The Chinese Communist Party is continuing its Tibetans and Tibetan culture. From monasteries, to temples, to Tibetan prayer flags, China’s campaign of destruction against Tibetan Buddhism and has targeted precious monuments once again. HIC-HLRN
Published : 22 January 2022Cairo’s historic cemeteries are at risk of being demolished, but what is so important about such ancient grave yard? It was a full house last Saturday, at the seminar and photo exhibition titled Contemporary Cemetery Architecture
Published : 22 January 2022Tunisia: Harassment, Gender and Sexism in the City Eternal struggle for the reappropriation of public space by women It all started with a polemic, around an informal debate, together with friends in the struggle, among feminist women
Published : 22 January 2022The Municipality of Tirana plans to demolish some 400 homes in the Kombinat area of the capital, arguing they have been damaged irreparably by the 26 November 2019 earthquake. Residents of the “5 Maji” neighbourhood in
Published : 20 January 2022On Monday, occupants of slums, chawls and other illegal structures in Kalwa, Thane and Mumbra were issued notices, which stated that they could endanger railway tracks. Indian Railways is conducting an anti-encroachment drive in Mumbai suburban
Published : 20 January 2022Family of 15 evicted in East Jerusalem neighbourhood that was a flashpoint for 2021 fighting Israeli police have forcibly removed a Palestinian family from their home in Sheikh Jarrah, the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood where evictions
Published : 19 January 2022Israel Evicts Palestinians in Flashpoint Area of East Jerusalem Israelis evicted an extended family and destroyed their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, where attempted evictions last year helped spark a war with Gaza. Top of Form Bottom
Published : 19 January 2022The new Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations has just been published and it is available in open access here. This new handbook compiles lessons and analysis by world experts on the human
Published : 15 January 2022Tax the real estate speculators — and make it hurt Opinion: Speculative behaviour in the housing market is causing huge collateral damage, and it’s getting in the way of families’ ability to afford to put a
Published : 12 January 2022