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Syrian Families Living Outside Turkish Refugee Camps Face Tough Conditions

Published in Thursday May 22nd, 2014 In In the media

Today, Ali lives with his extended family in a cramped, one-story building in this remote suburb of Antakya, where he struggles to find enough money to feed his family, and often fails to make rent.

Countries and organizations address the reports presented at the Human Rights Council

Published in Wednesday March 19th, 2014 In News on the Rapporteurs

Read the statements of the 32 countries and 6 organizations that addressed the reports’ presentation.

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!

Major Sporting Events and Human Rights: Host nations and cities, sports organising bodies and companies must move faster, aim higher, and show stronger resolve

Published in Thursday February 6th, 2014 In Social movement news

As the 2014 Winter Olympic Games get underway this weekend in Sochi, debates continue to intensify around the responsibilities of host nations, sports governing bodies and corporate sponsors all involved in planning and implementing major sporting events.

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“Deprival of food, water, shelter and medical care – a method of war in Syria, and a crime against humanity”

Published in Thursday February 6th, 2014 In News on the Rapporteurs

A group of United Nations independent experts urged all parties to the Syrian conflict to stop the use of civilian suffering as a method of war.

Evictions taint Turkey’s murky megaprojects

Published in Tuesday February 4th, 2014 In In the media

“Officials promised us, ‘everybody will benefit from these projects. You’ll be well compensated when we buy your land,'” the 34-year-old mother of three recalls. Four years later, however, Demircan’s family is instead being evicted from their home.

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Review of the Rapporteur’s Activities in 2013 – Newsletter #42

Published in Wednesday January 22nd, 2014

Read the review of the Rapporteur’s activities in 2013, with all the reports presented, the missions and working visits conducted and the consultations on security of tenure held.

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Syria conflict: Refugees facing eviction

Published in Wednesday January 22nd, 2014

As the war in Syria enters its fourth year, nearly two and a half million Syrians have fled the country – with almost one million heading to Lebanon. But the burden is growing on both the refugees and those who have taken them in, and now some displaced Syrians are being evicted as aid money fails to make it to landlords. Click here to what the video.

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Projects Under Scrutiny Displace Istanbul’s Poor

Published in Monday January 6th, 2014 In In the media

On the narrow streets that slope from one of Istanbul’s hills toward the shoreline of the Golden Horn waterway, old wooden houses where military officers of the Ottoman Empire lived are being painstakingly refurbished to their original design. Before the officers arrived, the area, which includes the city’s biggest mosque, was for centuries a center of Islamic scholarship.

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Roma Lose in Urban Development In Turkey

Published in Friday September 27th, 2013 In Opinion

One day in the future, the Roma may be telling a story like this: “All of a sudden, the white man in Turkey came along, holding a law called ‘urban transformation.’ When we opened our eyes, our homes had disappeared and the white man’s plazas were rising in their place.”

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