A woman who was raped on November 23 in Dhading for not voting to a Nepali Congress in the general election of Contsitution Assembly held on November 19, 2013 has been evicted from her job. She was raped by her own relative Sanjeev Simkhada reasoning to act against his party. Simkhada is the cadre of the […]
Brazil: Amnesty International Campaign to Stop Forced Evictions
Written by Melissa Rossi While many Rio de Janeiro residents, known as cariocas, are looking forward to the exciting games, colorful banners, and renovated stadiums of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics in the city, other less fortunate Brazilians will remember the event forever with grief and indignation over losing their homes for […]
Czech Republic Roma Community Stand Firm Against Eviction
By Daniela Kantorova In August 2012, the Ostrava City Hall issued a 24-hour eviction order to the owner of the 11 buildings at PÅ™ednádraží, asking him to evict all of the residents, giving as a reason an unsafe condition of the buildings, primarily due to broken sewage lines. Three lawsuits have been filed between the […]
Eviction Highlights Azeri Refugees’ Plight
Thousands of displaced people in western city live in poor conditions with uncertain prospects. By Ulvi Telmansoy Nearly two decades after they were displaced by the war over Nagorny Karabakh, Azerbaijani refugees living in the country’s second city Ganja face housing difficulties and an uncertain future. The conflict ended in 1994 with Armenian forces in control […]
Government U-turn halts tribal eviction from India’s national parks
The Indian government has scrapped its controversial policy of expelling tribal people from wildlife-rich areas to turn them into national parks. Under new proposals, tribal people can only be evicted with their free, prior and informed consent. Tiger reserves, however, are excluded from the new policy – Survival International has written to the Environment and Forests Ministry […]
Wikileaks: US embassy condemned eviction of Kalahari Bushmen
The US Ambassador to Botswana strongly condemned the government’s forced eviction of the Kalahari Bushmen, according to secret US embassy cables released today. Ambassador Joseph Huggins told his bosses in Washington in 2005 that the Bushmen had been ‘dumped in economically absolutely unviable situations without forethought, and without follow-up support. The lack of imagination displayed… […]
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