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Inner Mongolia: ‘We Strongly Demand The Return Of Our Sacred Land’

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

October 10, 2012 Herders from Inner Mongolia, who rely on grazing herds to make a living, were protesting the “illegal leasing” of land by local government officials to large corporations. According to a previous report by the SMHRIC, the Chinese government is currently in the process of forcing three ethnic minority groups to abandon the […]

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Brazil’s indigenous fight for their land

Published in Monday October 29th, 2012 In In the media

October 28, 2012 In an open letter, the indigenous Guarani-Kaiowa tribe of Brazil has asked for their collective death in order to avoid expulsion from their land. They are up against the agriculture lobby and facing an uphill battle. Members of the Guarani-Kaiowa, Brazil’s second largest indigenous group, wrote an to the government, stating they […]

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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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Food Security Linked to Land Reform in South Africa

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

October 23rd, 2012 Government cannot talk about improving food security without referring to land reform, President Jacob Zuma told members of the African Farmers Association of South Africa (AFASA) at a gala dinner on Monday. “In 2009, we made a commitment to transfer 30 percent of the 82 million hectares of agricultural land which was […]

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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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Farmer Resists Eviction in Zimbabwe

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

October 23rd, 2012 A Beatrice farmer is resisting eviction from State land claiming that he was re-allocated the piece of land under the land reform programme. This has prompted A2 farmer Mr Aaron Madziva to approach the High Court seeking to evict Mr Gerald Douglas Davidson from Xekene Farm on the strength of an offer […]

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Land Reforms Boost Women Rights in Rwanda

Published in Monday October 22nd, 2012 In In the media

Rwanda’s land reforms have allowed the public to safeguard their rights on land which has significantly improved livelihoods among communities, according to the 2012 ActionAid report. The report, titled ‘Lay of the Land Improving Land Governance to Stop Land Grabs’, is a result of a survey that covered 24 countries worldwide.

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Women Want to Own Land in Kenya

Published in Monday October 22nd, 2012 In In the media

October 18, 2012 WOMEN in Kakamega want to own land as a way of fighting poverty. Kakamega county small farmers chairlady Jane Sayo said mothers carry the burden of feeding the family and should therefore be trusted with land management. Speaking yesterday at Khwisero during the World Food Day celebrations Sayo said the county’s poverty […]

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Giving Women Land, Giving Them a Future, in Cameroon

Published in Thursday October 18th, 2012 In In the media

October 16, 2012 Clarisse Kimbi barely ekes out a living from a tiny parcel of land in Kom village in the North West Region of Cameroon. Today, the mother of six finds it hard to put food on the table for herself and her children. But five years ago she, her husband and children were […]

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