Kashmir: Security Forces Burn, Loot Homes
Over Dozen Homes Burned, More Looted During Nawakadal Encounter, Allege Residents The residents of the area alleged that the police looted cash, jewellery and other valuables from several homes in the dense locality of Kanimazar as
Published : 20 May 2020
Mozambique: Restored Village Land Flourishes
Mozambique Village Adopts Collective, Organic Farming after Land Rights Win In a quiet region in southern Mozambique, one community’s fight to reclaim their stolen land has led to a more communal way of life, and an
Published : 20 May 2020
Kenya Evicts 7000 Amid Pandemic
NAIROBI - Kenyan authorities have forcibly evicted more than 7,000 people from land in Nairobi slums over the last month, defying a court order. Authorities say they demolished homes because they were built on public
Published : 19 May 2020
USA: The Coming Eviction Crisis
Patriot Act Returns to Terrify You About an Eviction Crisis Hasan Minhaj’s Netflix series, Patriot Act, returned last night with its first new episode since the pandemic began, and Minhaj wasted no time addressing the show’s new remote format: “Don’t think
Published : 18 May 2020
Kenya: Over 100 Families Evicted in Ruai
Over 100 families living in a disputed land in Ruai, Nairobi, were on Friday forced to spend the night in the cold after their houses were demolished. Speaking to Citizen Digital, some of the affected families
Published : 16 May 2020
Record Number of Land Conflicts in Brazil in 2019
There were five conflicts per day, representing a 23% increase from 2018, and 32 defenders murdered during the year. Throughout 2019, the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) recorded 1833 conflicts in the countryside (averaging five per day),
Published : 14 May 2020
Colombia: Evictions amid the Coronavirus
Many question the motivation of the city government to evict the community amid the pandemic as they have been occupying the land for the last 20 years. On May 11, Colombian social movements and human rights
Published : 13 May 2020
World Distracted, Amazon Keeps Burning
With world distracted, the Amazon rainforest continues to burn Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon hit a new high in the first four months of this year, with 1,202 square kilometres of forest wiped out That was a
Published : 09 May 2020
Brazil: Ashaninka Win Case against Loggers
Indigenous group wins case over illegal tree logging The Ashaninka indigenous community in Brazil has won a two-decade federal court dispute against illegal logging interests, receiving $3 million in compensation and an official apology from companies for cutting
Published : 01 May 2020
