USA: Cops Kill Environmentalist amid National Crackdown
Twenty states have enacted laws restricting rights to peaceful protest, as environmentalists are increasingly criminalized Atlanta shooting part of alarming US crackdown on environmental defenders The shooting of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, believed to be the first
Published : 02 February 2023
Jewish National Fund on Trial (again)
Jewish National Fund: A century of land theft, belligerence and erasure A US federal judge had dismissed the suit in 2021 for lack of evidence. However, the JNF argued in court to appeal the decision last
Published : 01 February 2023
Urgent Action: Reparation for 500 Foribly Evicted in Cameroon
Cameroon: Hundreds of families evicted, homeless in Douala Dear Members and Friends: The New Year began had a harsh beginning for 500 people forcibly evicted from the Vallée Berrengue quartier in Douala, Cameroon. We are
Published : 29 January 2023
Ethiopia: Detention for Documenting Forced Evictions
Ethiopia: Human rights defenders held for documenting forced evictions must be released immediately The Ethiopian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release four human rights defenders who were detained solely for their work documenting forced evictions in
Published : 10 January 2023
Germany: Protesting Village Razed for Coal Mine
Climate activists dig in to defend German village from coal mine “(We) will fight for every tree, for every house, for every meter in this village,” said Luka Scott, a spokesperson for the alliance of groups
Published : 09 January 2023
A New Issue of LandTimes
This current Issue 27 of Land Times /أحوال الأرضupdates readers with the latest terms and developments related to the housing and land rights and HIC-HLRN’s latest activities in the context of multiple crises from a
Published : 01 January 2023
Gambia: Call to Protect Monkey Park
Gambian Environmentalist Modou Sowe Urged Youth to Protect Monkey Park for The Future The protection of Monkey Park has raised concerns among Gambian environmentalists. This is because of the role of the park as a major
Published : 22 December 2022
Canada Seizes Russian Assets to Rebuild Ukraine
Press Release: Senator Ratna Omidvar applauds the Canadian Government for seizing the assets of a sanctioned Russian Oligarch and using these assets to help Ukrainian war victims OTTAWA—Senator Omidvar is very pleased to see that the
Published : 19 December 2022
Kashmir: Indian Land Law Dispossesses Locals
Concern Over New Rule On Land Lease In Jammu And Kashmir Opposition parties have strongly reacted to the administration`s decision to bring the new law into effect. They say the move is aimed at giving the
Published : 16 December 2022
