Palestine/Israel: JNF Trees Dispossess Bedouin
Israel pushing large tree planting in Naqab to disclaim lands to Bedouin Israel is pushing through a plan to plant trees across a significant swath of the Negev in a bid to deny Bedouin residents
Published : 14 July 2020
Palestine: Urgent Appeal to UN on Killing Ahmed Erekat
Joint Press Release 83 Organisations Send Urgent Appeal to UN Special Procedures on the Wilful Killing of Ahmad Erekat, Urging International Justice and Accountability for Israel’s Shoot-to-Kill Policy On Monday, 13 July 2020, 83 Palestinian, regional, and
Published : 13 July 2020
Zim: “We need rights, not foreign trainers"
Veteran Zimbabwe farmer pours cold water on $58 million mission from Belarus with love Veteran Zimbabwe farmer Ben Freeth poured cold water on a plan that’ll see trainers from the former Soviet republic of Belarus train
Published : 11 July 2020
A Chinese Province Razes Its Countryside
A Chinese province razes the countryside. Why? How are Shandong villagers being convinced to go along with a provincial plan to raze their homes and move them into high-rises? With promises of economic benefits in the
Published : 10 July 2020
Palestine: Israel Escalates Home Demolitions (again)
Home Demolitions Spike Ahead of Annexation Israel’s formal annexation of occupied land may be put on hold, but the forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank marches on. Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes in the territory spiked last month, according
Published : 08 July 2020
Brazil: Court Orders Miners Quit Yanomami Land
Brazilian court orders 20,000 gold miners removed from Yanomami Park The Yanomami Park covers 37,000 square miles in the Brazilian Amazon on the Venezuelan border; it is inhabited by 27,000 Yanomami. Soaring gold prices have resulted
Published : 07 July 2020
PopTrans in Kashmir: `Another Palestine`
In Kashmir, the indigenous Kashmiris face an Indian occupation-turned-annexation. Like the parallel experience in Palestine, they fear the same demogrpahic manipulation through a new wave of colonization that may constitute the serious crime of population
Published : 07 July 2020
USA: Judge Shuts Down Dakota Access Pipeline
A federal judge has ordered the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline while a lengthy environmental review is conducted of the project opposed by environmentalists and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The move was requested earlier this
Published : 06 July 2020
USA: Evictions Soon to Hit Black Renters Hardest
Evictions are likely to skyrocket this summer as jobs remain scarce. Black renters will be hard hit Eviction moratoriums and unemployment benefits are expiring, which will have a bigger effect on minority neighborhoods, experts say. A backlog
Published : 06 July 2020
