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DRC: Investigation and intimidation against HRD Augustin Alphonse Bofaka and other human rights defenders
On 15 November 2015, human rights defender Mr Augustin Alphonse Bofaka was interrogated by the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) in connection with a recent protest against a multinational company accused of land grabbing and environmental degradation.
He also received several threatening phone calls as a result of his role as a community mobiliser.
Legal Pluralism Conference, University of Cape Town, 8-11 September 2011
IALTA is going to host three panels on land administration systems, rules and roles of land law, and individualization of land rights in a competitive society for the upcoming legal pluralism conference at the University of Cape Town, South Africa on 8-11 September 2011. For more information, please visit the conference website: http://www.commission-on-legal-pluralism.com .
At least 140 killed in Ethiopia protests over state land plan: HRW
At least 140 people have been killed in Ethiopia over the past two months in a crackdown on anti-government protests sparked by plans to expand the capital into farmland, Human Rights Watch said Friday.
"Security forces have killed at least 140 protesters and injured many more, according to activists, in what may be the biggest crisis to hit Ethiopia since the 2005 election violence," HRW's Felix Horne said.
The number reported by HRW is almost double the previous toll of 75 the group gave last month.
The forests won’t forget: A struggle for land in Ramnagar
By: Kavita Upadhyay
Date: 17 January 2017
Source: The Hindu
People say the Congress has gone back on its promise to assign land rights.
The Weak Against the Strong - Vulnerable People Continue to Lose Land in Mukono - By Flavia Lanyero
Angola: Land-Grabbing As a Path to Riches and Status in Angola
By: Maka Angola
Date: January 29th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com
ANALYSIS
Angolan investigative journalist and human rights defender Rafael Marques de Morais has submitted a complaint to the Office of the Attorney General about the behaviour of notorious Kwanza-Sul Governor, General Eusébio de Brito Teixeira, for illegal land-grabbing.
Namibia: N$30 billion to restore rangelands
By: New Era Staff Reporter
Date: February 8th 2016
Source: New Era
Windhoek - Namibia is to spend a staggering N$30 billion in real terms over the next 20 years in a drastic effort to restore its rangelands and alleviate bush encroachment.
New Report - The Land Security Agenda
South Africa: 50 Communities to challenge the Restitution of Land Rights Act
Date: February 15th 2016
Source: SABC
Civil Society will head to the Constitutional Court in Braamfontein to challenge the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act on Tuesday.
The Act re-opened the land restitution process for another five years.
50 communities will hold a night vigil at the Constitutional Court to voice their disapproval of the timing of the new process.
Paraguay's Federation for the Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples (FAPI) releases statement on the current political and social situation in Paraguay
FAPI Statement on the current political and social situation in Paraguay
Following the dismissal of President Fernando Lugo through an abrupt and traumatic process for all of us, and given the present political situation in Paraguay, FAPI, a body that unites several indigenous peoples’ organisations of the western and eastern regions of the country, wishes to inform the national and international communities that: