Report of Third “Sanctuary in the City: Beirut” Workshop
The third workshop of the “Sanctuary in the city: Beirut”´project took place in Beirut between the 28th and 31st of March of 2017. As the previous editions, the workshop was organized in one session each
Published : 18 June 2017
Mafia-like Networks
In many developing countries, land grabbing takes place on a large scale, either for the purposes of mining or agriculture. This loss of land is disastrous for the affected village communities. Awareness of the problem
Published : 18 June 2017
Nigeria: Forced Evictions in Badia-East (Lagos)
Spaces for Change NGO Staff Arrested, Released LAGOS—A Task Force squad comprising demolition agents of the Lagos State Government and scores of heavily-armed security operatives invaded Badia-East this morning, Thursday, June 15, 2017. With the aid
Published : 15 June 2017
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
