China Threatens Christian Converts
Communist authorities in southwestern China’s Yunnan province sent a notice to a village warning that any resident who converts to Christianity will face financial penalties or even the confiscation of their land. The notice sent to
Published : 03 October 2020
Kenya: Dispossessing Women as Custom
HIC-HLRN has just published a study on the impacts of customary practices on the habitat-related human rights of women in Kenya. This study is a product of a collaborative project with local Members Mazingira Institute
Published : 25 September 2020
Kenya: Impoverishing Women with "Development"
HIC-HLRN has just published the results of a study on the impacts of infrastructure development that dispossesses and displace women in Kenya. The report is a baseline assessment of women’s wealth, wellbeing and habitat values
Published : 25 September 2020
New: Customary Practices Dispossessing Women
Customary Practices That Dispossess and Displace Women from Their Habitats HIC-HLRN has just released the outcomes of a study of the impacts of customary practices on women’s housing, land and property rights in Kenya. This study
Published : 25 September 2020
New: "Development" Dispossessing Women
Incidents of Infrastructure Development That Dispossess and Displace People: Baseline assessment of women’s wealth, wellbeing and habitat HIC-HLRN has just released the outcomes of an unprecedented assessment of impacts from infrastructure development on women in Kenya. This
Published : 25 September 2020
Uzbeks Stlll Displaced 4 Months after Dam Collapse
Syrdario Region, Uzbekistan – Some dams last a thousand years. But Sardoba collapsed on May 1 after just three years, its mighty waters washing away villages of more than 35,000 hectares (86,486 acres) of land
Published : 23 September 2020
500K Rural Tibetans Sent to Labor Camps in 2020
In 2019 and 2020, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) introduced new policies to promote the systematic, centralized, and large-scale training and transfer of “rural surplus laborers” to other parts of the TAR, as well as
Published : 23 September 2020
Zimbabwe: Evicted Villagers’ Living Hell
Evicted Lowveld villagers endure two months of hell By the roadside in the scorching Lowveld heat, a group of women and children sit under a tree, their few belongings scattered all over the place. Two women have
Published : 22 September 2020
CSOs Urge UNGA to End Apartheid in Palestine
Global Response to Israeli Apartheid: A Call to the UNGA Apartheid is a crime against humanity, giving rise to individual criminal responsibility and State responsibility to bring the illegal situation to an end. In May
Published : 22 September 2020
