forced evictions

RIO DE JANEIRO

Official Bullying Lurks Behind Prep for Olympics in Brazil

By Fabiola Ortiz
As Brazil prepares to host several sporting mega-events, human rights abuses and authoritarian interventions by the authorities are going on behind the scenes, favouring major urbanisation projects and stadium remodelling, a study says.

Defying Foreclosures in Spain

By Inés Benítez
Shouting slogans against bank foreclosures, dozens of protesters in this southern Spanish city gathered Wednesday to prevent the eviction of a Moroccan family who couldn’t afford to meet their mortgage payments.

Report Accuses China of Mass Forced Evictions

By Malgorzata Stawecka
Wang Jiazheng's family was sleeping at home when the bulldozers, along with security officers, entered their village at dawn.