Diyarbakir Mayor to Armenians: "My City Is Your City"
DIYARBAKIR—Speaking at a reception held on the occasion of the closing of the dome of the Sourp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakir, the mayor of the greater Diyarbakir municipality Osman Baydemir told the Armenians gathered
Published : 24 October 2013
Haiti`s Post-earthquake Forced Evictions
It has been almost four years since Haiti was hit by the 7.0 earthquake which left over 100,000 dead and an estimated 1.5 million people homeless. The 278,000 internally displaced people who currently remain in
Published : 23 October 2013
Palestinian CSOs Say "Kill Red-Dead Project"
The undersigned Palestinian NGOs call on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to halt all forms of cooperation with the World Bank-sponsored Red Sea - Dead Sea Conveyance Project (RSDSCP)
Published : 21 October 2013
Bahrain: An Island without Sea
“The sea was neither stolen, nor looted (manhouba). It was bestowed (mawhouba)”Perched on a bench next to a rickety wooden fisherman’s hut by the sea, sits a man in his 60s, wearing a grin and traditional
Published : 20 October 2013
Even World Bank Knows: Palestine Is Being Disappeared
The first is a poster from the campaigning group Visualising Palestine that shows a photoshopped image of Central Park, eerily naked. Amid New York’s skyscrapers, the park has been sheared of its trees by bulldozers.
Published : 17 October 2013
Put a Number on It: Quantifying Costs, Losses and Damages from the Violation of Housing and Land Rights
In telling a story, or making any point, we often rely on numbers. In argumentation, numbers lend credibility and suggest analytical precision. Numbers often speaker louder than words, because they convey important measurements and values
Published : 13 October 2013
Palestine: Israel’s Other Land Grab
In August, despite the fragility of the newly resurrected peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the Israeli government announced plans to build 1,187 new housing units for Jews in East Jerusalem and the
Published : 09 October 2013
Palestine: Ariel Colony Waste on Salfit Land
SALFIT (Ma`an) -- Waste water from Ariel settlement is causing environmental damage to natural areas in Salfit, a Palestinian researcher said Sunday. Khalid Maali, a researcher on settlement affairs, told Ma`an that the Israeli settlement in
Published : 30 September 2013
Egypt: State Retakes Dhaba`a Land
Local residents from Dabaa, Marsa Matrouh relinquished on Monday the Dabaa nuclear plant construction site to the Egyptian armed forces after months of occupying the controversial zone. Dabaa`s local tribes handed over the site during a
Published : 30 September 2013
