India: 40 Houses in Slum Demolished
Acting on the High Court order, the Revenue Department officials demolished 40 houses and tin sheds at Ganapathi Nagar slum in Gottigere on Tuesday. Speaking to Express, a member of the Special Task Force, Revenue Department,
Published : 19 August 2013
Colombia: Farmers is Killed for their Land
On a hot, dusty morning in July, I found myself rattling down a road in the beautiful Colombian countryside. I was there as part of a delegation with the international NGO, Justice for Colombia, crashing
Published : 14 August 2013
Brazil: Vila Autódromo Avoids Eviction
RIO DE JANEIRO—The campaign against forced evictions in Rio in the lead-up to the city’s mega-events celebrated a victory as the favela community of Vila Autódromo, adjacent to the Olympic Park site, secured its permanence
Published : 13 August 2013
Nigeria: Devastating Wave of Forced Evictions
New evidence from satellite images reveals the true extent of a forced eviction in Badia East, Lagos – one of Africa’s two megacities. The pictures, taken before and after demolitions carried out by the Lagos
Published : 12 August 2013
India: Chakma Villagers Evicted
The narrator of the story (identity withheld on request and due to security reasons)was among hundreds of people, belonging to the minority Chakma tribe who have been forcefully evicted in month of June and rendered
Published : 12 August 2013
The Great Southeast Asian Land Grab
Conflict over land tenure in Southeast Asia’s rural areas has emerged as a key issue for the region. To achieve goals such as economic development and poverty reduction in rural areas, governments in the region
Published : 08 August 2013
Sri Lanka Army Condemned for Killing Protesters
Christian priests and nuns joined a candle-light vigil in the capital to protest against the military action [AFP] The Roman Catholic Church has accused the Sri Lankan army of shooting unarmed protesters and desecrating a church
Published : 07 August 2013
Land Rights Activists Assassinated in Mexico
ACAPULCO, Mexico—Two leftist activists were found shot to death on Mexico`s southern Pacific coast and a third is missing, a local leader said Tuesday. The two men were found with their hands bound and gunshot wounds
Published : 06 August 2013
Burma: Ethnic Armed Groups Confiscate Land
HURFOM--In recent months Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) has been tracking various cases of land confiscation, some of which took place years ago but have only now come to light. So far, published documentation
Published : 20 July 2013
