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Kenya: Get to Know Your Rights, Dwellers of Slums Told

Published in Wednesday May 2nd, 2012 In Social movement news

April 27, 2012 Amnesty International yesterday challenged slum dwellers to be aware of their human rights in order to fight aggressions meted on them including evictions. Amnesty International campaign officer Naomi Barasa said lack of awareness by slum dwellers on their rights is greatly contributing to numerous violations. She added that if slum dwellers are […]

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Pa. homeless camp eviction deadline pushed back (USA)

Published in Wednesday May 2nd, 2012 In In the media

May 2nd, 2012 The eviction of a group of about 20 homeless people from a suburban Philadelphia camp has been pushed back to next week. Residents of a homeless enclave near a hospital in Bristol, Bucks County had been ordered to leave by Tuesday, but the deadline has been pushed back to May 7. After […]

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Vietnam detains 20 following mass land eviction

Published in Wednesday April 25th, 2012 In In the media

April 25th, 2012 Authorities in northern Vietnam have detained 20 people after thousands of police evicted farmers from their land to make way for a satellite city, witnesses and state media said Wednesday. More than 1,000 villagers were overpowered by some 3,000 police and militiamen, many of them in full riot gear, during Tuesday’s incident, […]

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EU condemns Palestinians’ eviction in east Jerusalem

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

The European Union missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah condemned on Saturday the recent eviction of a Palestinian family from its east Jerusalem home, ahead of its inhabitation by Jewish settlers.

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Ramaphatle villagers escape eviction (Botswana)

Published in Thursday April 19th, 2012 In In the media

April 19th, 2012 Councillor Ofentse Mafoko informed the villagers, who had gathered at the Mmankgodi Kgotla, that they would no longer be evicted from their village because the land board had agreed to give them residential certificates. “The land board has decided that you be given residential plot certificates except in the case of five […]

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UN envoy condemns eviction of Palestinian families from East Jerusalem homes

Published in Wednesday April 18th, 2012 In In the media

April 18th, 2012 A senior United Nations official has condemned the eviction today of two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem and called for an end to such violations of international law.The eviction today follows a court case brought against the families by an Israeli association, according to a news release issued by […]

Evictions on the rise in the City (USA)

Published in Tuesday April 17th, 2012 In In the media

April 16, 2012 Eviction rates increased in all boroughs except Manhattan in 2011, but nowhere was the problem as bad as in the Bronx. There were 10,140 evictions carried out in the Bronx in 2011, a 17 percent increase over the prior year, according to data from city marshal reports. Citywide, evictions rose 7 percent […]

Cambodia: demolition of houses in Borei Keila

Published in Monday April 16th, 2012 In In the media

February 9, 2012 by Sopheap Chak The problem of forced evictions is turning for the worse in Cambodia while citizen dissatisfaction over existing resettlement schemes is also rising. While land grabbing is a nationwide problem, it’s most evident in the urban areas. In fact, residents of Monivong Hospital, Sombok Chap, Dey Kraham, Group 78, Borei Keila, […]

Korail slum eviction in Dhaka: notes from the field

Published in Monday April 9th, 2012 In Social movement news

April 9th, 2012 By Venita Subramanian and Maria A. May, BRAC’s Social Innovation Lab On April 4, one of the largest forceful slum evictions in Bangladesh’s history took place in Dhaka’s Korail bustee. Households and shops within twenty meters of the road were bulldozed, with approximately 2,000 structures affected.  Homes lay in complete ruin, while […]

Dying in defense of land in Mexico

Published in Monday April 9th, 2012 In In the media

April 6th, 2012 by Maria Sanchez Tucked between sand dunes and the Pacific Ocean, perched on a small hill, is Xayakalan, home to members of the indigenous community, Santa Maria Ostula. Here, the sound of waves hitting the shore mixes with the cries of children playing among the wooden huts. Against this beautiful backdrop, a […]