Thailand: Karens to Appeal Forced Evictions Verdict
Karens to appeal court verdict legalizing their forced evictions; indigenous organizations call for effective redress Karen representatives today vowed to appeal against the recent Thai court verdict that ruled the authorities did not break the law
Published : 13 September 2016
Queer Declaration, Right to the City & Habitat 3
The final document called the New Urban Agenda will be adopted by heads of state at the Habitat 3 Conference in Quito, Ecuador in October 2016. www.habitat3.org The Queer Declaration came out of a consultation of
Published : 07 September 2016
Haiti Aid Betrays: Gifting the Trojan Peanut
Over 50 groups of farmers and aid workers seek to stop planned 500-tonne shipment that US officials term a donation. Peanut producers in Haiti have united to block the delivery of a 500-tonne shipment of nuts
Published : 29 August 2016
2,500 Native Americans Block Oil Pipeline
2,500 Native Americans Successfully Block Oil Pipeline Construction — State of Emergency Declared Last week, a few dozen Native Americans showed up to protest the $3.8 billion, 1,172-mile-long pipeline that would cross right through their sacred
Published : 23 August 2016
Boston USA: Campaign Progress to Save Public Housing
Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants (MAHT) spearheads campaign for City Vouchers to save our homes! In response to Boston’s growing housing and homelessness crisis, MAHT is spearheading a broad coalition of housing and community groups to propose
Published : 22 August 2016
Al-Mahdi Pleads Guilty for Timbuktu Ruin
Al-Mahdi pleads guilty and apologizes for destruction in Mali’s Timbuktu The International Criminal Court (ICC) trial of Ahmad al-Mahdi for attacks on religious and historical structures during the 2012 occupation of Timbuktu opened today in
Published : 22 August 2016
World’s Indigenous People and Profit Enterprise
(UR) Southeast Asia — August 9th, 2016 marked the 12th International Day of the World’s Indigenous People — a day pronounced by the U.N. to promote the rights of the indigenous peoples of the world, while also celebrating their
Published : 22 August 2016
Native Americans Blocked Oil Pipeline Construction
The Camp of the Sacred Stones has swelled from a few dozen to more than 2,500, according to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe officials. They are calling for further review of the Dakota Access oil pipeline,
Published : 21 August 2016
Habitat III: UN-Habitat Future Debated
UN-Cities? Rumoured proposal gains steam SURABAYA, Indonesia—The perennial tug-of-war between rich and developing countries at the United Nations has found another flashpoint: the debate over the future of UN-Habitat. The Nairobi-based agency deals with housing as
Published : 18 August 2016
