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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 […]
Published in Wednesday May 9th, 2012
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Police and security guards beat two Vietnamese state radio reporters who were watching them evict farmers from their land to make way for a privately built housing development. More than 1,000 villagers were overpowered by some 3,000 police and militiamen, many of them in full riot gear, during the eviction on April 24 in Hung Yen province, according to witnesses.
May 7, 2012 PUBLIC housing may be financed by securities, bonds or private public partnerships under a radical overhaul being considered by the state. Victoria’s $17.8 billion public housing portfolio is falling deeper into operational debt and will have exhausted all its cash reserves by the end of this year. In response, the state government […]
Published in Wednesday May 2nd, 2012
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April 29, 2012 Describing the eviction of people from slums in Nonadanga in the eastern part of the city as a “tragedy and great crime”, human rights activist Binayak Sen Sunday accused the West Bengal government of being inhuman. “It (eviction) is a great tragedy and a great crime committed. It is really inhumane on […]
Published in Wednesday May 2nd, 2012
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May 1st, 2012 About a dozen women who stripped down to their underwear were among 100 protesters outside Cambodia’s National Assembly on Tuesday demanding land titles they said they were promised after being evicted from their homes. The protesters said they had been residents of Phnom Penh’s Boueng Kak lake area whose land was awarded […]
Published in Friday April 27th, 2012
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April 26, 2012 The Beijing Star Brand Building Materials West Factory has been demolished, and in its place is a construction pit crawling with dump trucks as cranes tower above. This is the future home of the Taiheyuan Affordable Housing Project, which will have grocery stores, restaurants, and 2,400 apartments for factory hands and other […]
Published in Wednesday April 25th, 2012
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April 25th, 2012 Authorities in northern Vietnam have detained 20 people after thousands of police evicted farmers from their land to make way for a satellite city, witnesses and state media said Wednesday. More than 1,000 villagers were overpowered by some 3,000 police and militiamen, many of them in full riot gear, during Tuesday’s incident, […]
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Published in Monday April 16th, 2012
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February 9, 2012 by Sopheap Chak The problem of forced evictions is turning for the worse in Cambodia while citizen dissatisfaction over existing resettlement schemes is also rising. While land grabbing is a nationwide problem, it’s most evident in the urban areas. In fact, residents of Monivong Hospital, Sombok Chap, Dey Kraham, Group 78, Borei Keila, […]
Published in Wednesday April 11th, 2012
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April 10th, 2012 by Josh Chin, with contributions from Olivia Geng A disabled former lawyer who has clashed repeatedly with authorities while assisting people illegally evicted from their homes was sentenced on Tuesday to two years and eight months in prison for fraud and “creating a disturbance,” her attorney said. The sentence marks the latest sign […]
