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Brazil: Navy Surrounds Quilombo Community Slated for Eviction

Published in Thursday March 15th, 2012 In In the media

Quilombo Rio de Macacos in Bahia, one of the oldest communities of descendents of slaves in Brazil, woke up enclosed by military police threatening their eviction on Sunday morning, March 4, 2012.

Istanbul sees history razed in the name of regeneration

Published in Thursday March 15th, 2012 In In the media

Turkey’s cultural capital is undergoing a huge construction programme that is driving out communities Constanze Letsch in Istanbul Thursday 1 March 2012 23.00 GMT A few hundred metres from the bustling Taksim Square in Istanbul, the sound of jackhammers reverberates through the street: demolitions in the nearby neighbourhood of Tarlabasi are under way despite legal […]

Slum Dwellers Are Defying Brazil’s Grand Design for Olympics

Published in Monday March 5th, 2012 In In the media

It was supposed to be a triumphant moment for Brazil Rio de Janeiro, March 4th 2012 Gearing up for the 2016 Olympic Games to be held here, officials celebrated plans for a futuristic “Olympic Park,” replete with a waterside park and athlete villages, promoting it as “a new piece of the city.” There was just one problem: […]

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Special Rapporteur visits Barcelona and talks about economic crisis and right to housing

Published in Friday March 2nd, 2012 In In the media

(Español) Raquel Rolnik, culpó ayer a la banca de la burbuja inmobiliaria que se ha producido en España y otros muchos países desde 2009. “La toma del sector inmobiliario por los bancos se traduce en que su último objetivo sea la revalorización y demuestra que la burbuja no es fruto de una política no deseada”, afirmó.

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2014 World Cup Match: FIFA-1, Brazil-?

Published in Thursday February 16th, 2012 In In the media

The wealthy international soccer organization forces tax and labor-law exemptions on the next host of the games.

UN report accuses Israel of pushing Palestinians from Jerusalem, West Bank

Published in Monday February 13th, 2012 In In the media

JERUSALEM – Israel is dispossessing Palestinians in east Jerusalem and the West Bank as well as its Arab minority with a “strategy of Judaisation,” a United Nations representative charged on Sunday.

UN: Israel dispossessing Palestinians via Judaization policy

Published in Monday February 13th, 2012 In In the media

The UN says Israel is dispossessing the Palestinians in the Tel Aviv-occupied territories as well as the members of its Arab minority of their residences through a ‘strategy of Judaization.’

Olympic housing crunch: London landlords evict tenants to gouge tourists

Published in Friday February 3rd, 2012 In News

By Marian Smith, msnbc.com LONDON — Landlords in Britain’s capital are evicting tenants so they can cash in on this summer’s Olympic Games by charging tourists many times the usual rent. Homes in the east London boroughs where many events are to be held are fetching between five and 15 times their typical rates as […]

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As Police Invade Another Favela, Brazil Vents Fury

Published in Wednesday February 1st, 2012 In In the media

As many of the homemade videos posted on YouTube show, the invasion of the Pinheirinho favela by some 1,800 police in riot gear — throwing tear-gas bombs and firing rubber bullets — left residents frightened, furious and homeless.

Olympic Evictions Come to Russia

Published in Thursday September 15th, 2011 In In the media

Nate Berg

September 15th, 2011

The seaside resort town of Sochi, Russia, is preparing to play host to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Much of that preparation consists of building—arenas, athlete housing, roads and so on. But with an urban population of about 350,000, transforming Sochi into an Olympic village also means tearing down some of the city that’s already there. With the games less than two-and-a-half years away, that’s already led to the eviction and forced relocation of some locals. […]

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