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Human Rights Watch: Azerbaijan destroys people's lives
16:58 01/03/2012 » Law
The government of Azerbaijan has forcibly evicted homeowners and
demolished their homes for urban development projects in Baku, the
capital, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The report, ``They Took Everything from Me': Forced Evictions,
Unlawful Expropriations, and House Demolitions in Azerbaijan's
Capital,' documents the authorities' illegal expropriation of
properties and forcible evictions of dozens of families in four Baku
neighborhoods, at times without warning or in the middle of the night.
The authorities subsequently demolished homes, sometimes with
residents' possessions inside.
The government has refused to provide homeowners fair compensation for
the properties, many of which are in highly desirable locations.
Azerbaijani law stipulates that market value should be paid in
compensation for a forced sale.
`The Azerbaijani government is not just demolishing homes, it's
destroying peoples' lives,' said Jane Buchanan, senior Europe and
Central Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch and author of the
report. `It should immediately stop illegal expropriations, evictions,
and demolitions and compensate the people who have been evicted for
both the loss of their homes and emotional suffering.'
Source: Panorama.am
From: Baghdasarian
16:58 01/03/2012 » Law
The government of Azerbaijan has forcibly evicted homeowners and
demolished their homes for urban development projects in Baku, the
capital, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The report, ``They Took Everything from Me': Forced Evictions,
Unlawful Expropriations, and House Demolitions in Azerbaijan's
Capital,' documents the authorities' illegal expropriation of
properties and forcible evictions of dozens of families in four Baku
neighborhoods, at times without warning or in the middle of the night.
The authorities subsequently demolished homes, sometimes with
residents' possessions inside.
The government has refused to provide homeowners fair compensation for
the properties, many of which are in highly desirable locations.
Azerbaijani law stipulates that market value should be paid in
compensation for a forced sale.
`The Azerbaijani government is not just demolishing homes, it's
destroying peoples' lives,' said Jane Buchanan, senior Europe and
Central Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch and author of the
report. `It should immediately stop illegal expropriations, evictions,
and demolitions and compensate the people who have been evicted for
both the loss of their homes and emotional suffering.'
Source: Panorama.am
From: Baghdasarian