Over 13,500 People Forcibly Evicted in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) has documented that central and state government authorities in India forcibly evicted over 13,500 persons (conservative estimate calculated by HLRN) in at least 22 incidents of forced eviction and home demolition.   HLRN released a press note on 17 June 2020, strongly condemning such forced evictions across the country during the […]