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Brazil: Indigenous Protest New Land Law |
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By: Anthony Boadle, editing by Matthew Lewis/Reuters |
| 24 June 2021 |
Police tear gas indigenous protest for land rights in Brazil
BRASILIA, Riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a group of indigenous people protesting on Tuesday outside Brazil`s Congress against a bill lawmakers were about to debate that would undermine recognition of protected reservation lands.
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Special Rapporteurs on adequate housing @ 20 |
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By: OHCHR |
| 22 June 2021 |
Today, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, presents his report to the UN Human Rights Council: “20 years Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing – Tacking stock – moving forward”
The report (A/HRC/47/43) highlights key achievements and contributions of the mandate since its establishment
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Sudanese Women adopt positive Discrimination Principle |
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By: Radio Dabanga |
| 20 June 2021 |
Over 30 associations of displaced women from war zones in the Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile, and Darfur regions have demanded the adoption of the principle of positive discrimination for justice and access to rights, along with fair compensation for injustices and at least 20 per cent representation of women at
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Tanzania: Safari Tourism Evict Maasai en Masse |
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By: Oakland Institute |
| 16 June 2021 |
Thousands of Maasai Face Eviction for Safari Tourism in Tanzania
The threat that “Fortress Conservation” poses to the survival of Indigenous communities around the world is growing. Amidst the daily flood of emails, we wanted to ensure that you didn’t miss our latest report sounding the alarm on massive, planned evictions
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UN to Plumb “root causes” in Israel/Palestine |
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By: HIC-HLRN |
| 27 May 2021 |
The UN Human Rights Council convened a special session on 27 May 2021 to debate and vote (24–9) on a resolution to urgently dispatch an open-ended commission of inquiry in response to the recent events leading to military conflict between Israel and armed groups in the blockaded and besieged Gaza
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Irish Parliament: Israeli Colonies = Annexation |
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By: Cate McCurry and James Ward, Independent |
| 26 May 2021 |
Ireland has become the first EU member state to declare the building of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories as de facto annexationز Ireland became the first EU member state to do so after a Sinn Fein motion received cross-party support in the Dail.
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A Dail motion, tabled by Sinn Fein, was passed
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Israeli Settler Money Trail Found |
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By: Uri Blau / Shomrim, Forward |
| 25 May 2021 |
The money trail behind the Jerusalem eviction battle that sparked the latest Israeli-Palestinian violence, exposed
One of the triggers for the recent conflagration in East Jerusalem, which quickly spread across Israel, was an effort to evict Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
Like so many real-estate cases over the so-called Green Line that
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Palestine: Call for Action |
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By: CIHRS |
| 25 May 2021 |
HRC 30th Special Session: Call on the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution on the grave human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and in Israel
On 27 May 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will hold a Special Session in relation to the
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How Low-income-housing Tax Credits Enrich Private Interests |
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By: Peter J Reilly, Forbes |
| 24 May 2021 |
Low-income Housing Tax Credit Enriching Private Interests At Expense Of Common Good
According to the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, there is no clear rule to the effect that living in the land of the free and the home of the brave gives one a right to housing. Nonetheless, the Federal Government
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Palestine: CSOs Urge States` Diligence in UNHRC |
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By: Various NGOs |
| 21 May 2021 |
Joint letter to Permanent Missions to the UN at Geneva
Regional and international civil society organizations from around the world call on UN Member States to address the escalating and institutionalized Israeli attacks against Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line during the 30th HRC Special Session (Endorsing signatures listed
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Puerto Rico: Still No Relief since Hurricane Maria |
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By: Ivis Garcia, American Bar Association |
| 21 May 2021 |
The Lack of Proof of Ownership in Puerto Rico Is Crippling Repairs in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria
When Hurricane Maria made landfall in September 2017, it devastated the tiny island of Puerto Rico. The level of damage proved far more severe than the territory’s government could bear. More than a
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Climate Change Displaces Over 40 Million |
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By: Ajit Niranjan, Deutsche Welle |
| 20 May 2021 |
Extreme weather displaces record numbers of people as temperatures rise
More than 40 million people were driven from their homes by continued conflict and worsening weather in 2020 as the climate grew increasingly chaotic.
Storms, floods, wildfires and droughts drove more than 30 million people from their homes last year, as rising
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Gaza: Refugees Shelter at UNRWA Schools |
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By: UNRWA |
| 19 May 2021 |
Displaced Palestine refugees seek shelter at UNRWA schools in Gaza
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In the Gaza Strip, where approximately 70 per cent of the population are Palestine refugees, catastrophic bombardment is being carried out as the besieged coastal enclave enters the 14th year of an air, land and sea blockade that has devastated lives, infrastructure and
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Day of Action in Solidarity with Palestine |
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By: Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network |
| 18 May 2021 |
Day of Action in Solidarity with the Palestinian Uprising and General Strike: Tuesday, May 18
As Israel is continuing its massacres in Gaza, its attacks in Jerusalem and settler mob violence throughout occupied Palestine from the river to the sea, Palestinians have called for a general strike!Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
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Responsibility for Single-use Plastic |
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By: Michael Corkery and Somini Sengupta, The New York Times |
| 18 May 2021 |
Here Is Who’s Behind the Global Surge in Single-Use Plastic
A new report shows that a surprisingly small number of big companies and banks are behind the manufacturing and financing of much of the world’s single-use plastic.
The throwaway plastic that holds our takeout food and wraps our dry cleaning is widely seen
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Pattern of Israeli Attacks on Gazan Homes |
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By: Amnesty International |
| 17 May 2021 |
Israel/OPT: Pattern of Israeli attacks on residential homes in Gaza must be investigated as war crimesIsraeli forces have displayed a shocking disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians by carrying out a number of airstrikes targeting residential buildings in some cases killing entire families - including children - and causing
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Nakba Day: HIC-HLRN Solidarity with Palestine |
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| 15 May 2021 |
The Housing and Land Rights Network of Habitat International Coalition stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people resisting institutionalize material discrimination and attempted erasure from their land and homes by the State of Israel. We hear their message: “No peace will prevail without justice.”
As we mark Nakba Day, the Israeli
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ICC Must Investigate Attacks on Homes |
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By: Al Mezan Center for Human Rights (Gaza) and Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (London) |
| 14 May 2021 |
Attacks against civilian homes must stop; those responsible must be investigated by the ICCGAZA CITY and LONDON—Al Mezan and LPHR are gravely concerned that the first 72 hours of Israel`s military operation in Gaza has seen a resumption of the key feature of the 51-day hostilities in the summer of
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Cities Unprepared for Climate Change |
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By: Fiona Harvey, Mother Jones/The Guardian |
| 13 May 2021 |
Cities Are Woefully Unprepared for the Havoc of Climate Change
More than 40 percent have no adaptation plan, a global survey suggests.
One in four cities around the world lack the money to protect themselves against the ravages of climate breakdown, even though more than 90 percent are facing serious risks, according to
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al-Quds: UNSRs Deplore Brutal Policing, Evictions |
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By: OHCHR |
| 11 May 2021 |
East Jerusalem: UN experts deplore brutal police response to protests, urge eviction threats to be lifted
GENEVA UN human rights experts today expressed grave concerns about Israel`s aggressive response to protests in East Jerusalem, and called on Israel, as the occupying power, to immediately lift its threat to evict hundreds of
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