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Tag Archives: Forced Evictions
‘We’ll throw you all out’ – Forced eviction threat for Haiti earthquake victims
Chiara Liguori and James Burke of Amnesty International’s Caribbean team are currently in Haiti to launch the report ‘Nowhere to go’: Forced evictions in Haiti’s displacement camps. “Be prepared, we will burn down your shelters, shoot you and throw you … Continue reading
“Don’t finance forced evictions”
Top UN housing expert blows the whistle on the World Bank By Joey Hasson, Amnesty’s Campaign Co-ordinator working on slums Right now, over 1,000 people in Lagos, Nigeria, are under threat of being kicked out of their homes with nowhere … Continue reading
Lagos, Nigeria: Where housing is a luxury
“The police said if we went back into the house they were going to shoot us.” A newsclip from YouTube featuring Friday Ogunyemi and the aftermath of the forced eviction. By Oluwatosin Popoola, Amnesty’s West Africa Reseacher Friday Ogunyemi woke … Continue reading
New route to justice one step closer to reality
By Karen Mullin, Campaigner on Make our Rights Law, Amnesty International’s Demand Dignity Campaign Imagine you have been forcibly evicted from your home. Your family is left homeless, but the law in your country offers you no protection and no compensation. … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Maternal Health and Reproductive Rights, Portugal, Right to Food, Right to Health, Right to Water, Slums and the Right to Housing
Tagged Armed conflict, civilians, Demand Dignity, education, ESCR, Forced Evictions, health, housing, Poverty, Southern Kordofan
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Challenging Israel’s occupation, Palestinians create ‘Gate of the Sun’ village
By Amnesty International Campaigner Saleh Hijazi In the small hours of Sunday, more than 500 Israeli police surrounded around 130 Palestinian activists at a protest camp on the hills opposite the illegal Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, east of Jerusalem … Continue reading