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Balakrishnan Rajagopal, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing 2020-2026. Views my own, RT≠endorsement

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linkhttps://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/housing/pages/housingindex.aspx calendar_today03-02-2012 19:25:23

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The Freedom Flotilla to Gaza may be at imminent risk: it is circled by Israeli speedboats. The Flotilla must be allowed to proceed through to Gaza: it is passing through international waters and Palestinian territorial waters. Israel is also obligated to allow aid.

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More than 400,000 Palestinians in Gaza might be dead according to this analysis that relies on data from the Israeli IDF. Not surprising in the light of the Lancet report months ago that estimated the dead at 200,000. A monstrous genocide! threadreaderapp.com/thread/1931056…

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Even a non binding GA resolution that demands that a genocide stop, is too much for so-called democratic countries which abstain and vote against. Deplorable!

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Israel’s attack on Iran is a grave violation of international law including attacks on nuclear scientists at their homes. Israel is a serial violator of jus cogens norms and there must be meaningful sanctions and containment measures against it. ejiltalk.org/is-israels-use…

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What the world needs urgently is a massive global antiwar peace movement exceeding any past movements. The global threats are so grave. Housing, land, indigenous, women’s, environmental, labor and all movements must unite for peace now.

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Bombing residential areas is DOMICIDE but now seen as a central part of any war. We all need to ask: can this kind of war ever comply with humanitarian law or any law? Time to put all of our efforts into ENDING WAR itself. aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/13…

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I am glad to see some good news which seems rare these days and welcome this decision by the #UK. No one should be criminalized for not having a roof over their heads. The Vagrancy Act of the #UK is a colonial relic and its post colonial versions need to go as well.

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Israel has openly squeezed the people of Gaza into “concentration zones” aka camps, while using aid as a weapon to torment and kill and occupied land along four corridors. Yes, the agony of Gaza is ongoing even as the world is losing focus. 972mag.com/gaza-expulsion…

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I shared our press statement a day ago. Now with the US’ illegal attack on Iran the world enters a more dangerous phase. Time for mass action to end these criminal acts.

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#India is leading the world in illegal home demolitions, especially affecting minorities and vulnerable groups. This is a national scandal - a gross violation of India’s own laws and international law and cannot continue. My press release about the latest demolitions in #Gujarat.

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#ZohranMamdani’s stunning victory yesterday in the NYC democratic primary rested primarily on one issue: the affordability crisis. Indeed as we see in so many cities like Berlin, affordability of housing and other rights is the main issue. See my report: docs.un.org/A/78/192

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Israel continues its massacre of distressed and hungry civilians in Gaza with more than 80 killed and hundreds injured just today. Aid is now used as bait to lure and kill. This appalling savagery must end now. aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/…

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Outrageous attack on my colleague Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt by Secretary Marco Rubio and the US government for just doing her job with courage, dedication and expertise. I reject this act as a criminal act of desperation which will not stand the test of time. Every sane person must reject this.

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Sanctions on Francesca Albanese ‘create chilling effect’ and incentivize bad actors to do the same. I joined my colleague ⁦Prof Ben Saul - UN SR Human Rights & Counterterror⁩ to offer these thoughts. middleeasteye.net/news/Francesca…

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My next country visit will be to Guatemala starting this Sunday! Very grateful to all the cooperation and input from the government of Guatemala, civil society groups, and UN agencies. Look forward to it!

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Many of us are urging the UN to react strongly including through legal action at the ICJ to uphold Francesca Albanese’s immunity from unilateral sanctions. Such sanctions violate international law. middleeasteye.net/news/un-urged-…

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Interview on Al Jazeera Mubasher on the catastrophic situation in Gaza جريمة التجويع والقتل في غزة.. هل يبرر القانون الدولي ذلك؟ youtu.be/0OONQ5oG5Y0?si… via YouTube