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The Resource "Look for another homeland" : forced evictions in Egypt's Rafah

"Look for another homeland" : forced evictions in Egypt's Rafah

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In October 2014, the Egyptian government issued a decree to begin forcible evictions in the town of Rafah on the border with the Gaza Strip, five days after an insurgent group that later joined the Islamic State launched an unprecedented attack on a military position in North Sinai. Egypt justified the evictions as a way to defeat the insurgents by shutting down smuggling tunnels from Gaza, through which, they alleged, the insurgents received weapons and fighters. But a Human Rights Watch investigation based on interviews with evicted families and extensive satellite imagery shows that demolitions on the border began not in October 2014 but in July 2013, after the military removed former President Mohamed Morsy. Since then, the Egyptian military has forcibly evicted about 3,200 families, destroying as many buildings in the process, as well as hundreds of hectares of farmland. Families told Human Rights Watch the army warned them of the eviction only 48 hours or less in advance. The government's compensation has been inadequate, and the authorities gave evicted families no effective way to challenge their eviction or their compensation. The government provided no temporary housing. Since then, the government has provided little proof that the tunnels support the insurgency and has not explained why it could not have destroyed the tunnels using less destructive means
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eng
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84 pages
Note
"September 2015"--Table of Contents page
Contents
  • Background
  • Demolitions in Rafah
  • Violations During Evictions and Demolitions --Legal Framework
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9781623132767
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"Look for another homeland" : forced evictions in Egypt's Rafah
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"Look for another homeland"
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forced evictions in Egypt's Rafah
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  • Forced evictions in Egypt's Rafah
  • Egypt, "look for another homeland"
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eng
Summary
In October 2014, the Egyptian government issued a decree to begin forcible evictions in the town of Rafah on the border with the Gaza Strip, five days after an insurgent group that later joined the Islamic State launched an unprecedented attack on a military position in North Sinai. Egypt justified the evictions as a way to defeat the insurgents by shutting down smuggling tunnels from Gaza, through which, they alleged, the insurgents received weapons and fighters. But a Human Rights Watch investigation based on interviews with evicted families and extensive satellite imagery shows that demolitions on the border began not in October 2014 but in July 2013, after the military removed former President Mohamed Morsy. Since then, the Egyptian military has forcibly evicted about 3,200 families, destroying as many buildings in the process, as well as hundreds of hectares of farmland. Families told Human Rights Watch the army warned them of the eviction only 48 hours or less in advance. The government's compensation has been inadequate, and the authorities gave evicted families no effective way to challenge their eviction or their compensation. The government provided no temporary housing. Since then, the government has provided little proof that the tunnels support the insurgency and has not explained why it could not have destroyed the tunnels using less destructive means
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  • Eviction
  • Eviction
  • Housing policy
  • Human rights
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"Look for another homeland" : forced evictions in Egypt's Rafah
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"September 2015"--Table of Contents page
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Contents
Background -- Demolitions in Rafah -- Violations During Evictions and Demolitions --Legal Framework
Dimensions
27 cm
Extent
84 pages
Isbn
9781623132767
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(pbk.)
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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color illustrations, maps (chiefly color)
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  • ocn923816057
  • (OCoLC)923816057
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"Look for another homeland" : forced evictions in Egypt's Rafah
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Publication
Copyright
Note
"September 2015"--Table of Contents page
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Background -- Demolitions in Rafah -- Violations During Evictions and Demolitions --Legal Framework
Dimensions
27 cm
Extent
84 pages
Isbn
9781623132767
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations, maps (chiefly color)
System control number
  • ocn923816057
  • (OCoLC)923816057

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