“It’s like I’m a doctor,” said Mr. Laubinger, an agent here for big lenders. “People ask me how much time they have left.”
Hardly any. Legally, they have already lost ownership. If they do not respond to the carrot the lenders offer — as much as $5,000 in cash in exchange for leaving the house in good order — he employs the stick: the county sheriff, who evicts them.
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International opposition to Israel’s settler colony construction has become
increasingly outspoken, with the Quartet Road Map as the main diplomatic
reference. Since the start of 2009, the Israeli government and state agencies
have escalated in word and deed their defiance of calls to respect the
ban against colonization, wanton destruction and dispossession. The following
dossier of recent media reports, official statements and relevant documents
tracks developments in the bureaus and on the ground through 2009-10.
Entries are chronological, with historical documents linked in their context.
Please scroll to bottom for latest developmentsHLRN
International opposition to Israel’s settler colony construction has become
increasingly outspoken, with the Quartet Road Map as the main diplomatic
reference. Since the start of 2009, the Israeli government and state agencies
have escalated in word and deed their defiance of calls to respect the
ban against colonization, wanton destruction and dispossession. The following
dossier of recent media reports, official statements and relevant documents
tracks developments in the bureaus and on the ground through 2009-10.
Notícia disponível apenas em inglês:
Budapest, Lisbon, Strasbourg, 7 May 2010:On 23 April 2010, the
European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) registered a collective complaint
filed by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) against Portugal concerning
the housing situation of Roma in the country. On the basis of field research,
documentation and continuous monitoring in Portugal over the last five
years, the ERRC submitted that Portugal has failed to meet its human rights
obligations under the Revised European Social Charter (RESC).
Budapest, Lisbon, Strasbourg, 7 May 2010:On 23 April 2010, the
European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) registered a collective complaint
filed by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) against Portugal concerning
the housing situation of Roma in the country. On the basis of field research,
documentation and continuous monitoring in Portugal over the last five
years, the ERRC submitted that Portugal has failed to meet its human rights
obligations under the Revised European Social Charter (RESC).
Habitantes do mundo unidos pelo direito à cidade! Assim termina a Chamada
aprovada pela plenária do Fórum Social Urbano do Rio de Janeiro, resumindo
o sentimento profundo que animou a participação de milhares de pessoas,
líderes sociais, organizações de moradores, locatários, sem teto, cooperativas,
comunidades, em dezenas de encontros , seminários, oficinas que têm animado
este espaço unitário.
Deixando de lado a perseguição dos ritmos e das lógicas mercantis do Fórum
Urbano Mundial, este primeiro FUS escolheu abrir as portas para a eficiência
das sequências , especialmente, engajando todo mundo no processo de construção
da Assembléia Mundial dos Habitantes (AMH), indispensável valor acrescentado
participativo que nos fará ganhar o combate.
By Nicolas Sossass
Inhabitants of the world united for the right to the city!This was determined
in the Call, approved by the plenary Urban Social Forum of Rio, summarizing
the deep sense which invigorated the participation of thousands of people,
social leaders, inhabitants organizations, tenants, homeless, cooperatives
and communities in dozens of meetings, seminars and workshops which brought
this unitary space to life.