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Forced-Evictions
  • Peace for Whom? Life Inside Rio’s Occupied Maré Favela The Maré favela complex is home to 130,000 people and an army pacification force who are there to protect the residents according to the Brazilian government. But unease and reports of abuse abound. WITNESS May 8, 2014
  • DVD de Ferramentas: Fortalecendo a Resistência contra Remoções Forçadas Um DVD de Ferramentas especialmente para líderes comunitários, militantes de movimentos sociais e ativistas lutando pelo direito à moradia e resistindo aos despejos forçadas. Jackie Zammuto April 9, 2014
  • As World Cup Stadiums Go Up, Brazilians’ Homes Are Torn Down Video from human rights groups and activists is shifting the attention to forced evictions carried out in the lead up to the World Cup. WITNESS April 8, 2014
  • Defendiendo el Derecho a la Vivienda y a la Tierra Una nueva caja de herramientas publican por WITNESS y Amnistía Internacional Jackie Zammuto March 20, 2014
  • Worst Corporation in the World: Vote for FIFA! Brazilian human rights activists, fighting massive forced evictions and redevelopment for the 2014 World Cup, nominate FIFA for the worst corporation in the world award. Read, share and vote. Priscila Néri January 14, 2014
  • CineMaralita Uses Film to Illuminate Issues Facing Urban Poor in the Philippines CineMaralita, a film festival in the Philippines supported by the Urban Poor Resource Center (UPRCP), has recently used the videos included in our forced eviction toolkit as vehicles to spark conversation around land and housing rights issues. WITNESS December 19, 2013
  • WITNESS and Amnesty International Release a New Toolkit for Housing & Land Rights Activists With 15 million people at risk of forced evictions annually around the world, we have released a multimedia resource kit for activists, social movements and communities fighting evictions. Jackie Zammuto December 12, 2013
  • Don’t Miss This Video: FIFA Never Thought it’d have to Go on a PR Tour to Sell Football… in Brazil FIFA must do more than send PR representatives to Brazil for damage control ahead of the 2014 World Cup. They must show they are serious about stopping forced evictions. Priscila Néri October 24, 2013
  • Part 2: How 114 Videos Tell One Story about Forced Evictions in Rio We share findings of our curation project, bringing over 100 videos together to tell the story of forced evictions in Rio de Janiero. Priscila Néri October 9, 2013
  • Can 114 Videos Tell One Story about Forced Evictions in Rio? A video curation project brings together over 100 powerful videos to show how forced evictions unfolded across Rio de Janeiro. Priscila Néri October 7, 2013
  • Evict Them! In 5 Easy Steps A new animated video aims to make the human rights issues inherent in forced evictions more accessible. Ryan Schlief October 4, 2013
  • UN Experts Demand Stop to Forced Evictions in India Eight UN experts called for an immediate halt to the construction of a large steel plant in Eastern India which will forcibly evict as many as 22,000 people. Ryan Schlief October 1, 2013
  • How a Small Brazilian Community Fought Big Powers and Won After 20 years resisting eviction from their homes-- even as the threat level reached Olympic heights this year-- the Rio community of Vila Autodromo wins a concession from the Mayor. Eviction is off the table. Viva a Vila! Priscila Néri August 15, 2013
  • As Protests Rock Brazil One Year Before World Cup, a “People’s Cup” Celebrates Resistance to Forced Evictions Massive protests across Brazil started at frustration at cost of living hikes by the government but also include anger at forced evictions taking place in the lead up to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. WITNESS June 19, 2013
  • As Brazil Marks One-Year Countdown to 2014 World Cup, Thousands Cope with Forced Evictions Thousands of Brazil’s residents struggle to rebuild their lives after being forcibly removed from their homes to prepare for the multi-billion dollar sports event. Ryan Schlief June 12, 2013

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