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Hong Kong activists slam eviction of Beijing's 'low-end population' and razing of their dwellings

Protesters in Hong Kong hold banners during a demonstration Wednesday against evictions of the poor in Beijing. Authorities in Beijing launched sweeping evictions of workers who have migrated from elsewhere in the country, triggering a public outcry over the treatment of people the city depends on to build skyscrapers, care for children and take on other lowly paid work. The banners held by the protesters read: 'Grassroots workers residency rights, evictions of workers, end of all evil.' | AP

Kyodo

Nov 30, 2017

HONG KONG –

Activists from dozens of labor rights groups marched in Hong Kong on Wednesday to protest the destruction of housing in Beijing for tens of thousands of migrant workers and eviction of the "low-end population" from the capital city.

The Beijing municipal government launched a city-wide fire safety inspection of buildings in migrant-inhabited areas following a fire in one such neighborhood that killed 19 people on Nov. 18.

Civil rights and labor activists claim the municipal government is using the tragedy to now tear down buildings deemed unsafe and evict tens of thousands of migrant worker families as part of a 40-day campaign launched last week.

Hong Kong activists slam eviction of Beijing's 'low-end population' and razing of their dwellings

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