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Kuala Lampur, Malaysia: 109 Families Face Eviction after Appeals Court Ruling |
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By: A. Hafiz Yatim, New Sunday Times Online
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| 01 March 2007 |
PUTRAJAYA: Kuala Lumpur City Hall can now evict 109 families in Kampung Semarak and Kampung Loke Yew.The Court of Appeal yesterday allowed City Hall’s application to set aside an injunction issued against it 22 days ago.The Kuala Lumpur High Court had on February 6 granted an injunction to the residents
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Israel Must be Accountable for Palestinian Reparation |
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By: Hedayat Abdel Nabi, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)
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| 23 February 2007 |
GENEVA , Feb 23 (KUNA) -- Israel must be held accountable for continuously violating Palestinian refugee and internally displaced persons’ rights to reparation, said representative of Bethlehem-based Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights Karine MacAllister.Ten human rights NGOs -- including Israeli, Palestinian and international organizations -- presented
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NGOs Support Special Rapporteur`s Call for New ICJ Advisory Opinion on Israeli Occupation |
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By: Kuwait News Agency
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| 23 February 2007 |
NGOs support Dugard’s call for Court’s advisory opinion on Israeli occupation GENEVA, Feb 23 (KUNA) -- A number of non-governmental organizations from inside and outside Israel supported today the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) John Dugard in regard for considering
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Cambodia: Boeung Kak Lake Latest City Sell-off |
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By: Allister Hayman and Sam Rith, Phnom Penh Post
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| 22 February 2007 |
Thousands of Phnom Penh’s residents who live around Boeung Kak Lake may have to pack up and move after the Municipality’s signing of a lease for an 133 hectare area.Signed by Governor Kep Chuktema, the deal includes at least ten of the 24 villages that surround Boeung Kak - including
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Primer Foro Nacional sobre Legislaci?n y Financiamiento para la Producci?n Social de la Vivienda |
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| 15 February 2007 |
onsiderando que:
La pol?tica de Estado del actual Gobierno Federal en materia de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano ha privilegiado una pol?tica que favorece al mercado inmobiliario y financiero por sobre los intereses sociales de la mayor?a de la poblaci?n;
Dicho sistema se caracteriza entre otros, por promover la extensi?n de las manchas
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Dying for a Home: Toxic Trailers Are Making Katrina Refugees Ill |
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By: Amanda Spake, The Nation
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| 15 February 2007 |
Along the Gulf Coast, in the towns and fishing villages from New Orleans to Mobile, survivors of Hurricane Katrina are suffering from a constellation of similar health problems. They wake up wheezing, coughing and gasping for breath. Their eyes burn; their heads ache; they feel tired, lethargic. Nosebleeds are common,
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Reporte Actualizado sobre las Inundaciones en Yakarta |
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| 15 February 2007 |
El n?mero de muertos ha incrementado cada d?a, hasta ahora se tienen
confirmadas 50 muertes (en Yakarta y su ?rea metropolitana). El n?mero de
refugiados durante la inundaci?n es de 392,164 personas. Desde que el nivel
del agua ha disminuido, muchas personas han comenzado a regresar a sus
comunidades y
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Uganda: Residents Fear Eviction after Land Giveaway |
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By: John A. Emojong, The Monitor (Kampala)
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| 12 February 2007 |
As the land-give-away to investors continues, residents of Osukuru sub-county in Tororo district are crying foul because of what they call lack of transparency by the government in allocating land.
During a meeting with residents and the Assistant Commissioner in the Ministry of Energy John Odidi at Osukuru, area LC5
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Cambodia: Jarai Villagers Fight Finance Minister’s Sister for Land |
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By: Cat Barton and Cheang Sokha, Phnom Penh Post
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| 08 February 2007 |
For the past year, Phnom Penh has weathered a string of well-publicized evictions, with poor, marginalized communities forced from their homes by a powerful, well-connected elite. Less visible has been the land-grabbing in remote rural areas.On January 23, a group of ethnic minority villagers initiated legal action against Keat Kolney,
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Zimbabwe: 15 Tenants Evicted, Spend Night in Open Air |
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By: Heral Reporter, The Herald (Harare)
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| 07 February 2007 |
Fifteen tenants and their sub-tenants, who were occupying buildings at number 112 and 114 Mbuya Nehanda Street, were on Monday afternoon evicted from the properties and spent the night with their wares outside the premises.
The eviction followed a failed appeal against an earlier eviction order at the Civil Court,
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Ongoing Evictions in Angola |
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By: Amnesty International and HLRN
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| 04 February 2007 |
Amnesty International has recently released a new report, entitled "Lives in ruins: forced evictions continue", on the mass evictions taking place in Angola between September 2004-July 2006.
"The forced evictions have targeted the poorest families who have least access to the means of securing their tenure and for whom the
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UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women Concludes Mission to Algeria |
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By: UN
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| 01 February 2007 |
UNITED NATIONSPress Release
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Professor Yakin Ertürk, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences, delivered the following statement on 31 January 2007 in Algiers:"From 21 to 31 January 2007, I conducted a fact-finding mission to Algeria, during which I
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Native Land Treaty 13 Years in the Making |
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By: Am Johal, IPS
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| 18 January 2007 |
The Tsawwassen First Nation’s final agreement was initialed on Dec. 8, 2006. This is the second final agreement initialed under the British Columbia (BC) treaty process -- which is working with a total of some 57 native groups -- and the first initialed in the Greater Vancouver Regional District, the
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Guatemala: Canadian Mining Company Forcibly Evicts Impoverished Mayan-Q’eqchi’ |
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By: COHRE
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| 17 January 2007 |
On 8 January 2007, the GAR (private police forces) and the armed forces evicted 80 Mayan-Q’eq’chi families from the community of La Pista and 228 families from La Union, in the region of El Estor, Izabal, Guatemala. On 9 January, the community of La Revoluci?n, also in El Estor, Isabal,
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Israel’s "Invisible Hand" in Gaza |
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By: Alan Johnston, BBC News-Gaza
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| 17 January 2007 |
Although Israel withdrew from Gaza more than a year ago, its control over the lives of Palestinians there is in some ways even tighter than before, a new report by an Israeli human rights organisation says.
In the days after Israeli troops and settlers pulled out of the territory, the
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France Endorses Housing as a Legal Right |
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By: By Kerstin Gehmlich, Reuters
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| 04 January 2007 |
The plight of the homeless has become a campaign issue ahead of this year’s presidential election after a group calling itself "The Children of Don Quixote" set up tents in Paris to draw attention to people sleeping outside.
The issue has dominated the news and forced politicians from all main parties
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Israel Approves New West Bank Settler Colony |
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By: BBC
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| 26 December 2006 |
Israel has approved the construction of a new settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli officials have said.
The defence ministry said 30 houses would be built in the settlement for families moved from the Gaza Strip.
It marks the first time since 1992 that Israel has approved a new
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United Nations Expert on Adequate Housing Concludes Spain Mission |
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By: UN - Geneva
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| 15 December 2006 |
From 20 November to 1 December 2006, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari, conducted a mission to Spain to examine the status of realization of the right to adequate housing, paying particular attention to aspects of
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Botswana: Bushmen Win Landmark Eviction Ruling |
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By: Survival International
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| 13 December 2006 |
Scenes of jubilation greeted the Botswana High Court’s ruling today in favour of the Kalahari Bushmen.The court ruled today that the Botswana government’s eviction of the Bushmen was "unlawful and unconstitutional," and that they have the right to live on their ancestral land inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.The court
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Bank Focus on "Growth" Leaves Poor Behind |
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By: Inter Press Service correspondents
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| 07 December 2006 |
In a report Thursday, the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) said that the World Bank has focused too narrowly on economic growth, leaving unemployment and poverty rates to stagnate or worsen. "The Bank has helped many countries to get onto a growth path through improved economic management, but the growth strategies
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