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In Australia, housing evictions rise due to three strikes policy

Published in Tuesday June 5th, 2012 In In the media

June 5, 2012 The State Government’s ‘three strikes’ housing policy has led to almost one eviction a day from Homeswest properties. The three strikes policy for Homeswest tenants came into effect a year ago in response to public outcry over the explosion of a clandestine drug lab in public housing. Figures now show since the […]

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Sri Lanka looks to restore war zone property

Published in Monday June 4th, 2012 In In the media

June 3rd, 2012 Sri Lanka is to bring in special property laws to protect the rights of hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the island’s Tamil separatist war, a justice ministry official said Sunday. The measure could see absentee owners, or their heirs, looking to reverse decades of possession by other people in both the […]

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Cambodia land activists’ convictions called unjust

Published in Friday May 25th, 2012 In In the media

May 25, 2012 Human rights groups in Cambodia expressed outrage Friday over prison sentences imposed on 13 women who were protesting being evicted from their land without adequate compensation. The women were sentenced Thursday by a Phnom Penh court after being found guilty of aggravated rebellion and illegal occupation of land in a three-hour trial. […]

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China disperses $10 billion of public housing funds

Published in Friday May 25th, 2012 In In the media

May 24, 2012 China’s Ministry of Finance said on Thursday it had given 66 billion yuan ($10.5 billion) to local governments to help build public housing for rent, one of five categories of state-subsidized affordable housing. The money, which the ministry said had been dispersed recently, will build public-rent housing, the second-lowest tier of homes […]

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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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In Malaysia, 50 villages face eviction, claims Umno

Published in Monday May 21st, 2012 In In the media

May 21, 2012 Penang Umno has warned that about 50 villages housing some 36,000 residents are slated for demolition, posing a major eviction crisis for the state. State Umno chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman said the villages, located on the island and mainland, were occupied by squatters who would be slapped with court orders to […]

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Activists: Cambodian girl killed in mass eviction

Published in Wednesday May 16th, 2012 In In the media

May 16, 2012 Cambodian activists say a 13-year-old girl was shot to death Wednesday in the latest of several clashes between villagers and authorities trying to evict them to make room for development. Hundreds of armed police and soldiers tried to sweep out villagers in northeastern Kratie province from what authorities claim is state land, […]

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

Published in Tuesday May 15th, 2012 In In the media

May 13, 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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50 hurt in N’ganj eviction drive (Bangladesh)

Published in Monday May 14th, 2012 In In the media

May 12, 2012 At least 50 people, including some police personnel, were hurt in clashes between police and residents of Narayanganj Railway Colony who were protesting against eviction of the colony on Saturday. As the residents of the colony did not heed to a notice asking them to remove constructions on the Railways Division land, […]

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“Human rights need to be at the heart of land concessions for positive impact”, says UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia

Published in Friday May 11th, 2012 In News

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Mr. Surya P. Subedi, urged the Royal Government of Cambodia to act with more transparency when granting and managing economic and other land concessions, exercise more oversight over business enterprises involved with concessions, and make the process more inclusive for the individuals and communities affected.

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