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Rapporteur sends nine communications during the 2nd semester of 2013

Published in Friday March 14th, 2014 In Dialogue with countries

During the second semester of 2013, Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik sent nine communications and received seven country responses. Find out more!

Check all the communications sent during the first semester of 2013

Published in Tuesday October 8th, 2013 In Dialogue with countries

Read the communications sent by the Rapporteur and the responses sent by countries.

High time for justice in Badia East

Published in Tuesday August 13th, 2013 In Social movement news

The Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) and Amnesty International have published a joint report on the February 23, 2013 mass forced eviction of at least 9,000 persons from the Oke-Ilu-Eri and Ajeromi villages of Badia East, Lagos. Building on SERAC’s longstanding engagement with the affected community, the report marshals evidence given by victims, Lagos State Government officials, and other witnesses.

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If you love your life, move out! Forced eviction in Badia East, Lagos State, Nigeria

Published in Tuesday August 13th, 2013

In February 2013, hundreds of homes and business premises in the informal settlement of Badia East were demolished, devastating the lives of 9,000 people. Residents maintain they were given no notice of the eviction. Nearly six months on, there has been no government support following the loss of their homes and livelihoods, and the overwhelming majority are unable to rent or obtain alternative housing.

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9,000 hit by forced evictions in Nigeria

Published in Monday August 12th, 2013 In In the media

Forced evictions in Nigeria’s largest city Lagos have cost around 9,000 people their homes or livelihoods, Amnesty International and a local rights group said in a report. Tens of thousands more could be at risk if the government proceeds with plans to redevelop the slum area of Badia East, said the report, issued jointly with the Social and Economic Rights Action Centre (SERAC).

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Lagos state government must stop wave of devastating forced evictions

Published in Monday August 12th, 2013 In Social movement news

It is estimated that close to 9,000 residents of Badia East lost their homes or livelihoods. However senior officials in the Lagos state government had claimed that the area was a rubbish dump.

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Slum upgrade: Experts call for more stakeholders participation

Published in Monday May 27th, 2013 In In the media

Urban renewal or slum upgrade has for sometime been a major preoccupation of the Lagos State Government as part of the process of making the state a mega city of repute.

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Special Rapporteur sends 19 communications during the second semester of 2012

Published in Tuesday April 30th, 2013 In Dialogue with countries

Check the communications sent by the Special Rapporteurs, as well as the answers received from the Member States, referring to the second half of 2012.

Communities at war over land disputes in Nigeria

Published in Monday March 18th, 2013 In In the media

Two communities have been at war for over five decades over a farmland between the them with the crisis claiming several lives and several others injured. Since the recent hostilities in the area, lives have been lost while several properties worth billions of naira have been destroyed. Early this year, about 13 Adadama people, both men and women including children were reportedly murdered, while some had their heads cut off as a result of the farmland dispute.

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Stop all forced evictions in Badia East, Lagos (Nigeria)

Published in Thursday March 14th, 2013 In Mobilisation and agenda

As we speak hundreds of people are being forcibly evicted from their homes in Badia East Lagos, Nigeria. Thousands more families are at risk of eviction. Take action and tell the Lagos state governor to stop the evictions now. Click here to help!