Beijing to evict 1.5 million for Olympics: group | International | Reuters

Beijing to evict 1.5 million for Olympics: group | International | Reuters: "BEIJING (Reuters) - Some 1.5 million residents of Beijing will be displaced by the time it hosts the 2008 Olympics, many of them evicted against their will, a rights group said on Tuesday, prompting a sharp denial by China.

The Geneva-based Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) said residents were often forced from their homes with little notice and little compensation, as the government embarks on a massive city redevelopment to accommodate the Games.

'In Beijing, and in China more generally, the process of demolition and eviction is characterized by arbitrariness and lack of due process,' the group said in a report." Read complete post here.