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Mass forced evictions are also often linked to climate and environmental harms. In Lahore, the state has forcibly acquired tens of thousands of acres of farmland and replaced it with concrete structures, which exacerbate soil erosion and flooding, and magnify extreme heat. In 2020, after torrential rains caused widespread urban flooding in Karachi, municipal authorities blamed informal settlements for blocking stormwater channels, and demolished thousands of homes ostensibly to prevent future

Anti-Israel protesters are singing and celebrating as Columbia University squashed rumors of looming campus lockdowns and mass evictions over the ongoing "tent city" demonstration.

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Tenants in two Houston-area apartments are calling on city council to look into long-standing issues with property management.

A group of Pasadena tenants are fighting to stay in their homes after the building was bought by the California Institute of Technology.

India's top court has given temporary relief to thousands of people who were facing forced eviction from their homes in Uttarakhand state.

The Taoiseach was criticised for saying there was a need to find a balance in the Tathony House situation

The University of the Western Cape has reportedly been evicting hundreds of students, leaving many to sleep outside or on the streets.

United Nations (UN) human rights experts on Friday called on Pakistan to stop evicting close to 100,000 people living along the two narrow watercourses in Karac

THE STANDARD By Irungu Houghton | February 13th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Residents of Kibos in Kisumu County salvage their properties after their houses were demolished by the Kenya Railways. [Collins Oduor, Standard] One week ago, 3,500 men, women and children were forcefully evicted from a settlement they had lived in for 83 years. The evictions are part of an ongoing programme by the Kenya Railways Corporation and other state agencies to expand national railway, water, sewage and road ne...