Habitants du Moyen-Orient
ECHR launches campaign to enshrine the right to adequate housing in the Egyptian Constitution
Adequate housing is not just a collective right, it is also the right of every individual, every man, woman and child everywhere
The campaign based on that the right to adequate housing is a human right, which has been recognized on a wide scale by international human rights instruments that have been signed and ratified by Egypt, and thus the state becomes bound by these instruments to recognize the right to adequate housing in its Legislation and to respect, protect and fulfill it.
Egypt, No consolation or apology
Tahrir Square and other Squares in Egypt witnessed bloody incidents that exposed the youth of Egypt to oppression, murder and intentional injury The undersigned hold the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to its full political and criminal responsibility for the dead and wounded as well as to its circumvention of the fair demands of the masses.
La révolte des tentes: Comment promouvoir en Israël une politique sociale de l’habitat dans l’immédiat?
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Ce qui avait commencé comme quelques tentes au milieu de Tel Aviv est en train de se transformer en un mouvement national populaire pour la lutte des droits sociaux et économiques. Cette page sera mise à jour avec les dernières nouvelles concernant le travail de l’Association Israélienne pour les Droits Civiques (ACRI) sur la question de la révolte des tentes.
Thousands of housing activists protests held in cities across Israel
Thousands of housing protesters march in Haifa, July 26, 2011 (Hagai Fried)
Housing activists, who reject Netanyahu's plan to solve the housing crisis, rally in Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Ashdod and Be'er Sheva, chanting "Bibi go home" and "we want justice."After rejecting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan
to solve Israel's housing crisis, activists continued to protest across the country on Tuesday 26 July.
Iraq: Political wrangling leaves around 2.8 million displaced Iraqis with no durable solutions in sight
Seven years after the March 2003 US-led invasion, Iraq remains deeply divided. Iraqis have been internally displaced in three periods: either under the former Ba’ath government; from the March 2003 invasion until the February 2006 Samarra bombing; and since then. Today, one in ten Iraqi is still internally displaced, totalling 2.8 million people. They face continuing threats to their physical security and difficulties accessing basic necessities and essential services. (...)
IRAQ: Karbala IDPs, squatters encouraged to return
Insufficient funds and an overburdened public services infrastructure have prompted authorities in Iraq’s central province of Karbala to assist the voluntary return of up 90,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 100,000 squatters.
Yemen: Selling food aid to pay the rent
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.
IRAK: Les squatters délogés de deux-tiers des maisons de déplacés qu’ils occupaient
Une femme irakienne “déplacée” dans le quartier d’ Adhamiyah à Bagdad. Elle fait partie des nombreux réfugiés ou déplacés empêchés de rentrer chez eux par des squatters installés à leur place (jamesdale10/Flickr)
Depuis la mi-2008, deux tiers des maisons occupées appartenant à des personnes déplacées ou à des réfugiés irakiens ont été “libérés” des squatters installés , a annoncé un porte-parole du gouvernement le 9 janvier dernier.
Demo against evictions in Nigeria and Palestine
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.
Rapport: Conférence de la société civile irakienne
Conférence ICSSIVelletri, du 25 au 30 mars 2009Cette conférence a enregistré la participation de 38 représentants iraquiens (issus d’associations, de groupes de femmes, de groupes de jeunes, d’ONG, de syndicats, des médias, de réseaux professionnels) et d’une vingtaine de représentant d’ONG internationales et de mouvements sociaux.