Western Sahara: Ruling against Plunder
A panel of judges in the High Court in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, judged this morning that the cargo on board the vessel NM Cherry Blossom is rightfully detained, and that a trial to determine
Published : 15 June 2017
England: Race, Class and Grenfell Tower Fire
The flames hadn’t even been extinguished from Grenfell Tower before people started screaming that no one should “politicise” this tragedy. As I type this, though, at least 12 people are dead, and authorities expect that
Published : 15 June 2017
China Evicts More Tibetan Nomads for “Development”
Tibetan nomads forced from resettlement towns to make way for development Tibetan nomads previously forced from traditional grazing lands in a state-directed resettlement scheme in Qinghai are now being told to go back, as authorities begin
Published : 15 June 2017
Trump`s Budget: Homeless in the USA
If approved by [the United States] Congress, this budget would make massive cuts to Medicaid and welfare programs. It would drive millions of people off food stamps, with a 25 percent cut to a program
Published : 14 June 2017
Breaking Bad: Saskatchewan’s Prairie Loss
“Grassland being broken in substantial acreages is just not an issue.” —Hon. Lyle Stewart, Minister of Saskatchewan Agriculture, Western Producer, 26 September 2013 According to Stats Canada (Table 004-0203 - Census of Agriculture, land
Published : 14 June 2017
HIC, CSOs Brace for NUA Implementation
Civil society taking strategic ‘breath’ amid pause on New Urban Agenda NAIROBI—For the global urban movement, the dust is still settling from last year’s global Habitat III summit, the one time every two decades that the
Published : 14 June 2017
Irrawaddy Farmers Claims their Confiscated Land
Farmers in Irrawaddy Division’s Myaungmya Township demanded the divisional government return more than 200 acres of land confiscated, and subsequently abandoned, by Myanmar’s military to its original owners, at a press conference on Tuesday. Light Infantry
Published : 14 June 2017
Turkey: Diyarbakır’s co-Mayors on Trial
Next 20 June, the trial against the arrested Co-Mayor of our member city of Diyarbakır, Gültan Kışanak, will take place under a context of state of emergency in Turkey. According to the Congress of Local
Published : 12 June 2017
India’s “Smart-city” Mission and Human Rights
Report on India’s Smart Cities Mission Highlights Serious Human Rights Concerns A study released in New Delhi on 9 June 2017, by Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN), India, brings to light several human rights issues related
Published : 09 June 2017
