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Spanish city's locksmiths say they'll no longer assist with evictions | PRI.ORG
Spanish banks looking to foreclose on delinquent mortgage owners in and around Pamplona will no longer have the assistance of the community's locksmiths. Last month, they announced they would no...
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Anna Hazare joins Medha Patkar to demand housing rights for slum-dwellers -...
Anna Hazare joins Medha Patkar to demand housing rights for slum-dwellers - After lending his voice to India Against Corruption, Anna Hazare has joined forces with Medha Patkar to (RT...
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No roof, no roots | Amnesty's global human rights blog
Three years after Haiti's devastating earthquake, thousands of people are now facing forced eviction from their basic tents. Virgiela was trapped under rubble for six days after the catastrophic...
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Algeria: Riot after a wave of evictions of squats in Oran leaves ...
In all, more than a hundred families were evicted by force yesterday morning, some of whom are from sub-Saharan Africa. Mainly if these squats were operated in complete illegality in Cavaignac and...
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Convictions of activists in Cambodia demonstrates dire state of ...
The fabricated charges used to convict two housing rights activists in Phnom Penh's Municipal Court confirms the dire state of Cambodia's justice system and rule of law in the country, Amnesty...
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farmlandgrab.org | Ethiopia's resettlement scheme leaves lives shattered and...
A 'villagisation' programme that has been linked to the leasing of large tracts of land for commercial agriculture has left people from Ethiopia's Gambella region bereft of land and loved ones,...
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Dying for a home in Bangalore -- New Internationalist
Mari Marcel Thekaekara on the plight of a community made homeless by a slum clearance: the latest casualties in the battle for property.See it on Scoop.it, via Forced Evictions and Housing Rights
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‘No to laws inhibiting housing development’
The Herald. Zimbabwe's most popular daily newspaperMike Davies's insight:In 1996 the colonial era regulations and processes restricting the construction of housing were 'relaxed' (never repealed) and...
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Cities Need to Plan with the Poor, Not for the Poor
Recent riots in Zamdela in the Free State have brought the issue of community participation in development decision-making into sharp focus.See it on Scoop.it, via Forced Evictions and Housing Rights
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Indian companies involved in Ethiopia land grab: activists - Hindustan Times
Indian investors eying Ethiopia should ensure that the local population is consulted before they are displaced for projects that involve the transfer of vast tracts of land, activists on Tuesday...
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Daily Maverick - Uganda Transit Camp, Durban: A report from the frontlines of...
Just two decades after the dawn of democracy, an old horror is revisiting the new South Africa. Transit camps are back, and they are back with a vengeance, writes JARED SACKS.Mike Davies's...
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Angola's Contrasts: Forced Evictions and Billionaires
Amnesty International is the world's largest human rights organization, and our model of grassroots campaigning achieves remarkable results on issues from women's human rights to the death penalty.See...
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VIDEO: Brazil Bulldozes Neighborhood Without Warning for World Cup · Global...
Video records the moment when Rio de Janeiro officials armed with bulldozers burst into Restinga, intent on demolishing the homes and businesses of 153 families who live in the neighborhood.See it on...
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China: Mapping violent evictions for homebuyer awareness · Global Voices
The many forceful evictions in China and their tragic victims are widely reported upon and discussed online, but what can be said about housing that goes on the market after the rubble is cleared and...
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Argentina: New Media for Participation Against Forced Evictions
We will work to empower residents of Villa Inflamable (VI), a slum on the outskirts of Buenos Aires facing eviction, to act as citizen journalists and advocates for themselves and for similar...
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Imagination For People's BLOG - Mapping the World
Wrap-up of our “mapping week” focused on innovative uses of maps run at the core of many social projects. Among human technologies, maps have a unique role in the way we get to know ourselves and the...
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Zimbabwe's urban housing crisis
With rural-to-urban migration increasing in Zimbabwe and urban squatter camps growing, the shortage of affordable public housing has become a contentious issue.See it on Scoop.it, via Forced Evictions...
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“Don’t finance forced evictions” | Amnesty's global human rights blog
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