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Friday 12 October 2012
Forced evictions on rise in China
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Construction workers demolishing houses in China
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By Jan van der Made

A report published by Amnesty International says violent forced evictions are increasing in China - the result of local governments trying to pay off debts by seizing land and selling occupation rights to property developers. Some of the evictions have lead to self-immolations by people protesting against the policy. Nicola Duckworth is one of the authors of the report.

tags : China - Human rights
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