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Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality
פורום דו-קיום בנגב לשוויון אזרחי
منتدى التعايش السلمي في النقب من أجل المساواة المدنية

Communication by UN Special Rapporteurs on forced evictions during pandemic

20.10.2020

We would like to share with you that as a result of our work with the UN Special Procedures, Special Rapporteurs on adequate housing along with the Special Rapporteurs on indigenous peoples, minorities, human rights defenders, internally displaced persons and cultural rights, have emitted a communication to the State of Israel expressing their concern on forced evictions and home demolitions in the midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Naqab, as well as the use of criminal and administrative sanctions to Human Rights defenders, including Sheikh Sayah Abu Madhi’m al-Turi and other members of the family from Al-ʿArāgīb. 
You are welcome to see the communication here 
 

Demolitions

14-11-24 - The unrecognized village of Umm al-Ḥīrān was entirely demolished and evacuated.

08-05-24 - Wādī al-Khālīl, an unrecognized village near Shoket Junction, was entirely demolished. Only one house remains above the ruins, and it has received a demolition order.

All Demolitions