Forced evictions grew more violent, resulted in 21 deaths last year
Citing incomplete information, the Civil Rights and Livelihood organisation has documented a large number of forced evictions which took place during 2012.
The Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch organisation has compiled figures based on reports from a range of sources of forced evictions and land expropriations throughout 2012.
Evictions resulting in fatalities and the increased number of cases involving violence, the report says, were often carried out through the combined efforts of state authorities and hired muscle.
Cause of death in eviction-related fatalities, which predominantly involved those individuals being dispossessed, included stabbings, slashings, beatings, self-detonation, self-immolation, being crushed by demolition equipment, suicide and miscarriage.
According to the report, a number of injuries resulted from demolition carried out with inhabitants still inside their residence, often involving crumbling structures and fires ignited when fuel sources were ruptured.
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