Gaza: Long-lasting Damage to Agriculture
Rome/Gaza—The fighting in Gaza has forced farmers and herders to abandon their lands and has paralysed fishing activities, bringing local food production to a halt and severely affecting livelihoods, FAO warned today. Recovery in the
Published : 14 August 2014
India: 206 Shanties on Served Eviction Notices
Forest officials have put up a beat chowky and issued eviction notices to over 206 slum dwellers, who set up their homes on forest lands in Rabale. Officials are also patrolling the landslide-prone area and
Published : 14 August 2014
Kazakhstan: Women Protesting Land Confiscation
Five women protesting the confiscation of their property by the Kazakh government have started a hunger strike. The women gathered in a house belonging to one of the protesters, Altyn Chervalieva, and announced their hunger
Published : 06 August 2014
Hungary: Residents Evicted in Miskolc Slum
Residents were evicted in the northeastern city of Miskolc on Wednesday as part of the local government’s efforts to eliminate slums in the outskirts of the city. The Roma self-government of Miskolc organised a protest in
Published : 06 August 2014
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
