India: Landlords Evicting Doctors
AIIMS Resident Doctor’s Association says many doctors forcibly evicted by landlords fearing coronavirus, stranded on roads. AIIMS has asked the government to issue an order prohibiting landlords and home-owners from evicting medical professionals working tirelessly
Published : 26 March 2020
Kenya: Women Resist Custom for a Fair Share
Widows fight customs, biased laws denying them share of family wealth In Summary In Meru County and elsewhere, thousands of widows are at the mercy of ruthless in-laws and corrupt government officers. Human Rights Watch cites discriminatory laws
Published : 25 March 2020
USA: Standing Rock Tribe Finally Wins in Court
A federal judge struck down permits for the Dakota Access Pipeline, even after COVID-19 precautions led to an unconventional day in court. For the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, there has never been any question of backing
Published : 25 March 2020
UN Invites Corporate Capture of Food Systems
The UN has increasingly involved corporations in UN decision making, a trend made obvious in the 2012 Rio+20 Conference. This time, the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) has formed an alliance with the corporate world—outside of the
Published : 23 March 2020
South Africa: Call for Solidarity amid Crisis
Coronavirus: A Call for Solidarity in a Time of Crisis Abahlali baseMjondolo has held small meetings with elected leaders in all the provinces where we have members to discuss the coronavirus crisis. The best available scientific
Published : 22 March 2020
Liberia: New Land Law Partial Victory
New Land Law hailed as victory, but critics say it’s not enough Areas allocated to rubber, oil palm and logging concessions cover around a quarter of Liberia’s total land mass. Liberian activists and the international community have
Published : 22 March 2020
ZA/Palestine: Apartheid 60 Yrs after Sharpeville
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Time to Recognise and End Israeli Apartheid over the Palestinian People 21 March 2020 The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination also marks the 60th anniversary of the
Published : 21 March 2020
Bangladesh: Church Evicts Indigenous Families
Five families of ethnic indigenous Catholics are in a frustrating and helpless situation over an attempted eviction by a church’s officials in northern Bangladesh. Officials of St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Musroil village of Rajshahi District
Published : 18 March 2020
IPC on post-2020 Biodiversity Strategy
Don’t let agribusiness take over the Post – 2020 Biodiversity Strategy The International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) delegation of small-scale food producers participated at the Second meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the
Published : 18 March 2020
