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Land Grabbing Continues Apace in Namibia

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

October 17, 2012 Residents of the Onayena Constituency in the Oshikoto Region are concerned that some people have started fencing off swathes of land, even though they are not cultivating it. Concerned traditional leaders briefed the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Loide Kasingo, during her recent familiarisation visit to the Oshikoto Region. They suggested […]

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Land Grabs Leave Tribes Hungry on World Food Day in Ethiopia

Published in Tuesday October 16th, 2012 In In the media

October 15, 2012 Violent land grabs in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley are displacing tribes and preventing them from cultivating their land, leaving thousands of people hungry and ‘waiting to die’. As the world prepares to raise awareness of the issues behind poverty and hunger on October 16 (World Food Day), Ethiopia continues to jeopardize the […]

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Serious and systematic violations of land and housing rights continue in Cambodia

Published in Monday October 15th, 2012 In Social movement news

October 12, 2012 The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) released today a seven-page briefing note entitled “Cambodia: A Mounting Human Rights Crisis”. The briefing note warns that the violations of land and housing rights are “on-going, serious and systematic,” and that the use of judicial and extra-judicial means to harass, intimidate and criminalise activists […]

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World Bank Rejects Call to Halt Land Deals in Africa

Published in Monday October 8th, 2012 In In the media

October 5, 2012 The World Bank has rejected a call to suspend its involvement in large scale agricultural land acquisition following the release of a major report by the international aid agency Oxfam on the negative impact of international land speculation in developing countries. “We share the concerns Oxfam raised in their report,” the bank […]

African land grabs are ‘out of control’

Published in Friday October 5th, 2012 In In the media

October 04, 2012 Oxfam called on the World Bank to stop aiding foreign investors, including the oil-rich Persian Gulf monarchies, buying up vast tracts of farmland in Africa. The Oxfam charity has called on the World Bank to stop aiding foreign investors, including oil-rich Persian Gulf monarchies that can’t grow their own food, buying up […]

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Tokludede Düşleri / Dreams of Tokludede

Published in Wednesday September 26th, 2012

Tokludede district in Istanbul, Turkey, is suffering from urban regeneration projects that are maintained across different parts of city. The area is one of the most important part of the city because of its historical and architectural background. People living here are exposed to forced eviction and they have no economic power to move their houses.

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In India, fear of eviction haunts 6,000 people in reserve forest

Published in Monday September 17th, 2012 In In the media

September 16, 2012 The Karnataka High Court has given them time till December-end to vacate A recent Karnataka High Court order has given 6,000 people time till December-end to vacate their land. The order, issued in April, came after the Forest Department declared 6,777 acres of the Thotadur Gram Panchayat a reserve forest. The impending […]

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134 Families Face Forced Displacement in Zambia

Published in Thursday August 30th, 2012 In In the media

August 29, 2012 OVER 134 families in Nsamba area in Chief Kanyeshya’s chiefdom in Mkushi District are facing possible destitution after their traditional leader allegedly sold 1, 900 hectares of their land to an investor. According to Chief Kanyeshya’s adviser, Maxwell Katenta, Chief Kanyeshya allegedly sold the land to Capital Fisheries, displacing over 134 families […]

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In Kenya, it’s necessary to protect the poor against land grabbers

Published in Friday August 24th, 2012 In In the media

August 23rd, 2012 Manyatta MP Emilio Kathuri yesterday asked Embu courts to protect the poor against rich people who have been grabbing their pieces land. Kathuri said it has become a common occurrence in Embu for the wealthy to irregularly acquire land belonging to the poor. He lamented that when the matters move to the […]

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United States: UN expert calls for consultations with indigenous peoples over private land sale in Black Hills, South Dakota

Published in Thursday August 23rd, 2012 In News on the Rapporteurs

August 22nd, 2012 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, urged today the United States Government and the local and state authorities in South Dakota to address concerns expressed by the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota peoples about an impending private land sale in the Black Hills region of the […]

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