South Africa: Shack Dwellers Leader Murdered
Between half past six and seven last night, an armed man burst into Thuli Ndlovu’s home in KwaNdengezi, in Kwa-Zulu Natal, while she was watching TV. He shot her seven times and she died on
Published : 30 September 2014
USA: Detroit Foreclosures Could Displace 20K
On Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes made a landmark decision to authorize continued water shutoffs for unpaid water bills, leaving thousands of Detroiters without access to water. At the same time, and less reported
Published : 30 September 2014
World Bank Self-indictment in Kenya Forest
A leaked copy of a World Bank investigation seen by the Guardian has accused the bank of failing to protect the rights of one of Kenya’s last groups of forest people, who are being evicted
Published : 29 September 2014
Kenya: Implementing 2010 Endorois Ruling
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) welcomes the formation by the Government of Kenya of a new task force dedicated to implementation of the 2010 African Commission ruling which recognised the Endorois` rights over their ancestral
Published : 29 September 2014
China`s Brutal Urbanization (dossier)
China already has built a reputation for dispossessing its farming rural population and forcing them into cities. Over the last two decades of the previous century, China urbanized some 40 million people in this way.[1] This
Published : 28 September 2014
Peasants Pay the Price for Cheap Vegetable Oil
Palm oil is ubiquitous in our food systems. Look at the ingredients on any packaged food, and chances are you will find it there. Food companies love it, because it`s cheap and abundant, so they
Published : 22 September 2014
Report: "Under-mining" Agriculture
The world`s food production and millions of small farmers and communities are under increasing threat from the rapid expansion of mining, says a new report released today. Under-Mining Agriculture: How the Extractive Industries Threaten our Food
Published : 18 September 2014
India: Indigenous Communities Face Evictions
Bangalore/New Delhi, India (September 05, 2014): According to Amnesty International India [t]housands of people from marginalised communities living near a state-owned coal mine in Chhattisgarh are at risk of being forcibly evicted. “On 28 August 2014,
Published : 05 September 2014
UN Body Condemns US for Criminalizing Homelessness
WASHINGTON DC—The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva today stated it is "concerned at the high number of homeless persons, who are disproportionately from racial and ethnic minorities ... and at the criminalization
Published : 02 September 2014
