HLRN Press Releases

HLRN Press Release: More Than Half a Million People (5 Lakh) Evicted in India in 2023, The Highest in the Last Seven Recorded Years; Finds New Report on Evictions in India During 2022 and 2023
04 March 2024
Over a Quarter Million People (2.57 Lakh) Evicted in India During the Pandemic; 21 People Evicted from their Homes Every Hour | Urgent Need for a Moratorium on Forced Evictions and Restitution of Human Rights
09 September 2021
Homeless Persons Experienced Severe Hunger, Destitution, and State Apathy During India’s Second Wave of the Pandemic: Survey
03 August 2021
Lack of Housing and Land Security Contribute to India’s Migrant Workers’ Crisis, Finds New Report | Urgent Need for Affordable Housing Options and Secure Access to Land
17 December 2020
Over 54,000 People in India Forcibly Evicted During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Urgent Call for a National Moratorium on Evictions
19 November 2020
On United Nations Day and the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations, Call on India to Reaffirm its Historic Commitments to Promoting Multilateralism and Upholding Human Rights
23 October 2020
On World Homeless Day 2020, Housing and Land Rights Network Reiterates its Call for Adequate Housing for Homeless Persons
09 October 2020
Over 568,000 People Forcibly Evicted in India from 2017 to 2019 | At Least 20,000 People Evicted during the COVID-19 Pandemic
18 August 2020
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18 August 2020
Over 13,500 People Forcibly Evicted in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Need for an Immediate Moratorium on Evictions
17 June 2020
COVID-19: Need Special Measures to Protect Homeless and Other Inadequately-housed Persons
13 March 2020
HLRN and IRCDUC Press Release: Study on Long-term Impacts of Relocation from Porur Lake Released; Highlights Adverse Living Conditions after 13 Years of Resettlement
29 November 2019
Campaign on 'Adequate Housing for the Homeless' Launched | World Homeless Day Commemorated with Delhi's Homeless Community
10 October 2019
New Report Highlights Dismal Living Conditions of Delhi’s Gadia Lohar Community: Urges Government to Take Immediate Action to Prevent Further Marginalization
18 September 2019
नई रिपोर्ट दिल्ली के गढ़िया लोहार समुदाय की दयनीय जीवन दशा को उजागर करती है   
18 September 2019
New Report Highlights the Unrelenting Crisis of Forced Evictions: Finds Over 200,000 Persons Evicted in India in 2018; Over 114 Houses Demolished Every Day, 23 People Evicted Every Hour
09 April 2019
नए रिपोर्ट के अनुसार 2018 में 200,000 से भी ज्यादा लोग विस्थावपत हुए
09 April 2019
On United Nations Day, India Needs to Urgently Reaffirm its International Human Rights Commitments
24 October 2018
On World Habitat Day, Affected Communities and Experts Highlight the Need for a Focus on Human Rights-based Housing and Land Strategies
01 October 2018
New Report on India's Smart Cities Mission Highlights the Lack of an Integrated Approach and Focus on Marginalized Groups
22 June 2018
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22 June 2018
Over 260,000 Persons Evicted in 2017; Rampant Human Rights Violations Reported as India's Silent Crisis of Forced Evictions and Displacement Worsens
23 February 2018
Report on Farm Widows of Maharashtra Highlights Human Rights Violations; Recommends Urgent State Intervention to Prevent Social and Economic Exclusion
15 October 2017
HLRN Welcomes India's Acceptance of UPR III Recommendations on Housing, Land, and Sustainable Development; Calls for a Human Rights Approach to Implementation
28 September 2017
Report on Post-flood Evictions and Resettlement in Chennai Released, Highlights Violations of Laws and Human Rights of Affected Communities
04 August 2017
New List of 30 Smart Cities Announced Amidst Continuing Human Rights Concerns
29 June 2017
Report on India's Smart Cities Mission Highlights Serious Human Rights Concerns
09 June 2017
HLRN Commends India Mission Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing
01 March 2017
'Housing for All?' More Homes Demolished than Built by the Government in Urban Areas
22 December 2016
Forced Eviction in Delhi Renders over 1500 Homeless in the Winter Cold
09 December 2016
PMO Intervention in Mapithel Dam Appreciated
26 September 2016
Launch of Report on Impacts of Forced Eviction in Topsia, Kolkata
13 April 2016
HLRN Releases Report for the United Nations Habitat III Conference; Independent Experts Question India's Implementation of International Commitments
05 February 2016
Delhi Housing Rights Task Force Expresses Concern over Selection of NDMC under Smart Cities Mission
03 February 2016
Delhi Housing Rights Task Force Condemns Demolitions in Delhi, Calls for State Accountability and Justice for Evicted Families
14 December 2015
HLRN Press Release on World Habitat Day: Need for a Stronger Human Rights Approach
05 October 2015
HLRN Submits Report on Implementation of UPR Recommendations on Housing and Land
30 September 2015
HLRN Press Release: 'Housing for All'? Over 9,000 Homes Already Demolished Across India in 2015
20 August 2015
HLRN Releases Guidelines on Protecting Human Rights in Post-disaster Response
05 June 2015
Justice Delayed, Justice Denied - Delhi's Homeless Still Await Adequate Living Conditions (Hindi)
29 May 2015
New Publication Reveals Human Rights Violations of the Resettlement Process in Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai
11 July 2014
Launch of Report - Urban Rights Forum: With the Homeless - The Trajectory of a Struggle (English)
29 April 2014
Launch of Report - Shahri Adhikar Manch: Begharon Ke Saath (Hindi)
29 April 2014
HLRN Releases Handbook on Evictions for India
16 April 2014
NFHR Press Release on Forced Evictions in Gujarat
28 February 2014
Jury Condemns Violence against Homeless Women in Delhi
16 January 2014
HLRN issues Human Rights-based Guidelines for Post-disaster Response in Odisha
31 October 2013
HLRN Handbook on Evictions Launched in Delhi
24 July 2013
Report Seeks Full Compensation for Victims of Kandhamal Riots
08 June 2013
Launch of Report - Unjust Compensation: An Assessment of Damage and Loss of Private Property during the Anti-Christian Violence in Kandhamal, India
07 June 2013
While Delhi Government Turns Blind Eye, SAM:BKS (Shahri Adhikar Manch: Begharon Ke Saath) Scales Up Fight To Restore Dignified Living for City Makers
09 April 2013
Bangalore Authorities Violate Human Rights of the Urban Poor, Says Fact-Finding Report on Forced Eviction in Koramangala (Ejipura)
06 March 2013
Open letter to the Prime Minister of India on the POSCO project in Odisha
11 February 2013
Violence against Villagers and Forced Land Acquisition for POSCO Project in Odisha - Gross Violation of Human Rights
08 February 2013
India's Human Rights Institutions Not Concerned with Homeless People, Reveal RTI Responses
08 November 2012
National Forum for Housing Rights Launched on World Habitat Day
01 October 2012
Justice Delayed, Justice Denied - Delhi's Homeless Still Await Adequate Living Conditions (English)
29 May 2012
Coalition of the Homeless Alarmed over Inaccurate and Biased Media Reports
05 July 2011
Report of Public Hearing Released: Highlights Grave Human Rights Violations Resulting from Forced Eviction in Baljeet Nagar, Delhi
05 July 2011
Urgent Need to Protect Human Rights of POSCO-affected Villagers and Prevent Violence
17 June 2011
Delhi High Court's Interim Order Reproaches MCD on Night Shelters for Homeless
13 January 2010
Shahri Adhikar Manch Outraged over Eviction of Homeless in Delhi
09 January 2010
Shahri Adhikar Manch Commends High Court Order on Delhi Night Shelter
07 January 2010
Press Release on Homelessness in Delhi
04 January 2010
Housing Rights Groups Raise Concern over Persistent Human Rights Violations of Delhi's Homeless
07 December 2007
Not Too Late to Get it Right on Housing in Andaman and Nicobar Say NGOs and Tsunami Survivors
22 December 2006
Two Years Later, Report Highlights Grave Lapses In Post-Tsunami Rehabilitation
15 December 2006
Public Hearing at Bhatti Mines
03 July 2006
Human Rights of Tsunami Survivors in Andaman and Nicobar Islands Being Violated
06 June 2006