Geographies of Eviction: Dispossession, Violence, Insecurity
Forced eviction, claims UN-Habitat, is a “global phenomenon” and “global crisis.” Figures published by the agency indicate that during the 2000s at least 15 million people globally were forcibly evicted. According to Amnesty International forced
Published : 05 August 2014
Ukraine: 100,000 People Internally Displaced
The United Nations` refugee agency says over 100,000 people have been internally displaced in Ukraine and another 170,000 people have fled to Russia. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on
Published : 05 August 2014
World Bank Charts More Dispossession
Despite the World Bank’s claims at its Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty in 2013 to improve its development-lending practices, the recently revealed outcome of its process has left development organizations and human
Published : 29 July 2014
Lwandle Eviction like Apartheid Forced Removals
The violent removal of people and structures from Sanral-owned land in Cape Town resembled removals during apartheid, an affected resident said in Lwandle today. Xoliswa Masakala and her husband Albert had been living on the SA
Published : 29 July 2014
Islamic State Evicts Iraq farmers
The group`s takeover of farms in Qaraqosh, 30km from Mosul, has caused fear among residents, and a jump in food prices. Qaraqosh—In the dark of night, on a farm about 30km southeast of Iraq`s second largest
Published : 29 July 2014
UN-HRC to Investigate Gaza Crimes
GENEVA—The UN Human Rights Council met in Special Session on 23 July 2014, following the launch of the Israeli military operation, “Protective Edge,” directed at Gaza. In the three weeks since, Israel has killed more
Published : 24 July 2014
Nairobi: Church Thugs Attack Wetland Defenders
Nairobi—Three people were injured on Saturday when armed youths guarding construction workers at the controversial Westlands wetland Peponi Road plot clashed with demonstrators. The demonstrators were led by Westlands MP Tim Wanyonyi, Mazingira institute Executive
Published : 12 July 2014
10 Years after ICJ Ruling: Time for Concrete Action
Leading international jurists and legal networks from all continents, among them UN special Rapporteurs, acting and former judges, leading law professors as well as national and continental professional associations, called on the United Nations Secretary
Published : 09 July 2014
The Next Breadbasket
Humanitarian groups that deal with global hunger and peasants’ rights call corporate land deals neocolonialism and agri-imperialism. Yet veterans of agricultural development say the massive infusion of private cash, infrastructure, and technology that such deals
Published : 07 July 2014
