Israel Court OKs Khan al-Ahmar Destruction
Justices state that the main issue is not whether the eviction can be executed, but where to relocate the residents. Meanwhile, the UN calls on Israel to cease demolitions, which `are against international law.` The
Published : 05 September 2018
Israel Takes Palestinian Farmland for ‘gardening’
Palestinians say that Israeli authorities in Jerusalem barred them from tending to their plants in the area targeted for confiscation. On 10 August 2018, the Israeli municipality in occupied East Jerusalem notified the Palestinian neighborhood of
Published : 14 August 2018
Israel: Resisting New Apartheid Law
Israeli Arabs launch High Court challenge to apartheid law amid warning to justices by Israeli Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked. JERUSALEM—Members of the High Follow-up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel announced on Tuesday the launch
Published : 08 August 2018
Myanmar: Struggles against Grabbing Fortress
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Saw Ma Bu’s family has lived in the mountainous forests of Myanmar’s Kayin state for generations, farming and fishing in the Salween river, even as a decades-long armed conflict raged
Published : 06 August 2018
Jerusalem: Counting the Cost of Occupation
Three Israeli policies target Palestinian economic life in Jerusalem: the expulsion and banning of the Palestinian Chamber of Commerce; the separation barrier; and high municipal taxes. Innumerable political challenges stand in the way of the development
Published : 05 August 2018
CSO Contributions Undermined at HLPF
Unanswered Questions: How Civil Society’s Contributions to Sustainable Development are Undermined at the HLPF. Civil society are often on the frontlines, protecting the most vulnerable in our societies as well as our natural resources– vital
Published : 03 August 2018
Israel Destroys >2K of Palestine’s Trees since May
More than 2,000 trees in West Bank Palestinian villages destroyed in two months. According to B`Tselem, in one incident near Hebron, 700 vines were damaged. So far, 10 suspects have been arrested, all of whom
Published : 01 August 2018
Kenya: Inhabitants Seek Protection from Evictions
Residents of more than six Nairobi estates yesterday sought to stop their eviction by the government. Houses are to be demolished today in Kaloleni, Makongeni, Mbotela, Mutindwa, Dandora and Kenyatta University villages, Lang’ata and Wilson-South C
Published : 01 August 2018
Progress in Land Indicators
This July is the first time the United Nations will review the progress made towards meeting Sustainable Development Goal 15, which is about Life on Land. Each goal will be reviewed about every four years until 2030. The
Published : 30 July 2018
