Amnesty International has
sent out an urgent call to people across the world to
protest against the forced evictions from their homes of families in Swaziland.
Dozens of people, including 33 children, were left
homeless after their homes at Embetseni in Malkerns town were demolished using
bulldozers in the presence of 20 armed police.
Amnesty said the evictions were in violation of
international human rights standards. It called on people to contact Barnabas
Dlamini, the Swaziland Prime Minister, to protest.
In
a statement it said four homesteads with 61 people, including
33 children, were forcibly evicted from a farming area. It said, ‘Representatives
of a private farming company that owns the land together with the Sheriff of
the High Court of Mbabane and armed local police officers were present during
the demolition of the homesteads. They arrived in the morning and told the
families to remove their belongings from their homes if they did not want them
destroyed during the demolition. Afterwards, bulldozers demolished the four
homesteads.’
The Swazi High Court had in July 2017 ordered their
eviction.
Amnesty added, ‘In violation of international human
rights standards, residents of the homesteads were not given adequate advance
notice of the eviction and were not provided with alternative housing thus
rendering them homeless, and at risk of other human rights violations.’
Amnesty asked supporters to write calling on the
authorities to ensure that the forcibly evicted families are given adequate
alternative housing as a matter of urgency in respect of their right to
adequate housing; urging them to end forced evictions and ensure that evictions
are carried out in strict compliance with international and regional human
rights standards.
See also
AMNESTY'S CALL FOR ACTION IN FULL
BULLDOZERS
MOVE IN TO EVICT FAMILIES
COURT
ORDERS HOMES DESTROYED
HOMES
DESTROYED FOR KING’S VANITY PROJECT
http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2014/09/homes-destroyed-for-kings-vanity.html
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