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Qudsiya residents oppose development
Protests have been ongoing today in the suburb of Qudsaya in Rural Damascus for the second consecutive day against a major real estate development project on lands confiscated by the government decades ago, whose owners' rights have yet to be settled. The protesters are demanding the suspension of the project and a legal settlement to ensure the rights of the original landowners. According to Law No. 20 of 1983 on expropriation, owners are to be compensated and the lands not utilized within five years are to be returned. However, subsequent laws have allowed private companies to invest on the confiscated lands in ways that violate the principle of public benefit, provoking public discontent. The international organization Human Rights Watch confirmed that these policies hinder reconstruction efforts and lack safeguards for local communities’ rights, calling on the government and investors to ensure public participation and to establish clear mechanisms for consultation and compensation.
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