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Tent camp evictions on the rise in Haiti

Published in Wednesday November 14th, 2012 In In the media

After the 2010 earthquake, 1.5 million Haitians were forced to live in makeshift tents. Almost three years later, these displaced Haitians are facing a new threat – eviction by alleged landowners and government officials. More than 360,000 people still live in tent camps, according to estimates by the Internal Organization for Migration (IOM). But Haitians who say they own the land these tent camps sit on argue that they should get their land back. And in many cases, the local government authorities are supporting the landowners’ cause. Click here to watch the video.

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Bulldozers clear the way in Russia’s Olympics showcase

Published in Tuesday November 6th, 2012 In In the media

November 05, 2012 The workers arrived at Sergei Khlystov’s gate on a Friday evening to bulldoze his home and clear a path for sewage pipes to the Olympic village being built in the Russian city of Sochi. Khlystov and his 33-year-old son-in-law, Maxim Samokhval, at first tried to block the bulldozers but then stood aside and […]

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Villagers face imminent forced eviction at a dam site in Manipur, India

Published in Tuesday November 6th, 2012 In Social movement news

November 1st, 2012 The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Mapithel Dam Affected Villagers Organisation and the Committee on the Protection of Natural Resources in Manipur that the villagers of Riha, Thawai, Lamlai Khullen, Chadong along the Thoubal River in Ukhrul district, Manipur are likely to be evicted by force to […]

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Construction and Forced Evictions Mark Olympic Showcase in Russia

Published in Monday November 5th, 2012 In In the media

Hotels, sports facilities and general improvements are under construction in the city, and work is going on in the mountains above Sochi where other events will be held. This means upheaval for some residents. The cost of resettling 1,500 families in the path of the bulldozers has been borne by the government of the relatively wealthy Krasnodar region in which Sochi lies.

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Guarani-Kaiowa Land Dispute: Brazil Judge Suspends Eviction Of Indians

Published in Thursday November 1st, 2012 In In the media

A judge has suspended an order to evict 170 Indians from a plot in southwestern Brazil they say is ancestral land. Federal judge Cecilia Mello says the Guarani-Kaiowa Indians can remain on the 2.5-acre (1 hectare) plot they occupied about 10 years ago until authorities decide if they or ranchers are the rightful owners.

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No more excuses for EU inaction on Cambodian exports tainted by land grabbing

Published in Thursday November 1st, 2012 In Social movement news

October 30, 2012 The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) welcomes the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 26 October which calls on the European Commission to “investigate the escalation of human rights abuses in Cambodia.” The resolution points to the cause of this escalation being clearly tied to economic land concessions or land […]

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The Brazilian government must immediately suspend the eviction of indigenous community

Published in Monday October 29th, 2012 In Social movement news

October 26, 2012 The Brazilian authorities must immediately suspend a court order to evict 170 Guarani–Kaiowá indigenous people from a portion of their ancestral lands, Amnesty International said after the community pledged to die together rather than be forced off their territory. Some 170 people – including 70 children – from the Pyelito Kue/Mbarakay community […]

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“Nerede yaşarsan yaşa!”/”Don’t care where you live!”

Published in Thursday October 25th, 2012

In Turkey, the process of ‘Urban Transformation’ has been gaining momentum since the 2000’s. It started with the excuse of protecting the old settlements and cultural heritage areas. Tokludede, an old Ottoman neighborhood in the historical center of Istanbul, is one of about 50 neighborhoods under threat of demolition. After it was declared a renewal area, most of the residents have been forced to leave. Some are still resisting.

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Our Land, Our Future

Published in Wednesday October 24th, 2012 In In the media

October 23rd, 2012 by Mr. Ali D. Kaba Liberia’s total land area is approximately ten million hectares. Liberia currently has one of the highest land concession rates in Africa: almost 40% of our nation’s land has already been promised to foreign investors for logging, palm and rubber plantations, and mining across all fifteen counties. Between […]

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Russia: Halt Forced Eviction for Olympics Road

Published in Wednesday October 24th, 2012 In Social movement news

Human Rights Watch adresses the Russian authorities to stop the impending forced eviction of a Sochi family to make way for road construction ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Human Rights Watch said today. They also claim that International Olympic Committee (IOC) should urgently review the case and insist that the Russian authorities provide the family with fair compensation.

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