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Vietnamese Farmers Sentenced to Prison for Resisting Eviction From Their Land

Published in Monday April 8th, 2013 In In the media

A court sentenced a family of four Vietnamese fish farmers to prison terms of two to five years on Friday after finding them guilty of attempted murder for fighting back against a state eviction squad with homemade guns and land mines last year.

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Check our special newsletter on the Security of Tenure Project – Newsletter #33

Published in Thursday April 4th, 2013

In our special newsletter, the Special Rapporteur publicizes the security of tenure report presented to the Human Rights Council in March, as well as the activities scheduled for this semester.

Security of tenure: collaborate with the debate! Send us documents, articles, reports, information about practices for recognition and promotion of security of tenure for urban poor in your country!

Published in Monday April 1st, 2013

This questionnaire is designed primarily to obtain information for the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing’s ongoing study on security of tenure for urban poor and the most vulnerable, including questions related to informal settlements.

India’s Slumdog census reveals poor conditions for one in six urban dwellers

Published in Monday March 25th, 2013 In In the media

Nearly 64 million Indians live in a degrading urban environment.

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Myanmar’s ‘worrying’ transition

Published in Monday March 18th, 2013 In Opinion

Myanmar’s icon of democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, has let down people protesting for land rights, saying she wasn’t in politics for popularity. Scott Leckie, director of the Switzerland-based NGO Displacement Solutions, has worked on Myanmar’s human rights issues for more than 25 years and tells DW about the country’s concerning developments.

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Press briefing notes: Hungary, Thailand/Rohingyas and Kenya

Published in Friday March 15th, 2013 In In the media

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 15 March 2013 1) Hungary We are concerned about the swift adoption of the most recent amendment to the Fundamental Law (Constitution) by the Hungarian Parliament on 11 March 2013. The amendment was passed without proper public discussion on issues that […]

Cambodian Police Beat Eviction Protesters

Published in Wednesday March 13th, 2013 In In the media

Cambodian police beat demonstrators who marched to the prime minister’s house Wednesday to protest being evicted from their homes, a confrontation that highlights how contentious the issue of land grabbing is this election year.

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Japan commemorates 2011 great temblor amid slow reconstruction

Published in Tuesday March 12th, 2013 In In the media

Japan on Monday commemorated the second anniversary of 2011 devastated earthquake and tsunami which destroyed the country’s northeast region, while reconstruction programs in the disaster-hit regions are slow and face serious difficulties.
In the National Theatre in central Tokyo, the government held a memorial ceremony Monday afternoon, with attendance of Emperor Akihito, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and people who lost their families in the catastrophe.

Thousands protest in Japan on eve of Fukushima nuclear disaster anniversary

Published in Monday March 11th, 2013 In In the media

Thousands of anti-nuclear protesters have gathered across Japan. The rallies come on the eve of the two-year anniversary of an earthquake and tsunami that caused the Fukushima disaster.
Tens of thousands of people converged on central Tokyo’s Hibiya Park Sunday in opposition to nuclear power. Activists and scholars gave talks and musicians performed before sign-carrying crowds that marched through the government district of Kasumigaseki to parliament.

Some Fukushima evacuees won’t go home

Published in Monday March 11th, 2013 In In the media

Two years after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, many of the inhabitants of affected areas are reluctant to return despite expensive decontamination efforts. An earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, 20 kilometers away. There were explosions in several reactors and a blanket of radioactive particles settled over the region like an invisible cloak. After farming the land here for generations, the inhabitants of the valley were forced to evacuate the region.

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