India: Villagers Facing Mass Land Confiscation
250 acres of villagers land were destroyed and 30 acres of land were confiscated by the Chinese Ngwe Kabar Company as they dug up silicon stone in Pankhar Village. 250 acres of land from Pankhar Village
Published : 26 August 2013
Myanmar: Ks of Farmers Evicted from Dam Site
PAUNGLAUNG VALLEY, Shan State — Since January, approximately 8,000 residents in central Burma have been forcibly displaced from their homes and farmland to make way for the Upper Paunglaung Dam, a massive hydropower project being
Published : 24 August 2013
Canada: Resist the Money Grab by MMF
The Manitoba Metis Federation enjoyed a significant decision of the Supreme Court of Canada a few months ago. By a controversial majority decision, the court provided the MMF with a declaration that "the transfer of
Published : 23 August 2013
Iraq: Kurds Resist U.S. Oil Co. Land Confiscation
[Note: For security reasons, the team is withholding names of the villages and the oil company for the time being. More details will follow in the coming weeks.] A couple weeks ago, our team learned of
Published : 20 August 2013
USA: Govt. Aids Big Oil Land Grab
In the quest for profits, nothing stands in the way of corporatocracy, not even your own private land. Federal and state governments have revised laws so that corporations can now use “eminent domain” to install
Published : 20 August 2013
India: 40 Houses in Slum Demolished
Acting on the High Court order, the Revenue Department officials demolished 40 houses and tin sheds at Ganapathi Nagar slum in Gottigere on Tuesday. Speaking to Express, a member of the Special Task Force, Revenue Department,
Published : 19 August 2013
Colombia: Farmers is Killed for their Land
On a hot, dusty morning in July, I found myself rattling down a road in the beautiful Colombian countryside. I was there as part of a delegation with the international NGO, Justice for Colombia, crashing
Published : 14 August 2013
Brazil: Vila Autódromo Avoids Eviction
RIO DE JANEIRO—The campaign against forced evictions in Rio in the lead-up to the city’s mega-events celebrated a victory as the favela community of Vila Autódromo, adjacent to the Olympic Park site, secured its permanence
Published : 13 August 2013
Nigeria: Devastating Wave of Forced Evictions
New evidence from satellite images reveals the true extent of a forced eviction in Badia East, Lagos – one of Africa’s two megacities. The pictures, taken before and after demolitions carried out by the Lagos
Published : 12 August 2013
