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The International Alliance of Inhabitants and Mexican civil society gather at the Nigerian Embassy to demand an end to the evictions and massacre of the population in Rivers State.

La alianza internacional de los habitantes y la sociedad civil mexicana exige a la embajada de Nigeria alto a los desalojos y a la masacre de la población en Rivers, MEXICO, diciembre 2009

La alianza internacional de los habitantes y la sociedad civil mexicana exige a la embajada de Nigeria alto a los desalojos y a la masacre de la población en Rivers

On 3rd December 2009, a committee of urban organizations in Mexico comprising UCISV-VER, Unión Popular Valle Gomez, El Barzón Juridico, the Housing Defense Council (Consejo de Defensa de la Vivienda – CDV), Coordinadora de Colonias Unidas de Oaxaca, the International Alliance of Inhabitants, the Operational Center of Housing and Population (COPEVI) and the Center for Ecumenical Studies gathered at the Nigerian Embassy to demand an end to the evictions in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with a statement signed by the leaders of 31 urban social organizations, the national Secretary of Housing and federal representatives.

The committee was seen by the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy, who informed them that the Government of Nigeria was intervening in this matter, guaranteeing the lives of the population, offering amnesty and reinstating the rule of law for the people of Port Harcourt. He thanked them for their interest and the show of solidarity of the Mexican organizations with the Nigerian people. Nevertheless, the committee reiterated its concerns over these acts as well as its request to be kept informed of the developments, expressing the need to obtain a response to the statement that was presented and agreeing to return to the Embassy to follow up on these developments.


Le Traducteur Volontaire pour le droit au logement sans frontières de l'IAI qui a collaboré à la traduction de ce texte est :

Silvia Guimaraes Yafai