Kenya: Community at risk of eviction

Stop forced evictions

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The Deep Sea settlement, a Nairobi slum, is home to around 10,000 people who live under threat of forced eviction as private companies lay claim to the land they occupy.

In 2005 contractors, with police support, evicted hundreds of families in the middle of the night and demolished their homes without prior notice. Although the Kenyan high court later ruled that the house demolitions were illegal, this has not stopped periodic eviction attempts. Since Amnesty supporters first wrote to the community in 2008, residents report that no further evictions have taken place.

As the threat of eviction remains, the community feel it is important to keep the pressure and continue sending cards until protection against forced evictions and a comprehensive upgrading programme which provides affordable and decent housing on existing sites is in place.

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