Displacement

Activists Fight Privatization Of Colombia’s Longest River

March 23, 2015 Carolina Caycedo, www.creativetimereports.org Resist! Colombia, Displacement, Environment

More than 200,000 Colombians have been displaced by dams and resource-extraction projects, according to the Ríos Vivos movement’s report at the 153rd session of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in 2014. Nearly 30 years after the Betania Dam’s construction, the Quimbo Hydroelectric Project, owned by Emgesa—a subsidiary of the Spanish-Italian energy giant Endesa-Enel—is on the verge of being completed. It is expected to flood 8,500 hectares of fertile land and tropical dry forest ecosystems. And in Huila many of the families displaced by the Betania Dam are now facing a second relocation, with the filling of the Quimbo reservoir scheduled to start in June 2015. The communities that will be flooded—such as Escalereta, Balseadero and San José de Belén—have been dealing with forced evictions since 2012.

World Bank President Admits Resettlement Failures

March 10, 2015 Ryan Schleif, www.theguardian.com Educate! Capitalism, Corporatism, Displacement, World Bank

The World Bank last week admitted publicly it had no idea how many people may have been forced off their land or lost their jobs due to its projects. The Bank also did not know whether these people were compensated fairly, on time or at all. “We took a hard look at ourselves on resettlement and what we found caused me deep concern,” said World Bank group president Jim Yong Kim. “We found several major problems. One is that we haven’t done a good enough job in overseeing projects involving resettlement; two, we haven’t implemented those plans well enough; and three, we haven’t put in place strong tracking systems to make sure that our policies were being followed. We must and will do better.” In internal documents now made public, the World Bank admitted its own failures to understand, monitor and deliver even on its most basic policies.

Corrie’s Family Denied Justice From Israel’s Highest Court

February 14, 2015 Sarah Lazare, www.commondreams.org Educate! Displacement, Israel, Law, Palestine, Wars and Militarism

The family of Rachel Corrie—the 23-year-old U.S. activist crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer while nonviolently protesting a home demolition in Palestine 12 years ago—was denied justice by Israel's top court on Thursday. The rejection is the latest stage in the family's decade-long legal battle to hold Israel liable for Corrie's death, on charges that the military either killed her deliberately or was negligent. Corrie, who hailed from Olympia, Washington, had been volunteering with the International Solidarity Movement for two months in Gaza when she was run over and killed by Israeli forces near the Rafah crossing in 2003. Her death sparked international outrage at Israeli human rights abuses, as well as accolades for Corrie'slife and legacy.

Green Neocolonialism, Afro-Brazilian Rebellion In Brazil

December 29, 2014 Santiago Navarro F., Renata Bessi and Translated Miriam Taylor, www.truth-out.org Resist! Brazil, Community, Displacement

The Afro-Brazilian Quilombola people were forced from their land in Brazil in order to make way for eucalyptus plantations, which produce toilet paper destined for Western markets. But they are resisting by replanting native trees and food crops, and working for a post-eucalyptus reality. The principal use for the cellulose found in eucalyptus plants in Brazil is disposable paper products, such as toilet paper and paper towels - products most in demand in first-world markets. Yet these types of paper products generate social and environmental impacts in places in Brazil where many communities have never even had access to them. The region known as Sape do Norte, which includes the cities of Sao Mateus and Conceicao da Barra, in the state of Espirito Santo, in Brazil, has been heavily affected by eucalyptus plantations.

Iraqis Unite To Help Those Displaced By The Islamic State

August 30, 2014 Sheren Khalel, www.mintpressnews.com Educate! Displacement, Iraq, Islamic State

ERBIL, Iraq — Iraq is in the midst of a refugee crisis. With Islamic State militants having taken over swathes of the Levant and establishing a caliphate from Raqqa, Syria, through to Mosul, Iraq, over one million Iraqis have found themselves seeking refuge from the marauding militants. The front lines are fluid in Iraq, but the chaos is more defined than within Syria. Safe areas still exist, such as parts of the south and in the Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq in the north, and thousands continue to seek refuge there every day. Across the country, average citizens, NGOs, mosques and churches have all reached out to offer refuge to the hundreds of thousands of refugees made homeless by the Islamic State over the past two months. People are refusing to be divided between religious and sectarian lines. Across Iraq, Muslims have offered refuge to Christians, Christians to Muslims, and both to many of the small groups of minorities, such as the Yezidis, who have been targeted hardest by Islamic State militants. In Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, and a city is under Islamic State control, militants have carried out public lashings and executions against individuals who do not adhere to their draconian laws. Unsurprisingly, many of the over one million displaced persons from Iraq’s latest war have come from the city and its surrounding areas.

Families Displaced By World Cup Wait For Relief

July 9, 2014 Tim Eastman and Shay Horse, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Brazil, Displacement, Poverty, world cup

In preparation for hosting the World Cup, the Brazilian government spent the outrageous amount of $10 billion and displaced as many as 250,000 people–evicting the poorest from their homes and sweeping up homeless from the streets. Since the World Cup started, thousands have protested lavishing public resources on a sports event while poverty is rampant. Journalists Tim Eastman and Shay Horse have been in Brazil covering the protests and events outside the sports arenas. We had the opportunity to visit a group of families who were victims of these forced removals. One hundred days ago, military police evicted 160 families of the Telerj area of Rio de Janeiro from their homes. They lived in an area which had been gifted by the government of Dilma Roussef. For a short time, they occupied City Hall but were violently ejected by military police. Since then, they have traveled around and resettled in various areas of Rio, wandering from place to place without a home.

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