A court in Bilbao, Spain, issued a ruling Sept. 23 allowing demolish the building which until now has housed the Kukutza Gaztetxe [2] squatter community center in the city's Rekalde district. Eviction of the property began on two days earlier. The decision after the Basque Country's Superior Court of Justice rejected a petition by the Errekaldeberriz residents association to halt the planned demolition and maintain the building as a youth center. (EITB [3], Sept. 23)
The Traveller and Roma community at Dale Farm [4] in Basildon, England, is meanwhile awaiting a decision of the High Court in London on an injunction halting their eviction. The Basildon Council is hoping to overturn an injunction won by residents stopping the clearance. (BBC News [5], Sept. 23)
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