Chinese New Year’s “Tofu Building” Tragedy
Tainan, Taiwan—Every half hour or so, someone offers you something. As the rescue teams continue their efforts looking for survivors under the rubble of the Wei Guan complex in Tainan, southern Taiwan, a small community
Published : 07 February 2016
HLRN-India Launches Habitat III Status Report
New Delhi—On Friday, Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) launched its first Habitat III country report titled, Housing and Land Rights in India: Status Report for Habitat III. The United Nations (UN) Conference on Housing
Published : 05 February 2016
HIC-critics on Habitat III Policy Papers
Since the very early stages of the Habitat III preparations, Habitat International Coalition (HIC) has called for the integrity of the Habitat II (1996) commitments and modalities; this demand has three related aspects: • Processes must
Published : 05 February 2016
Syria: Starvation of Civilians as War Crime
Siege Warfare and the Starvation of Civilians as a Weapon of War and War Crime “Let me be clear: The use of starvation as a weapon of war is a war crime.” These are the words of
Published : 04 February 2016
Habitat III Sins of Omission
Today, a movement of concerned organizations engaged in the Habitat III process issued a public challenge to the organizers of the global process to rethink their omissions and design flaws affecting the public debate. From
Published : 01 February 2016
Corruption: Habitat III Agenda’s Elephant in the Room
Any ambition for urban development can succeed only when corruption is effectively tackled. Similarly, the global fight against corruption critically depends on cities. How does it fit in the third Habitat Agenda, which organizers are
Published : 01 February 2016
USA: Ten Facts about Flint
On his site, U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore writes a public letter "10 Things They Won’t Tell You About the Flint Water Tragedy. But I Will." Read his letter below and follow the link to sign
Published : 30 January 2016
Oregon Land Stand-off Ends in Arrests, 1 Dead
Oregon occupation has fatal consequences. Ammon Bundy, other protesters arrested in Oregon; LaVoy Finicum killed. BURNS OR—The weeks-long armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge headquarters in Oregon suffered two major blows when protest leader Ammon
Published : 27 January 2016
USA: Obama OKs Atlantic & Arctic Drilling
The Obama Administration Announces Plans to Open Atlantic & Arctic to Offshore Drilling Washington DC—Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management released its draft five-year program for oil and gas development on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Published : 27 January 2016
