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500K Rural Tibetans Sent to Labor Camps in 2020 |
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By: Helen Davidson, The Guardian and agencies |
| 23 September 2020 |
In 2019 and 2020, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) introduced new policies to promote the systematic, centralized, and large-scale training and transfer of “rural surplus laborers” to other parts of the TAR, as well as to other provinces of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In the first 7 months
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Zimbabwe: Evicted Villagers’ Living Hell |
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By: Tatenda Chitagu, The Standard |
| 22 September 2020 |
Evicted Lowveld villagers endure two months of hell
By the roadside in the scorching Lowveld heat, a group of women and children sit under a tree, their few belongings scattered all over the place.
Two women have just finished preparing a very small meal of sadza and cow peas, hardly enough to
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CSOs Urge UNGA to End Apartheid in Palestine |
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| 22 September 2020 |
Global Response to Israeli Apartheid: A Call to the UNGA
Apartheid is a crime against humanity, giving rise to individual criminal responsibility and State responsibility to bring the illegal situation to an end. In May 2020, a large number of Palestinian civil society organisations called on all States to adopt “effective countermeasures,
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Innovations in Land Administration |
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By: Zoe Tabary, Thomas Reuter Foundation |
| 18 September 2020 |
From Indonesia to Puerto Rico, communities are using open source tools to help contain the coronavirus by mapping handwashing stations and those at risk.
The pandemic has underlined the importance of maps, that remain inaccurate and incomplete in many parts of the world, leaving more than one billion people “invisible,” activists
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Western Sahara: Laureates Appeal to UNSG |
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By: Right Livelihood Award Laureates |
| 18 September 2020 |
Open Letter to the United Nations Secretary General
In solidarity with Sahrawi human rights activist and 2019 Right Livelihood Laureate Aminatou Haidar, twenty-two Right Livelihood Laureates have sent an open letter today to the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres ahead of his report to the Security Council.
Mr. António Guterres
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Jerusalem Court Orders Palestinians Forfeit Homes |
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By: Nir Hasson, Haaretz |
| 15 September 2020 |
Court Orders Dozens of Palestinians Out of Jerusalem Homes to Make Way for Settlers
Judges base evacuation orders in two cases on claims to Jewish ownership of property from before 1948, which the law permits for Jews only
A Jerusalem court ordered last week, in two separate cases, the eviction of dozens
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Palestine: Holy Sites Crumble under Israeli Rule |
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By: Irit Segoli, +972 Magazine |
| 11 September 2020 |
Israeli land grabs are preventing Palestinians from accessing Muslim shrines in the West Bank, with some falling into ruin or being deliberately destroyed.
Israel’s takeover of the mountain ranges and hills throughout the occupied West Bank has not spared sacred places of worship for Palestinian Muslims. According to a new report
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Zim: Divorce Law Spurs Women`s Rights Struggle |
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By: Lungelo Ndhlovu, Thomson Reuters Foundation |
| 11 September 2020 |
Zimbabwe divorce law spurs women`s fight for property
The law rejects the traditional thinking that only financial contributions count when splitting property, its supporters say
BULAWAYO—When Smangele Tshuma got divorced after five years of marriage, her in-laws forced her out of the home that she had been living in with her husband
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Greece: Moria Camp Blaze, 13K Homeless |
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By: Jean Mackenzie, BBC News |
| 10 September 2020 |
Moria migrants: Fire destroys Greek camp leaving 13,000 without shelter
The BBC`s Jean Mackenzie spent time speaking to people at the camp just six months ago and reflects on her experiences there
Fires have destroyed Greece`s largest migrant camp, an overcrowded facility on the island of Lesbos, leaving nearly 13,000 people without
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Guatemala: Denouncing Land Defender Murders |
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By: HIC-HLRN |
| 09 September 2020 |
So far in 2020, four farmer leaders have been murdered, and another one is missing. The organization also denounced the extrajudicial eviction of indigenous communities.
Guatemala`s government withdrew several institutions that enforced and veiled over land rights, such as the Secretariat for Agrarian Affairs (SAA), the Presidential Commission for the Coordination
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Brazil: Largo de São Francisco Eviction amid COVID |
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By: Jaqueline Suarez, RioOnWatch |
| 09 September 2020 |
Families that Took Shelter from Pandemic in Central Rio Occupation Evicted
The pile of furniture on the sidewalk started to form around 8:30am, when the Military Police arrived to carry out a repossession of a second floor space near Largo de São Francisco, in Rio de Janeiro’s downtown Centro. While families
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US War on Terror Displaced 37 million+ |
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By: John Ismay, The New York Times Magazine |
| 08 September 2020 |
A new report calculates the number of people who fled because of wars fought by the United States since
At least 37 million people have been displaced as a direct result of the wars fought by the United States since Sept. 11, 2001, according to a new report from Brown
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Lebanon: World Bank Ends Bisri Dam Project |
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By: Reuters/Arab News/The New York Times |
| 05 September 2020 |
This entry combines the Reuters/Arab News report on 05 September of the World Bank’s official announcement and The New York Times article of 02 September 2020 providing background. At the end of the entry, please find the link to the World Bank’s 04 September factsheet of questions and answers.
World
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Indonesia: Mapping Policy Losses |
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By: A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta Post |
| 04 September 2020 |
Concerns of transparency, inclusivity raised as One Map nears completion
Jakarta—Indonesia`s highly anticipated One Map Policy is inching toward completion with most datasets successfully compiled by the government, but observers are wary of the project`s lack of transparency and inclusiveness and whether the rights of indigenous communities are honored.
Initiated in
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USA: Eviction-Public health-Election |
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By: Jacob Passy, Market Watch |
| 02 September 2020 |
Renters in U.S. cannot be evicted through the end of the year due to coronavirus, CDC order states
Unpublished order provides declaration for renters to sign stating they are unable to pay rent, have sought government assistance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is implementing a temporary eviction moratorium through the
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Farmers’ Panel Decries Eviction of Growers |
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By: Dawn |
| 01 September 2020 |
LAHORE: The Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee has criticised ‘forced’ eviction of peasants from the federal government’s Jaranwala lands.
In a statement issued here on Wednesday, a PKRC office-bearer said many peasants, including women and children, have been injured in the police operation continuing for the last three days to evict the
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Court to Cape Town: “redress apartheid legacy” |
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By: Murray Williams, news24 |
| 31 August 2020 |
High Court sets aside R135m Sea Point school sale, frees land to address apartheid legacy
· The Tafelberg school property case has been running for five years.
· Finally, the High Court has ruled, upholding the legal challenge by two not-for-profit organisations.
· The sale of the land has now been reversed – much to
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Kenya: New Alternative Justice System Policy |
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By: Moses Muoki, Capital News |
| 28 August 2020 |
Maraga Launches Alternative Justice System to Reduce Case Backlog
NAIROBI—Chief Justice David Maraga has launched the Alternative Justice System (AJS) Policy which is aimed at enhancing access to justice and supporting expeditious delivery of justice to citizens.
Speaking at the Supreme Court on Thursday when he presided over the launch of the
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Land Reform Leads to Eviction |
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By: Anna Majavu, Newfarm.com |
| 25 August 2020 |
An 88-year-old woman has been threatened with the culturally taboo removal of her family’s ancestral graves after being evicted from the farm she worked on for decades.
ight decades of hard labour on a white-owned commercial farm did not pay off for an elderly Eastern Cape woman, who was promptly evicted
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Palestine: Join Al-Haq Law School Program (10/2020) |
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By: Al Haq |
| 24 August 2020 |
Al-Haq International Law School Program, 12–22 October 2020
The Al-Haq Center for Applied International Law is pleased to announce its Sixth International Law Summer School Program for professionals, legal researchers, post-graduates and academics in the fields of international law and human rights.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing uncertainty around international
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