Somalia: > 5K IDP Homes Evicted, Destroyed
3,000 School Children Affected by Forced Evictions in Mogadishu Somalia NGO Consortium Statement below MOGADISHU—The UN Children`s Fund (UNICEF) and Save the Children said on Thursday that recent unannounced forced evictions of families and destruction of
Published : 11 January 2018
Philippines: Demolition Looms for 200 Households
CEBU, Philippines — About 200 families in Sitio Tangke, Barangay Mambaling will lose their homes after the court ordered the demolition of their houses because the owner will utilize the lot. The demolition started yesterday and
Published : 09 January 2018
Western Sahara: EU Eyes New Fishing Deal
Not awaiting the EU Court of Justice`s verdict on the legality of the current fisheries protocol with Morocco over its inclusion of Western Sahara`s waters, the EU Commission is already thinking out loud about its
Published : 08 January 2018
USA: Water Security v. Energy Independence
In late 2016, I attended government-to-government meetings in Rapid City, South Dakota, between several Plains Tribal Government representatives and US Federal Government officials. I listened to a tribal elder testify that her young grandson was
Published : 04 January 2018
New UN Declaration on Peasant Rights
A new UN declaration could finally protect rural and landless peoples. The UN has drafted a groundbreaking declaration that has the potential to protect the human rights of peasants, rural workers and landless people. There
Published : 04 January 2018
USA: Charges against Homeless Feeder Dropped
ATLANTA—On Thursday, 14 December 2017, the City of Atlanta dropped charges against activist Adele MacLean with Atlanta Food not Bombs related to her feeding homeless people in Downtown’s Hurt Park near Georgia State University. MacLean, who goes
Published : 23 December 2017
South Africa: Constitution-based Land Restitution?
ANC`s land expropriation decision an admission of its own failures The ANC’s decision at its national conference to go ahead with the expropriation of land without compensation is an admission of its own failure to pursue
Published : 20 December 2017
Brazil: Solidarity against Landless Camp Evictions
An aggressive attack is being waged against Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), the Landless Workers Movement, in the northern State of Pará, Brazil. Large-scale landowners along with local judicial authorities, mainstream media and the
Published : 14 December 2017
China: Beijing House Demolitions Spark Rare Street Protests
Aggressive Chinese eviction methods fuel anger among residents forced from rented homes Fear and cold stalk the streets of Feijia, a north-eastern suburb of Beijing that is to be largely demolished on Friday, leaving hundreds of
Published : 12 December 2017
