Farmers’ Panel Decries Eviction of Growers
LAHORE: The Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee has criticised ‘forced’ eviction of peasants from the federal government’s Jaranwala lands. In a statement issued here on Wednesday, a PKRC office-bearer said many peasants, including women and children, have
Published : 01 September 2020
Court to Cape Town: “redress apartheid legacy”
High Court sets aside R135m Sea Point school sale, frees land to address apartheid legacy · The Tafelberg school property case has been running for five years. · Finally, the High Court has ruled, upholding the legal
Published : 31 August 2020
Kenya: New Alternative Justice System Policy
Maraga Launches Alternative Justice System to Reduce Case Backlog NAIROBI—Chief Justice David Maraga has launched the Alternative Justice System (AJS) Policy which is aimed at enhancing access to justice and supporting expeditious delivery of justice to
Published : 28 August 2020
Land Reform Leads to Eviction
An 88-year-old woman has been threatened with the culturally taboo removal of her family’s ancestral graves after being evicted from the farm she worked on for decades. ight decades of hard labour on a white-owned commercial
Published : 25 August 2020
Palestine: Join Al-Haq Law School Program (10/2020)
Al-Haq International Law School Program, 12–22 October 2020 The Al-Haq Center for Applied International Law is pleased to announce its Sixth International Law Summer School Program for professionals, legal researchers, post-graduates and academics in the fields
Published : 24 August 2020
Indonesia: 1,800-km March against Evictions
Indonesian farmers walk 1,800-km to protest against evictions Harry Jacques, Reuters More than 100 Indonesian farmers gathered outside the presidential palace in Jakarta on Monday, having walked about 1,800 km (1,118 miles) from the
Published : 24 August 2020
USA: `Scarlet E`= Eviction as Life Sentence
Sandi Bachom, 75, never expected to be evicted. She once earned a six-figure salary at a New York City advertising firm and lived a comfortable life. But after getting divorced, losing her job and getting
Published : 21 August 2020
Indonesia: Indigenous Timor Families Evicted
Evicted Indonesian families vow to stay put Dozens of people in Catholic-majority province left homeless as land dispute turns violent Defiant members of an indigenous community in Indonesia have vowed to stay put after security
Published : 18 August 2020
Yemen: Houthis Kill, Expel Ethiopian Migrants
BEIRUT--Houthi forces in April 2020 forcibly expelled thousands of Ethiopian migrants from northern Yemen using Covid-19 as a pretext, killing dozens and forcing them to the Saudi border, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi border
Published : 13 August 2020
