Zimbabwe: Villagers up in Arms over Relocation
RUNDE Rural District Council (RDC) faces resistance from about 50 families it intends to evict to pave way for the upgrading of Vugwi Business Centre into a growth point. The business centre is about 22km from
Published : 29 October 2020
Argentina: Clashes over Forced Eviction
Trouble broke out near Buenos Aires after police forced residents to leave makeshift properties in Guernica. Landowners had taken the issue to court and while most of those evicted were compliant, some reacted angrily. Police clashed
Published : 29 October 2020
India Govt. Reverses Kashmir Land Reform
Modi Govt’s New Land Policy for J&K Overturns 7 Decades of Land Reform The abolition of the Big Land Estates Abolition Act 1950 clears the decks for the revival of a neo-jagirdari [a type of feudal
Published : 28 October 2020
“Jammu and Kashmir put on sale”
‘Jammu and Kashmir put on sale’: Omar Abdullah slams Centre for amendment in land laws Hours after the Centre [India’s central government] amended laws allowing people from outside Jammu and Kashmir to buy land in the
Published : 28 October 2020
Zimbabwe: Land, Food and Shelter Now (ZPLRM)
Zimbabwe People`s Land Rights Movement (ZPLRM): Land, Food, and Shelter Now Statement from HIC member, the Zimbabwe People`s Land Rights Movement (ZPLRM), on defending land rights in Zimbabwe’s rural resettlement communities. Hunger and conflict are the face
Published : 27 October 2020
UN: Battle over Water Privatization Report
ALICANTE, Spain—Last week, U.N. Special Rapporteur On The Human Rights To Safe Drinking Water And Sanitation Léo Heller presented a report on privatization in the water and sanitation sector to the United Nations. Little was mentioned, however, of the behind-the-scenes
Published : 26 October 2020
UN: Battle over Water Privatization Report
ALICANTE, Spain—Last week, U.N. Special Rapporteur On The Human Rights To Safe Drinking Water And Sanitation Léo Heller presented a report on privatization in the water and sanitation sector to the United Nations. Little was mentioned, however, of the behind-the-scenes
Published : 26 October 2020
UAE: Sheikh Khalifa’s £5bn London Property Empire
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is president of the United Arab Emirates – and one of London`s richest landlords, owning a multibillion-pound property portfolio spanning London’s most-expensive neighbourhoods. The row of 1960s-built houses with
Published : 21 October 2020
3,000 Acres Grabbed by Israel
The Israeli occupation authorities are planning to confiscate almost 3,000 acres of Palestinian land in the northern Jordan Valley region of the occupied West Bank in order to expand illegal Jewish settlements, Wafa news agency
Published : 16 October 2020
