Brazil: Vila Autódromo Avoids Eviction
RIO DE JANEIRO—The campaign against forced evictions in Rio in the lead-up to the city’s mega-events celebrated a victory as the favela community of Vila Autódromo, adjacent to the Olympic Park site, secured its permanence
Published : 13 August 2013
Yemen: Special Commission on Land
Since the turbulent reunification of North and South Yemen in 1990 and the secession attempt in 1994, the country has seen several episodes of violence on public and private land redistribution, which in particular had
Published : 13 August 2013
Sri Lanka Army Condemned for Killing Protesters
Christian priests and nuns joined a candle-light vigil in the capital to protest against the military action [AFP] The Roman Catholic Church has accused the Sri Lankan army of shooting unarmed protesters and desecrating a church
Published : 07 August 2013
Land Rights Activists Assassinated in Mexico
ACAPULCO, Mexico—Two leftist activists were found shot to death on Mexico`s southern Pacific coast and a third is missing, a local leader said Tuesday. The two men were found with their hands bound and gunshot wounds
Published : 06 August 2013
Chicago: Reclaiming Homes, Rights for Homeless
Since 2010, the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign has taken over nearly 30 abandoned South and West Side residences, rehabbed them and moved in homeless families. Willie "J.R" Fleming, a longtime housing rights activist and co-founder of the
Published : 15 July 2013
Israel Still Justifies Naqab Arabs` Forced Eviction
The Prawer Plan relays on a unjust assumption that the ownership claims of the Arab Bedouins on their land in the Negev are not legitimate since they are not listed in the Land Registry books.
Published : 27 June 2013
ETO Consortium 6th Conference
Extraterritorial Obligations (ETO) Consortium Meets Again The 6th conference of the Extraterritorial (ETO) Consortium took place as a special event of the Vienna+20 Action Week on Human Rights in Vienna, on 25 and 26 June 2013.
Published : 26 June 2013
Istanbulites to IOC: “Don’t Select Our City”
Esteemed members of the IOC; This is a call from two human rights organizations, Urban Movements Istanbul / HIC (Habitat International Coalition) and People’s Houses on behalf the citizens of Istanbul from all ages, social and
Published : 21 June 2013
Bahrain: A symbol at the Heart of Revolt
MANAMA/ZURICH, Jun (Reuters)- Until a few months ago, the twin towers of the Bahrain Financial Harbour development -- clad in green glass and shaped like over-sized toy sea-horses -- were symbols of the island state`s
Published : 16 June 2013
