Keyword: eviction
Local dormitory tenants protest in Saint Petersburg
The tenants of dormitories of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region in front of the newly elected City Hall (St. Petersburg, January 23 2012)
In the morning of January, 23, a gathering staged by a group of tenants living in some dormitories of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region took place in front of the newly elected City Hall (Legislative Assembly).
Hundreds marched to the National Assembly requesting Cambodia Free from Eviction and Land Grabbing
Hundreds of families from more than a dozen communities joined local human rights groups yesterday as they rallied outside the National Assembly for World Zero Evictions Day, calling for an end to forced land evictions in Phnom Penh.
USA, Two approaches to homelessness: The government vs the people
Who can solve the problem of homelessness? This past week we saw two approaches—the bulldozing of a homeless encampment by the City of Baltimore and the reclamation of a foreclosed property by the direct action of a group of people in Minneapolis.