Veolia and Israel Boycott Movement
Last year, the US North Coast Coalition for Palestine started a campaign to exclude the multinational transport and municipal services firm Veolia from a public transit contract in Sonoma County, California. Alan Moldawer, executive vice-president of Veolia
Published : 29 September 2013
Palestine: Demolitions Homes and Peace process
Burhan Bisharat lost his home last week to an Israeli army bulldozer, but he retains the Palestinian ethos of hospitality, pressing his interviewer to drink more tea as he recounts how he has slept amid
Published : 29 September 2013
Palestine: EU Statement Concern on Barrier Violations
“The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah are concerned by the construction of the Separation Barrier, east of the Green Line, in the Cremisan Valley (Beit Jala). When completed along the planned route, the barrier
Published : 27 September 2013
Ethiopia: No Human Rights = No Development
OAKLAND CA— In a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on September 15, 2013, the Oakland Institute and the Housing and Land Rights Network outlined the human rights and
Published : 26 September 2013
Palestine: Isreal Demolishes Bedouin Village in E1
A week ago today I visited E1, a mountainous patch of land east of Jerusalem that is famous because the Israelis have designated it for more settlements that will further fragment the West Bank and
Published : 23 September 2013
Palestine: Israel Demolishes Khallet Makhul Community
On 16 Sept. 2013, the Civil Administration demolished all the structures of a Bedouin community living in Khirbet Khallet Makhul, which lies east of Tammun and about half a kilometer west of the settlement of
Published : 23 September 2013
Somalia: Forced Evictions Led to Abuses
The forced eviction of thousands of Somalia`s poorest from makeshift camps amid rebuilding efforts in the war-ravaged capital Mogadishu has led to “large scale” rights abuses, Amnesty International warned on Friday. More than 300 000
Published : 13 September 2013
Iran: Arabs Clashing with Security on Land Confiscation
At least 11 Ahwazi Arabs were arrested in clashes between locals and the security forces as they evicted and destroyed Arab farms in Sheyban, Bawi county this month, according to activist reports. Defying local community opposition,
Published : 13 September 2013
Iran: Cruel Plight of a Homeless Arab Family in Abadan
“Our homelessness and displacement continue because there is no one cares about us”, a homeless Ahwazi Arab family told the New Abadan news website. In an interview, Lida Bagheri claimed that she was arrested with her
Published : 12 September 2013
