HOUSING RIGHTS AND EVICTIONS

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                    [Title] => Swiss group calls for halt to eviction of Baclaran Muslims
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An international human rights organization is urging the government to stop the eviction of close to 400 Muslim families living near the Grand Mosque in Baclaran, Pasay City.
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                    [Title] => Muslims to declare war if Baclaran mosque is demolished
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Muslims in Baclaran, Pasay City said yesterday they will turn their community into a war zone if the government pushes through with its plan to demolish their Grand Mosque to give way to casinos and other commercial establishments.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-08-09 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva
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                    [Title] => UN body calls RP government attention to forced evictions
                    [Summary] => A United Nations body has called the government’s attention to forced evictions that had violated the rights of many urban families.
                    [DatePublished] => 2008-12-02 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => RP label as housing rights violator ‘unfair, ridiculous,’ says Noli
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Vice President Noli De Castro called yesterday the Geneva-based Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions’ (COHRE) inclusion of the Philippines to the 2006 top three housing rights violators in the world "unfair" and "ridiculous."


De Castro, concurrent chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), said  the non-government association’s naming the Philippines along with Nigeria and Greece as a housing rights violator is "unfair."


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                    [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago
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                    [Title] => RP among worst offenders in housing rights, says group
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GENEVA (AFP) — Greece, Nigeria and the Philippines were named yesterday as the worst offenders for forced evictions and breaches of housing rights by the campaign group Center on Housing Rights and Evictions. 


Unveiling its annual "Housing Rights Violator Awards," the group charged the three countries with "systematic violations of housing rights and (the) continued failure to abide by their international legal obligations."


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Swiss group calls for halt to eviction of Baclaran Muslims

August 11, 2009 - 12:00am

An international human rights organization is urging the government to stop the eviction of close to 400 Muslim families living near the Grand Mosque in Baclaran, Pasay City.

Metro

Muslims to declare war if Baclaran mosque is demolished

By Rhodina Villanueva | August 9, 2009 - 12:00am

Muslims in Baclaran, Pasay City said yesterday they will turn their community into a war zone if the government pushes through with its plan to demolish their Grand Mosque to give way to casinos and other commercial...

Metro

UN body calls RP government attention to forced evictions

December 2, 2008 - 12:00am

A United Nations body has called the government’s attention to forced evictions that had violated the rights of many urban families.

Headlines

RP label as housing rights violator ‘unfair, ridiculous,’ says Noli

By Pia Lee-Brago | December 9, 2006 - 12:00am

Vice President Noli De Castro called yesterday the Geneva-based Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions’ (COHRE) inclusion of the Philippines to the 2006 top three housing rights violators in the world...

Business

RP among worst offenders in housing rights, says group

December 6, 2006 - 12:00am

GENEVA (AFP) — Greece, Nigeria and the Philippines were named yesterday as the worst offenders for forced evictions and breaches of housing rights by the campaign group Center on Housing Rights and Evictions....

Headlines