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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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Romanian authorities leave 15 Roma families homeless and many more at risk

Published in Thursday August 8th, 2013 In Social movement news

The Romanian authorities must immediately halt all forced evictions and provide those Romani families who were recently forced out of their homes with alternative housing, Amnesty International said after 15 families (at least 60 people) were left homeless in the city of Baia Mare yesterday.

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The Price of Steel: Human Rights and Forced Evictions in the POSCO-India Project

Published in Tuesday July 30th, 2013

The Price of Steel: Human Rights and Forced Evictions in the POSCO-India Project documents the human rights abuses being carried out to facilitate the establishment of the POSCO-India project, and the associated illegal seizures of land which threaten to forcibly displace as many as 22,000 people in India’s eastern state of Odisha.

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World Bank Board approves investigation into allegations of bankrolling human rights abuses in Ethiopia

Published in Friday July 19th, 2013 In Social movement news

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a full investigation into whether the Bank has breached its policies in Ethiopia and contributed to a government program of forced population transfers known as ‘villagization.’

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Ethiopians Demand Accountability from World Bank for Contributing to Grave Human Rights Abuses

Published in Friday July 19th, 2013 In Social movement news

IDI has assisted Anuak indigenous people from Ethiopia’s Gambella region to submit a complaint to the World Bank Inspection Panel implicating the Bank in grave human rights abuses perpetrated by the Ethiopian Government.

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Nepal: High Voltage Power Line

Published in Tuesday July 16th, 2013

Accountability Counsel filed a complaint on July 10, 2013, on behalf of communities in the Sindhuli District of Nepal, raising concerns about human rights violations associated with construction of a high voltage transmission line funded by the World Bank.

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After Protests, Forums Sprout in Turkey’s Parks

Published in Wednesday July 10th, 2013 In In the media

The recent antigovernment riots, which began with a sit-in at an Istanbul park scheduled for demolition and grew to encompass the grievances of millions of Turks disillusioned with their government, have largely faded after an intense crackdown about three weeks ago. Now, Turkey’s parks have become safe places to gather and speak freely, with people arriving each evening in dozens of parks nationwide to discuss what happens next.

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The Price of Steel: Human Rights and Forced Evictions in the POSCO-India Project

Published in Tuesday July 2nd, 2013

Worth approximately US$12 billion, the POSCO-India project represents the largest single foreign direct investment in India to date, and will require more than 12,000 acres of land, including approximately 4,000 acres for an integrated steel plant and captive port in an area that is home to forest-dwelling communities and a vibrant and sustainable local economy centered around betel leaf cultivation. For the past eight years, affected communities—including betel leaf farmers, fisherfolk, and Dalits—have effectively stalled the project and resisted their forcible evictions from lands they have cultivated for generations.

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