1-5 of 21 matching articles 5 20 100 All Relocation policies do not excuse forced evictions, still a denial of human rights Kerwin Datu • 5 July 2010 Forced evictions are usually illegal, yet they are increasingly routine for many governments, assisted by international institutions. Rather than helping governments justify evictions, institutions need to steer governments towards true 'voluntarism'. Uganda residents insist "we are citizens; we are not squatters" Benjamin Bradlow / Slum / Shack Dwellers International • 10 May 2010 Residents of Kikaramoja in Jinja, Uganda's second largest city, have completed an enumeration project in the hopes of staving off a relocation attempt. They claim they have owned the land since before Ugandan indepedence. Injuries and shots fired in eviction of Muslim slum dwellers Administrator • 19 November 2009 11 people were injured, and three possibly killed, when police and Muslim slum dwellers clashed over a forced eviction to make way for an expanded transport terminal at Baclaran. Mixed views on the Blikkiesdorp relocation site in Cape Town IRIN • 29 April 2010 The ANC has built the large resettlement site of Blikkiesdorp to relocate residents during the World Cup, but also as part of the long term strategy to solve South Africa's housing crisis. Worst fears abated for World Cup relocations Benjamin Bradlow / Shack/Slum Dwellers International • 1 July 2010 Eviction of poor residents has been less than expected in the run-up to the World Cup in South Africa, but the urban poor have nonetheless seen little economic benefit from the event. 1 2 3 4 5
