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Uganda: Gold in Mubende and 270 Families Evicted

Published in Friday August 3rd, 2012 In In the media

August 1st, 2012 A gold-mining factory operating in a remote, shabby outpost of Bukuya in Kassanda North county, Mubende district, has courted conflict with more than 270 families claiming that they were paid peanuts to quit their land. AUC Mining is a locally registered company with Ugandan and British owners. The company’s local partners include […]

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Namibia: Uncertainty for Tsumkwe Settlers

Published in Wednesday August 1st, 2012 In In the media

July 31st, 2012 The spokesperson for a group of people who settled in the Tsumkwe area, and currently face eviction, says that their plight has worsened since they are now being denied access to water for their animals. Juda Nganjone, told New Era that the farmers now take their animals wherever they can find water […]

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Chile: several children injured after violent eviction

Published in Tuesday July 31st, 2012 In Social movement news

On 23 July, police officers (carabineros) reportedly moved in to evict a group of Mapuche Indigenous people who a day earlier had occupied a plot of agricultural land in Ercilla – 600 km south of Santiago – as part of an ongoing protest to reclaim their traditional territory in Chile’s Araucanía region.

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The Minustah concerned following the incidents of Park La Visite in Haiti

Published in Tuesday July 31st, 2012 In Social movement news

July 28, 2012 The United Nations Mission for Stabilization in Haiti (Minustah) said it was concerned by the reports reporting several victims and injured, in circumstances not yet clear, during a forced eviction operation, in circumstances not yet elucidated, conducted by police officers in the National Park La Visite, located in the town of Galette […]

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In Haiti, anger over slum eviction plans

Published in Monday July 30th, 2012 In In the media

July 28, 2012 A general view of the hillside slum of Port-au-Prince on July 12, 2012. The government plans to demolish hillside shanties for a flood-control project. Photo: AFP Plans to evict people from slums precariously situated on the vertiginous slopes around the Haitian capital are sparking protests from many who want to stay despite […]

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Nigeria forces thousands from floating slum

Published in Monday July 30th, 2012 In In the media

Thousands of people have been left homeless in the Nigerian city of Lagos after a recent government-led eviction of an almost 200-year old shantytown. During last week’s eviction of the Makoko slum, home to about 100,000 people, residents were given only 72 hours to evacuate before men in speedboats were sent to destroy their houses.

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In Haiti, a police operation goes wrong at The Park La visite

Published in Monday July 30th, 2012 In Social movement news

July 27, 2012 Monday, July 23, around noon, a squad composed of 36 officers of the Departmental Unit of Law Enforcement (UDMO), directed by the Departmental Director of the PNH, accompanied by the Departmental Delegate of Southeast, the Government Commissioner and a Judge of Peace, went to Seguin [Commune of Marigot] specifically at Parc La […]

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UN in Haiti: At least 4 die in police eviction in national park

Published in Monday July 30th, 2012 In In the media

July 27, 2012 Investigators from the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in Haiti are trying to figure out how at least four Haitians died after police officers carried out an eviction in a national park. A statement on Friday from the U.N. said the killings took place in the southeastern town of Seguin, but didn’t say […]

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Slum eviction plans in Haiti spark protests

Published in Wednesday July 25th, 2012 In In the media

July 25, 2012 Plans to evict people from slums precariously situated on the vertiginous slopes around the Haitian capital are sparking protests from many who want to stay despite the dangers. Port-au-Prince acts as a magnet in the poor Caribbean nation, which was struck by a catastrophic 2010 earthquake that killed an estimated 225,000 people […]

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Serbia’s Roma face uncertainty

Published in Monday July 23rd, 2012 In In the media

In Belgrade, large settlements of Roma are evicted with little or no warning. This presents an acute problem for internally displaced persons from Kosovo, who can become essentially invisible in the eyes of the law. Often uneducated and without documentation, many of these people live in the informal settlements of central Belgrade, where they’re able to scrape together an existence by scouring the city’s streets and rubbish bins for raw materials to be recycled or sold.

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