 1990s. Widely perceived as scroungers and thieves, they are rarely made welcome.

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Forced evictions to continue in Dagon

Published in Wednesday February 12th, 2014 In In the media

Up to 80,000 shantytown-dwellers in Rangoon’s Dagon Port Township — one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the former capital — have been declared illegal squatters and face eviction.

Forced eviction leaves hundreds homeless in Yangon Region village

Published in Thursday February 6th, 2014 In In the media

The residents of Tha Mee Lay village in Hlegu Township said bulldozers began destroying their homes early on February 4 in an operation that also involved about 2,000 government officials.

Evictions taint Turkey’s murky megaprojects

Published in Tuesday February 4th, 2014 In In the media

“Officials promised us, ‘everybody will benefit from these projects. You’ll be well compensated when we buy your land,'” the 34-year-old mother of three recalls. Four years later, however, Demircan’s family is instead being evicted from their home.

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For some in Brazil, World Cup means evictions

Published in Monday January 27th, 2014 In In the media

he mega-event that will play out this summer in a dozen Brazilian cities is driving a frenzy of road construction, airport renovations and other projects. The impact is being felt most strongly among the poorest citizens, including residents of Porto Alegre’s largest favela, or slum, who have come to regard the soccer championship as synonymous with evictions, removals and demolition.

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Four Years After Haiti’s Earthquake, Still Waiting for a Roof

Published in Thursday January 23rd, 2014 In In the media

Collecting bottles to recycle is the livelihood of at least a dozen people in this camp that about 800 families call home, located in Carrefour, on the southern edge of Port-au-Prince. Four years after the earthquake, there are still about 300 internally displaced person (IDP) camps mostly scattered around the capital region, and in a large new slum on desertic slopes outside the city.

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U.S. Government Holding World Bank and IADB Accountable to Ensure Reparations for Chixoy Dam Victims in Guatemala

Published in Wednesday January 22nd, 2014 In In the media

From 1975-1985, the WB and IADB partnered with repressive and genocidal Guatemalan regimes of General Lucas Garcia, 1978-1982, and General Rios Montt, 1982-1983, investing close to $1 billion in the Chixoy dam “development” project. Thousands of Mayan campesinos were illegally and forcibly evicted from some 32 communities, while over 440 Mayan Achi villagers were massacred in the Rio Negro community. The survivors have been suffering in poverty, abandonment and trauma ever since.

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Thousands displaced by Jakarta deadly floods

Published in Monday January 20th, 2014 In In the media

More than 10,000 Indonesians have fled their homes in the capital due to flooding that has left five dead, an official said on Sunday, with people using rubber dinghies and wading through waist-deep water to reach safer ground.

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