Victims of forced evictions in Zimbabwe
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Channel: Amnesty International USA · 2009 · News & Politics
http://www.amnestyusa.org/demand-dignity/world-habitat-day/page.do?id=1650045 From May to July 2005, government security forces launched a program of housing and informal business demolition that displaced approximately 700,000 people. The evictions and demolitions were carried out without adequate notice, court orders, due process, legal protection, redress or appropriate relocation measures; in violation of Zimbabwe's obligations under international human rights law. Four years later, the authorities have failed to provide an effective remedy to the victims and, as a result, many continue to be at risk of being forcibly evicted from both their homes and their informal businesses. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/CEWO/
