BendiNewsTest: Thousands Without Water in Detroit a Human Rights Violation, UN Says

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Thousands Without Water in Detroit a Human Rights Violation, UN Says

Human rights experts from the United Nations have expressed their concern about reports of widespread water disconnections throughout the city of Detroit in households unable to pay water bills. The three experts, who specialise in human rights relating to water and sanitation, adequate housing, and extreme poverty, said that “disconnection of water services because of failure to pay due to lack of means constitutes a violation of the human right to water and other international human rights.”