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Turkey – Urban renewal, but who is going to profit?
There is not much left of the Roma district of Sulukule, which used to be so colourful. For years, thousands of Roma from all over the world lived in this historic settlement in the Turkish capital of Istanbul. Because of urban renewal they were forced to leave Sulukule.
0 Comments | Show mapIsrael – The after-effects of ‘Operation Cast Lead’
The town of Abed Rabbo was heavily bombed during ‘Operation Cast Lead’, the military conflict between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas that took place in 2008 and 2009 in the Gaza Strip. The town’s inhabitants lost their homes and their possessions.
0 Comments | Show mapChad – Eviction cancelled
The intervention of several non-governmental organisations such as Amnesty International and the Chadian ‘Human Rights without Borders’ has convinced the Chadian authorities that it would be better to move the building project planned for the district of Ambatta to another location.
0 Comments | Show mapBrazil - Living in the city that hosts the World Cup
‘We heard the builders say it: “This isn’t a village, go and live in the rainforest”’, says Carlos Tukano, chief of the Aldeia Maracanã village.
2 Comments | Show mapNigeria - Mama Gee
On 28 August 2009 an illegal settlement in the Waterfront district of Njemanze in Port Harcourt was razed to the ground. Thousands of men, women and children became homeless.
0 Comments | Show mapAfghanistan - Slum or settlement?
The Afghan settlement of Bareekab, about fifty kilometres from Kabul, looks deserted. It used to be inhabited by around 560 families of remigrants. Not many of them are left. Since Bareekab is far from the civilized world, which means it’s difficult for the residents to find work, water or food, many of the families have fled the settlement.
2 Comments | Show mapCambodia – Relieving ourselves in the field
‘Life has no meaning when you can barely survive’, says Prang Nan from Sihanoukville, Cambodia. She lost a lot of her possessions when she was forcefully evicted in 2007. Apart from her, around 107 other families were forced to leave their homes by the army and the police, who didn’t hesitate to use violence.
1 Comments | Show mapBrazil: It’s not better and it’s not the same
‘Largo do Camphinho, the favela where I used to live,’ says Antonieta Rodrigues. In the background you can see that the houses have been replaced by a building site.
0 Comments | Show mapIsrael – A school built of car tires
‘Ask these kids what their biggest dream is and they will say it is to keep this school so they can learn to read and write,’ says a teacher of the Al-Khan Al-Ahmar primary school. But their dream is surrounded by uncertainty. The school is threatened by demolition by the Israeli authorities.
0 Comments | Show mapChad - A mark on your house
The organization 'Human Rights without Borders' has been active in the slums in Chad since 1999. Currently, the organization mainly campaigns for victims of forced eviction.
0 Comments | Show mapKenya: Poisoned alcohol
A lot of alcohol is consumed in the slums of Nairobi, in Kenya. More and more often this alcohol is poisoned.
0 Comments | Show mapEgypt - Pain Estate
Although they never received official notice of vacation, bulldozers suddenly turned up on the doorsteps of the residents of the A’rab Al-Hesn district in the Egyptian capital of Cairo.
0 Comments | Show mapAfghanistan - Providing care where possible
The doctors at a small health clinic in Afghanistan are doing what they can to help the many patients. Currently, this camp accommodates about 1250 families who were forced to leave their homes in the southern provinces of Afghanistan. They fled the continuous warfare in their home region. The living conditions in the refugee camp are bad and as a result, many people are suffering from bad health.
0 Comments | Show mapNigeria: Bulldozer Day
‘Whose bulldozer is this?' asks a man in the street in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. ‘I have nowhere else to go!’ shouts a desperate woman. A resident recounts: ‘Before we knew it, a bulldozer appeared. The bulldozer entered our neighbourhood and started to demolish all buildings.’
0 Comments | Show mapItaly – The library as a safe haven
About a year ago, 16-year old Marius from Romania moved to Italy. Since then, he and his family have been evicted eight times. ‘I have lost everything’, says Marius. ‘Each time when we had to leave our camp I was very sad. To me, it wasn’t just a camp. To me, it was home.’
0 Comments | Show mapTurkey - They don’t care where you live
Urban development in Turkey has moved rapidly since 2000. This is when the authorities started work to protect old settlements and cultural heritage, but they didn’t stop there. Residential areas were tackled as well. This makes residents vulnerable to forced eviction and demolition.
0 Comments | Show mapGhana – Uncertain times for successful entrepreneurs
People living in slums often have a negative image. They are sometimes seen as criminals, for example. But is this negative image correct? According to the residents of the Old Fadama slum in Accra, the capital of Ghana, it’s a misconception.
0 Comments | Show mapChad: living in continuous uncertainty
In May 2010, more than 10,000 people in Ambatta, in Chad's capital, N’Djamena, were at risk of being made homeless. They had been ordered by the authorities to leave their homes to enable the construction of social housing.
0 Comments | Show mapNigeria – The government is a joker!
Port Harcourt, Nigeria. ‘They demolished everything without paying a penny,’ a man says, standing in the ruins of his former home. Somewhere else, in a small room with an electric piano, a man with a child on his arm sings his guts out.
0 Comments | Show mapAfghanistan: An 8-year old breadwinner
Father is paralysed. The only breadwinners in the family are two small children. In the slums of Kabul there is no room for school or for playing.
1 Comments | Show mapCambodia – Eviction four years on
Cambodian coffee seller Sai Ouk and her family were evicted four years ago to the outskirts of Phnom Penh. Now her family has been split up and live separately in order to survive.
0 Comments | Show mapBrazil – waiting for eviction
Every single day, Keyla expects a knock on the door and the announcement: ‘You have 24 hours to leave your house.’ At the same time, circumstances in her Rio de Janeiro slum will improve.
0 Comments | Show mapFire hazard in Kenyan slums
Fire is one of the biggest enemies of slum dwellers in Kenya. Fires are often started deliberately.
0 Comments | Show mapClearing slums in Rio
The Brazilian authorities want to clear 119 slums in Rio de Janeiro before the end of 2012.
0 Comments | Show mapTurmoil in Port Harcourt
In Port Harcourt, Nigeria, there is a lot of turmoil among the residents of the Waterfront neighbourhoods. The government has decided that these neighbourhoods will be demolished.
0 Comments | Show mapA visit to Imbaba
Mohamed was shot to death. The first bullet hit his neck, the second his right arm. His father will not rest until the guilty police-officer has his due.
0 Comments | Show mapMaking a living as a farmer in Cambodia
A farmer cannot survive without land. Farmers in the Cambodian village of Chi Kreng were chased from their land.
0 Comments | Show mapWaste incineration in Kibera
A project has been set up in the Kenyan slum Kibera to incinerate waste and use this process to generate heat.
0 Comments | Show mapHomeless in Italy
Roma in Italy are constantly at risk of being evicted from their homes. Denise was evicted with her son Antonio.
1 Comments | Show mapHouse demolition in the City of David
Fahri has tough luck. His house is built on the spot where three thousand years ago, King David wandered around his tree orchard. That's why it has to be demolished.
0 Comments | Show mapKenya – Rapping for a better future
When you are young and live in a slum, the future often seems hopeless. But sometimes life can turn out differently.
5 Comments | Show mapChad – Evicted from your home. But why?
In Chad, countless people have to leave their homes because they will be demolished. But it is not clear why.
0 Comments | Show mapCambodia - Paul
Paul hates himself. He uses drugs, although he knows they are useless. But now he has a job and a girlfriend.
0 Comments | Show mapRomania – One Day
Angela loves Zoltan. She doesn't know exactly why. She just does. And he loves her. They dream of a house together, and of children. But first they have to get out of that shit-hole.
1 Comments | Show mapNigeria – Grace’s hairdressing salon
Grace used to have a hairdressing salon in Njemanze. But she lost everything after bulldozers flattened her neighbourhood.
1 Comments | Show mapEgypt – ill and chased away
A lot of Abo Regala's residents struggle with serious health problems. Besides this the area is threatened to be evicted. But where should the people go?
0 Comments | Show mapBrazil – forced to move for the Olympics
Many residents of the Vila Autodromo slum in Rio de Janeiro have lived there for forty years. Now they are forced to move because the area will be used for the Olympic Games in 2016.
6 Comments | Show mapCambodia – Driven away by the water
The area where Boreth has lived for years has been bought up by a company. This means that 4,000 families are forced to move to a remote area.
3 Comments | Show mapItaly – Hate campaign against Roma
Romanian Alexandra and her family keep a packed suitcase under their bed. They can be evicted any moment. The family has already been relocated five times since they moved to Italy eight years ago.
0 Comments | Show mapIsrael - My pictures on the Internet
Their village has been demolished eight times already. What can the children of Al-Araqib do? Take pictures! 'I want my pictures on the Internet, so that people believe me when I tell them what happens here.'
2 Comments | Show mapGhana – Next stop: homeless?
Will hundreds of people become homeless because of a new train track? Amnesty International Ghana seeks publicity and manages to convince the authorities that they should consult the residents.
2 Comments | Show mapEgypt – Out of the map
After a stone avalanche in 2008, the Al-Duwayqa slum in Cairo had to be evacuated. Many residents still live far from home, in tents or in houses that are far too small, and in extreme poverty.
1 Comments | Show mapKenya – Domestic violence
Domestic violence is a huge problem in Kenya's slums. It drives the victims to despair. One of them, Hulda, even considered killing herself and her three children.
5 Comments | Show mapNigeria - Joy
Joy Williams was seventeen when she was shot. Now she can walk again, but she can no longer dance. She keeps the bullet in a matchbox. ‘The shooter was only sent,’ she says.
0 Comments | Show mapIsraël/OPT – Abd el-Rahim
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Abd el-Rahim is a goatherd in the Jordan Valley. He and his family have been evicted from their tent four times in the last couple of years. 'Did we rebel? No. How can we rebel?'
5 Comments | Show mapKenya – Self-defense
Kenyan women take the self-defense class 'I am worth defending'. With what she learned, Margaret managed to safe herself from a group of rapists. 'They took my phone, but not my dignity.'
1 Comments | Show mapRomania – Gyuri
Gyuri wants to be a truck driver. Or a police officer. He likes where he lives. He plays a lot: he plays football, he plays on the seesaw. But something is not right in his street.
0 Comments | Show mapNigeria – Shooting in Port Harcourt
12 October 2009, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Security forces open fire on a group of protesters. Linus Johns is asleep in his house.
1 Comments | Show mapKenya – Going to the toilet
Where can you go to the toilet? This is a daily problem for residents of the Kenyan slum Kibera. There are paid toilets all over the suburb. ‘You’ll be shocked’, a woman warns.
3 Comments | Show mapEgypt – A hut on the roof
Fatma has four young children. When her house was demolished, she asked the authorities for a new home. She couldn’t get one, the civil servant said, because she had just been divorced.
0 Comments | Show mapNigeria – Silverbird Showtime
Someone shouts: ‘The army is coming!’ The residents are tense. They see bulldozers approaching, they see soldiers. A panic breaks out. People quickly drag their belongings out of their houses, to save whatever they can.
1 Comments | Show mapKenya - School
The children at Saint John’s school are singing. But the principal is worried. Will his 1200 students be left out in the cold?
1 Comments | Show mapGhana – Uncertainty in Fadama
Fadama: a slum which the government would rather see disappear. The inhabitants hover between hope and fear. They are not necessarily against relocation. But will they be offered something better in exchange?
3 Comments | Show mapSlum Stories aims to create an opportunity for people living in slums to tell their own stories. These stories do not necessarily reflect Amnesty International's position.
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