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Czech Authorities Must Prevent a Forced Eviction of Roma Families

Published in Sunday August 5th, 2012 In Social movement news

August 3rd, 2012 Amnesty International today called on Czech authorities to prevent forcibly evicting dozens of Roma families living in rental accommodations in the north-eastern Czech town of Ostrava this weekend. On Friday morning, the head of Ostrava’s construction office delivered an eviction notice to more than 40 Roma families living in rented housing on […]

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Tackling slum problems in Zambia

Published in Thursday August 2nd, 2012 In Social movement news

August 1st, 2012 The Zambian government last week invited a broad range of experts, central and local government officials and community representatives to discuss new ways of dealing with the country’s slum problems. A Slum Upgrading and Prevention Dialogue was officially inaugurated by Mr. Bernard S. C Namachila, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Local Government […]

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Chile: several children injured after violent eviction

Published in Tuesday July 31st, 2012 In Social movement news

On 23 July, police officers (carabineros) reportedly moved in to evict a group of Mapuche Indigenous people who a day earlier had occupied a plot of agricultural land in Ercilla – 600 km south of Santiago – as part of an ongoing protest to reclaim their traditional territory in Chile’s Araucanía region.

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The Minustah concerned following the incidents of Park La Visite in Haiti

Published in Tuesday July 31st, 2012 In Social movement news

July 28, 2012 The United Nations Mission for Stabilization in Haiti (Minustah) said it was concerned by the reports reporting several victims and injured, in circumstances not yet clear, during a forced eviction operation, in circumstances not yet elucidated, conducted by police officers in the National Park La Visite, located in the town of Galette […]

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In Haiti, a police operation goes wrong at The Park La visite

Published in Monday July 30th, 2012 In Social movement news

July 27, 2012 Monday, July 23, around noon, a squad composed of 36 officers of the Departmental Unit of Law Enforcement (UDMO), directed by the Departmental Director of the PNH, accompanied by the Departmental Delegate of Southeast, the Government Commissioner and a Judge of Peace, went to Seguin [Commune of Marigot] specifically at Parc La […]

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In Serbia, evicted Roma families finally granted access to water

Published in Thursday July 19th, 2012 In Social movement news

July 19, 2012 Action by Amnesty International has prompted the authorities in the Serbian city of Nis to supply drinking water to Roma families who were forcibly evicted from their homes in the capital Belgrade nearly three months ago. Since their forced eviction from the informal Belvil settlement on 26 April, five families – 18 […]

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Kenya Vision 2030: Slum upgrading in Soweto

Published in Wednesday July 18th, 2012 In Social movement news

July 17, 2012 In September 2000, Kenya was one of 189 countries that signed an international treaty called the Millennium Declaration. The object of the declaration was to define a common worldwide vision for development that was to be achieved by the year 2015. The Kenyan government drafted these resolutions into a development paper of its […]

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The Making of an Urban Occupation: Manoel Congo

Published in Wednesday July 18th, 2012 In Social movement news

Manoel Congo is comprised of 42 families and 120 residents, the vast majority of whom have lived there since occupation in 2007. Many, but not all, are MNLM activists. Watch the video below to find out more about community life in this occupation:

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HFH Sri Lanka To Help 3,600 Internally Displaced Families Build Homes in Eastern Province

Published in Tuesday July 17th, 2012 In Social movement news

July 16, 2012 Latest Project Will Bring Number Of Houses Habitat For Humanity Has Helped Build In Sri Lanka To Over 6,800 Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka and the High Commission of India have signed an agreement to help 3,600 internally displaced families build homes in the eastern province of Sri Lanka. The agreement is […]

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The sustainable renewal of Roma settlements model in Serbia

Published in Thursday July 12th, 2012 In Social movement news

July 11, 2012 By Robert Bu, Deputy Director of the Ecumenical Humanitarian Organization Roma people are among the most vulnerable social groups in Serbia. It is estimated that there are around 600 Roma settlements in Serbia today, with nearly 380,000 Roma living in them. Housing conditions in these settlements are below the public infrastructural and sanitary […]

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