Inhabitants of the Middle East

IDPs in Sanaa rush to register their names with aid agencies so that they can receive assistance (Adel Yahya/IRIN

Some of the thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have fled fighting in Saada Governorate, northern Yemen, are selling food aid in the capital, Sanaa, to pay their rent, say an aid worker and some IDPs.

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

ICSSI Conference - Velletri, Italy 25 – 30 march 2009

The conference saw the participation of 38 Iraqi representatives (from associations, women groups, youth groups, ngo's, labour unions, media, networks) and some 20 representatives from international ngo's and social movements.

Protest against evictions in Nigeria, Palestine and Israel, Nigerian Embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel

Protest against evictions in Nigeria, Palestine and Israel: Tel Aviv, April 26 2009

עברית אחרי אנגלית

In Nigeria, Palestine, Israel and the rest of the world, all people have the right for a roof above their head – a right that is taken by governments.

Hassan Jumma Awad, Presidente della Federal Union of Oil, uno degli ospiti della Conferenza della società civile irachena. Foto di David Bacon

A tre giorni dall'inizio della Conferenza della società civile irachena, riportiamo una relazione sintetica sullo stato dei lavori al 26 marzo:

 http://www.unponteper.it/informati/article.php?sid=1712

Conferenza della società civile irachena

25-31 marzo 2009 - Velletri (Roma), Italia

Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, February 6th, 2009

The so-called High Court of Justice issued the final decision relating to Khirbet Tana, east of Nablus city, sanctioning the demolition of the village and the expulsion of the entire population.

BAGHDAD, 6 January 2009 (IRIN) - Lack of government funds could force the Ministry of Displacement and Migration to postpone until 2010 some housing projects designed to ease internal displacement, an official told IRIN on 4 January.

BAGHDAD, 7 January 2009 (IRIN) - The Iraqi government has decided to evict all people who have been squatting in government buildings or on government land since the 2003 US-led invasion which toppled Saddam Hussein’s regime.

BAGHDAD, 12 January 2009 (IRIN) - A parliamentary committee and local NGOs have called on the government to delay implementing its decision to evict all squatters from government property (land and buildings).

Many who sold at rock-bottom prices as they fled violence are now priced out of their old neighborhoods.