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Restore riparian land but factor in human rights
07 Jun 2024 16:27 GMT
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Kenya ratified numerous international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant … and eventually show respect for human rights while providing adequate compensation and … sought to implement the Kibera Slum Upgrading Project, aimed at …
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Fr. Amado “Picx” Picardal: Missionary of Hope in the footsteps of the Redeemer
07 Jun 2024 20:17 GMT
… advocacy for justice and human rights, for peace and integrity … advocacy for justice and human rights, he could be determined … consistently fought to uphold human rights since his student activism days …
His exposure to the slums of Cebu as a seminarian …
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Jai Bhim Nagar: Day after demolition drive, residents rummage through debris to recover their belongings
07 Jun 2024 18:55 GMT
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Citing directives from the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), civic officials said … illegally. According to BMC, the slum dwellers had been issued a … into the Jai Bhim Nagar slum colony in 2000.
“We have …
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Arrest all those promoting tribal and civil strife regardless of political affiliation – Part Two
07 Jun 2024 08:25 GMT
… the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) which issued … in Kisumu and the Nairobi slum areas; The attacks included … of past violence and human rights violations as a major … Leemans L. Nyirenda is a Human Rights Advocate, Author, Researcher, Youth …
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Millions of migrant farm workers exploited in Europe’s fields, says Oxfam
05 Jun 2024 09:17 GMT
… under European Union labor and human rights law spanning nine EU countries … . Some workers live in makeshift slums, which can lack running water … prevent and take responsibility for human rights violations.
“European leaders can no …
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Demolition drive leads to clashes, 35 injured
06 Jun 2024 18:54 GMT
… received directives from the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) to … we approached the scene, slum-dwellers were already positioned, … , and over time, slum-dwellers constructed duplex residential … time before demolishing the slums, asserting that the civic …
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Mumbai News: 20 Hurt In Stone Pelting At BMC’s Demolition Drive In Powai
06 Jun 2024 09:06 GMT
… anti-encroachment drive in a slum in Bhim Nagar. An assistant … directives approved by the State Human Rights Commission. A senior civic official … to vacate the place.
A slum dweller told the FPJ that …
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We pollute, you pay: Forests, bastis and environmental injustice in India
05 Jun 2024 09:16 GMT
… courts to issue Orders for ‘slum clearance’. Case outcomes now largely … as ‘bourgeois environmentalists’, started subordinating human rights to environmental concerns. This group … law’s role in oppression, human rights violations, exploitation of labour and …
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7 People Die in Village as Strong Winds and Heavy Rains Wreak Havoc
04 Jun 2024 19:49 GMT
… during a demolition in Mathare slum, Nairobi.
The government ordered the … collapse of houses.
The Kenya Human Rights Commission urged the government to …
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Mathare Woman Loses KSh 10k Flood Money, House She's Lived in for 29 Years to De...
04 Jun 2024 13:04 GMT
… the recent demolitions in Mathare Slums.
Wanjiku lost her eyesight … girl growing up in the slums.
How did Wanjiku go … Wednesday, May 28, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) revealed that … to TUKO.co.ke, human rights defender David Karani noted that …