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Bangladesh: 40,000 slum residents face eviction

Published in Wednesday May 23rd, 2012 In Social movement news

May 22nd, 2012 Up to 40,000 people living in the biggest slum in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, could be facing eviction after a court order to clear government land in the city. So far 4,500 have been put out of their homes, and activists claim there are similar plans for the rest of the […]

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Stop forced evictions in Africa

Published in Wednesday May 16th, 2012 In Social movement news

Across Africa hundreds of thousands of people each year are left homeless when they are forcibly evicted from their homes by the authorities. In most cases evictions are conducted without any due process, consultation, adequate notice or compensation. Amnesty International has documented mass forced evictions in Nairobi, Accra, N’Djamena, Port Harcourt, Cairo and Harare in addition to other cities and countries across the continent.


Amnesty International has documented mass forced evictions in Nairobi, Accra, N’Djamena, Port Harcourt, Cairo and Harare in addition to other cities and countries across the continent. They are launching a campaign to help stop them.

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Taking Spain’s austerity measures to task at the United Nations

Published in Friday May 11th, 2012 In Social movement news

May 11, 2012 On the occasion of the Spain’s first appearance in eight years before the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, CESR together with a coalition of 18 Spanish NGOs has presented a parallel report comprising detailed evidence of retrogressions in human rights due to austerity measures. This document was complemented by […]

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Favela do Metrô terrorized through dawn (Brazil)

Published in Thursday May 10th, 2012 In Social movement news

May 9, 2012 RioOnWatch was the first news site to report on the brutal Favela do Metrô eviction back in November 2010. A year and a half later we revisit the scene to see how residents have faired. Slideshow is also available. Two years on from the first announcements that their houses would be cleared to make […]

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Guatemala: Holding the World Bank Accountable for Human Rights Violations

Published in Thursday May 10th, 2012 In Social movement news

May 09, 2012 The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) together with Rights Action and the International Human Rights Clinic at Western New England University School of Law has filed a Petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in an attempt to hold the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) […]

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Nepal: Concern over the condition of the elderly, women and children rendered homeless by evictions

Published in Thursday May 10th, 2012 In Social movement news

May 10, 2012 The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns the excessive use of force and the lack of due process in the eviction of the community living in the squatter settlements in Thapathali, Kathmandu on the banks of the Bagmati River on 8 May 2012. Over 248 houses, including a school, were destroyed in the […]

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Threatened forced eviction of the the Dobri Jeliazkov community (Bulgaria)

Published in Wednesday May 9th, 2012 In Social movement news

May 08, 2012 Action is urgently needed to prevent the forced eviction of several families and to restore access to drinking water. The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR), along with its Bulgarian partner Equal Opportunities Association (EOA), represent the Dobri Jeliazkov community in Sofia, Bulgaria in their struggle to prevent the […]

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Refugees in their homeland (Nigeria)

Published in Tuesday May 8th, 2012 In Social movement news

On the orders of the Nigerian Army, heavily-armed soldiers and mobile police officers invaded Gosa 1 village and demolished homes, businesses, churches, mosques, schools, farmlands, crops, shrines and important cultural relics belonging to indigenous Gbagyi farmers and low-income residents. The demolitions were carried out without prior notice, payment of compensation or provision of alternate shelter, and left thousands homeless, including children, the youth, women and the aged people who had lived on the land from time immemorial.

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UN official criticizes Chile’s housing reconstruction process

Published in Monday May 7th, 2012 In In the media

During a weeklong visit to Chile prompted by several local organizations, Raquel Rolnik, the special rapporteur on housing with the United Nations, criticized the role of subsidies in Chile’s reconstruction process after the 2010 earthquake. “The reconstruction following the 2010 earthquake has been an efficient and notable process, but it ought to rely upon a mechanism apart from subsidies,” Rolnik told the press.

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Kenya: Get to Know Your Rights, Dwellers of Slums Told

Published in Wednesday May 2nd, 2012 In Social movement news

April 27, 2012 Amnesty International yesterday challenged slum dwellers to be aware of their human rights in order to fight aggressions meted on them including evictions. Amnesty International campaign officer Naomi Barasa said lack of awareness by slum dwellers on their rights is greatly contributing to numerous violations. She added that if slum dwellers are […]

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