Keyword: eviction

Eviction blockade in Budapest (May 13 2010) On July 22, 2010 the newly elected center-right Hungarian government declared a ban on almost all forms of eviction until April 15, 2011. The only and yet very significant exception to this ban are squatters who continue to be unprotected from forced eviction by either private or public bodies.

We are writing to you to express our grave concern over the violent evictions that have been taking place since 15th March 2011 in Miralvalle, Parana, Bella Flor, Quinch, Ingenio Chabil Utzaj, Sekokpur in Valle del Polochic, Panzós, Alta Verapaz, Retalhuleu Linea Ferrea, Domingo de Ramos, Palin Linea Ferrea.

An old patient was left to streets with his oxygen machine A lively green spot among the high-rise blocks of the Atasehir municipality, the tenements of the Roma community of Kucukbakkalkoy were demolished in July, leaving the population to streets, without any differentiation between children, women, the elderly and even the ill.Tarlabasi, Fener, Balat, Ayvansaray,Yenikapi,Kumkapi,Tozkoparan, Derbent, Bedreddin…. Which one next?!

Anti-riot police and a government demolition team clash with residents during the demolition of shanties in Corazon De Jesus village in San Juan city ( January 11 2012) The year 2011 had the highest number of documented cases of eviction since 1994, according to a study of Urban Poor Associates’ (UPA), a housing rights advocate. From January to December 2011, 14, 744 families or 73,780 individuals were evicted in 39 demolition incidents.  92 percent of evictions are considered illegal as they lack requirements called for in the Urban Development and Housing Act. Seven demolitions turned violent.

Spaces for Change’s just-released research study, “Demolishing Foundations of Peace” documents and critically examines the systematic pattern of forced evictions and house demolitions in Nigeria, perpetrated by both city planners and security forces, in the name of “improving national security”.

Illegal settlements In Los Dolores (Murcia), there are constant complaints about the filth and presence of minors in ‘deplorable’ conditions, while in Patiño, camps have been set up again.In La Azacaya, black pudding is the talk of the town. But less than one kilometre away, among the fig and lemon trees beside the River Segura next to Manolito’s lane, several dozen immigrants live in subhuman conditions. They are waiting for a judge to order the eviction and demolition of the abandoned houses in which they have lived for the last two years.

Activists of the Moscow City Council with the support of the Left Front held a picket at the Embassy of Nigeria Today, on December 4, Mossovet and Left Front activists held a picket by the Nigeria embassy. They stood with posters saying “Nigerian inhabitants, we are with you!” and “No to lawless evictions!” After a while, a delegation of three activists entered the building to give the ambassador a letter on behalf of Mossovet.

A displaced Iraqi woman living in the Adhamiyah neighbourhood of Baghdad. Many of the displaced cannot return because other families are squatting in their homes (jamesdale10/Flickr) Nearly two thirds of homes belonging to Iraqi internally displaced persons (IDPs) or refugees that were occupied by squatters have been evacuated since mid-2008, a government official said on 9 January