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Typhoon Bolaven buffets South Korean coast

Published in Wednesday August 29th, 2012 In In the media

August 28, 2012 A strong typhoon pounded the Korean peninsula on Tuesday. At least eight people were killed and 10 hurt in South Korea as the storm barrelled toward already flood-ravaged North Korea. The storm, named Bolaven, buffeted the west coast of South Korea with winds of up to 170 kilometers (106 miles) per hour, […]

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Iran’s top leader urges for reconstruction of quake-stricken region

Published in Thursday August 16th, 2012 In In the media

August 16, 2012 Iran’s top leader is urging the reconstruction of the northwestern region hit by deadly twin earthquakes last weekend. State TV showed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei visiting the ruins of a village on Thursday that was heavily damaged by the quakes. Khamenei told a gathering of village residents that the area could have […]

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Czech Republic: Roma families at imminent risk of forced eviction

Published in Monday August 6th, 2012 In Social movement news

August 3rd, 2012 Dozens of Roma families living in rental accommodation in the north-eastern Czech town of Ostrava face being forcibly evicted over the weekend, Amnesty International and European Roma Rights Centre said as they requested local authorities to explore all feasible alternatives first. On Friday morning the head of Ostrava’s construction office delivered an eviction […]

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Roma refuse to leave their Ostrava homes in Czech Republic

Published in Monday August 6th, 2012 In In the media

August 5, 2012 Around 140 people, primarily Czech Romanies, still remain in the shanty town Prednadrazi in Ostrava-Privoz they were ordered to leave by the planning and building authority yesterday. There are many children among the people. Locals are trying to partly repair the houses and they want the office to change its decision, local […]

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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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North Korea Floods: Dozens Killed, Thousands Homeless After Torrential Rains

Published in Monday July 30th, 2012 In In the media

July 28, 2012 Severe flooding across North Korea has killed 88 people and left tens of thousands homeless, state media reported late on Saturday, threatening to make the poverty-stricken country’s already chronic food shortage still worse. The floods caused by torrential rains and a typhoon this month caused “big human and material losses”, North Korea’s […]

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Romania Walls In Its Roma

Published in Monday July 23rd, 2012 In In the media

July 20, 2012 The Roma are the largest ethnic minority in the European Union. And most live as second class citizens, in abject poverty. In the Romanian town of Baia Mare, a mayor has come up with a radical solution – he’s rehousing families in dilapidated communist-era offices and building a wall that closes them […]

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Special Rapporteur concludes mission to Rwanda and presents her preliminary findings – Newsletter # 23

Published in Tuesday July 17th, 2012


On July 13, the Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik concluded her official mission to Rwanda, in Africa. She visited the country at the invitation of Rwanda Government and, at the occasion, met with members of the government and parliament, NGOs and scholars, and visited cities and villages in the rural area. At the end of her nine days visiting the country, the Rapporteur presented her preliminary findings at a press conference. Before the mission, from June 30 to July 1st, she made use of a stop in Saint Petersburg to meet with representatives of the Russian civil society to discuss the housing situation in the city.

Rapporteur’s visit to Saint Petersburg

Published in Friday July 13th, 2012 In News

UN Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik made use of her stop in Saint Petersburg, on June 30 and July 1st, 2012, to meet representatives of the Russian civil society and learn about the housing situation in the city.

Check the photos of the visit to Saint Petersburg, Russia

Published in Tuesday July 3rd, 2012

Check the photos of the working visit of the Special Raporteur to the Right to Housing, Raquel Rolnik, to Saint Petersburg, Russia, on June 30 and July 1st.