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
India: Turning 170K-ha Forest to Coal
India plans to fell ancient forest to create 40 new coalfields Narendra Modi’s dream of a ‘self-reliant India’ comes at a terrible price for its indigenous population Over the past decade, Umeshwar Singh Amra has witnessed his
Published : 08 August 2020
Land Times issue 20
HIC’s Housing and Land Rights Network (HIC-HLRN) welcomes you to its 20th issue of Land Times. This milestone edition emphasizes the role of civil society in identifying and remedying housing and land rights problems in
Published : 08 August 2020
Brazil: Resisting Pandemic Repossessions
On Monday, 10 August, representatives of urban and rural popular movements and parliamentary fronts for urban reform and human rights met virtually with the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia, to ask for
Published : 06 August 2020
Land Redistribution has become ‘Elite Capture’
South Africa’s land reform programme was supposed to ensure that the impoverished get to own and work the land. Now, only the politically connected and economically included are benefitting. he majority of actual beneficiaries of land
Published : 06 August 2020
Occupied Kashmir: "India learned from Israel"
Youm-e-Istehsal Kashmir: India learned how to change regional demography from Israel, says President Alvi As Pakistan marks one year to the revocation of Indian-occupied Kashmir`s special status, President Arif Alvi on Wednesday lashed out against
Published : 05 August 2020
