The Refugees and the Imaginative Urban Planning

Not only politicians are looking for solutions to ease the refugee crisis. Architects are also devising ways to integrate new arrivals that avoid ghettos arising on city limits while also fostering urban regeneration. One fixture in

New Extractionism in Occupied Western Sahara:

Amid Saharawi protests, San Leon Energy has begun to drill an on-shore well in occupied Western Sahara on 21 August.   The El Aaiun-4 conventional well is located on the so-called Tarfaya licence, near Foum el

The Hungary Games: Abusing Refugees

How Hungary evades its obligations on migrants and refugees   The Hungarian government is building a fence on the border with Serbia to keep out the ever-increasing flow of refugees to Europe. But just look at a

Sami People’s Land Rights at Stake

Land and resource rights are key to Sami people’s self-determination, United Nations rights expert says  HEMAVAN / GENEVA—The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, today expressed concern at the land

10 Years on: The Myths of Katrina

Falsehoods about warnings, violence, and recovery persist. Here’s the truth.   Ten years after Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent floods from the failed federal levees, out-of-town media and politicians are still getting some things wrong. Here are

HIC-HLRN and A.S.I.A. Report on Italy

Out of commitment to the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), HIC-HLRN and Associazione Inquilini e Abitante (A.S.I.A.) today submitted their parallel report to the Committee of Economic, Social

Veolia Dumps Jerusalem Rail

Turkey “Takes Israeli Gas over Egyptian”

Turkish energy expert Nusret Comert says Turkey will pay more for Israeli gas, and be a more reliable source of demand.   "As of now, exporting Israeli natural gas to Turkey is probably the main possibility for

German Hypocrisy over Greek Water

Greek activists are warning that the privatisation of state water companies would be a backward step for the country.   Under the terms of the bailout agreement (pdf) approved by the Greek parliament today, Greece has pledged to support an