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Housing and Land Rights in South Africa’s UPR |
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By :HIC side event |
| 23 September 2022 |
Housing and Land Rights ahead of South Africa’s UPR
The upcoming Universal Periodic Review of South Africa and the current Human Rights Council 51st session should focus on the human rights to adequate housing and land rights and protection of their defenders
Date: 30 September 2022
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
In person: Room XXV,
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Urgent Action South Africa: Ayanda Ngila Murdered |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 16 March 2022 |
HIC-HLRN call for urgent action on the murder of land defender Ayanda Ngila
Housing and Land Rights Network-Habitat International Coalition (HIC-HLRN), with its member organizations across the African continent, the Americas, the Middle East, Europe and Asia, stands in solidarity with those grieving the murder of South African land rights defender
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Maasai Tribe Facing Another Eviction |
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By :IWGIA & IPRI |
| 26 January 2022 |
According to reliable information received by Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) and the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania is currently planning the eviction of the Maasai Indigenous people from a 1,500 km2 area in their ancestral land located in the
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Crowborough letter |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 25 February 2021 |
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India: Activist Arrested over Pro-farmer ‘Toolkit’ |
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By :Sky News and Shruti Menon, BBC |
| 19 February 2021 |
These two articles report the arrest of 22-year-old Indian climate activist Disha Ravi, who has been accused of sedition for allegedly authoring a pro-famers toolkit Global Farmers Strike - First Wave. The first article deals with her arrest, while the second provides the context of India’s Sedition Law and its
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UNSRs Address Israel over Naqab Demolitions |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 21 December 2020 |
After the standard 60-day embargo on releasing such communications, the 12 October joint letter of seven UN Special Rapporteurs (SRs) to the Israeli government is now public. The SRs on adequate housing, cultural rights, human rights defenders, the rights of indigenous peoples, the human rights of internally displaced persons, minority
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Colombia: Evictions amid the Coronavirus |
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By :Peoples Dispatch |
| 13 May 2020 |
Many question the motivation of the city government to evict the community amid the pandemic as they have been occupying the land for the last 20 years.
On May 11, Colombian social movements and human rights organizations denounced the arbitrary, violent evictions of families in the Altos de la Estancia neighborhood
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Palestine/Israel: CSOs Urge Prisoners’ Release |
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By :Civil society organizations |
| 18 April 2020 |
On Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, Civil Society Calls for Urgent Release of Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees in Israeli Prisons
As we mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day this year, Palestinian prisoners and detainees face the additional threat of a coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Israeli prisons and detention centers. While governments around the world are
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Pakistan: HIC Member Assaulted, Threatened |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 31 October 2019 |
Human Rights Defender Dr. Khadim Hussain Dahot threatened and physically assaulted
Dr. Khadim Hussain Dahot, human rights defender and director of HIC Member organization has been attacked outside his home in Sindh Province, Pakistan. The mob of unidentified men attacking the defender accused him of inciting sectarian violence and committing blasphemy.
Dr.
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Zim: CSOs Pose Resolving Govt Displacements |
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By :Tatenda Chitagu, newsday |
| 13 February 2019 |
The Zimbabwe People’s Land Rights Movement (ZPLRM), a member of the Habitat International Coalition (HIC), has slammed government over planned displacements of thousands of villagers across the country and urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to walk his talk over the irreversibility of the land reform programme.
HIC is an independent international coalition
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