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[Urgent Action] India: three men face imminent execution
Two Sri Lankans and an Indian national convicted for the assassination of India's former Prime Minister , Rajiv Gandhi, are facing imminent execution in Vellore prison in Tamil Nadu, India. This follows the rejection of their mercy petitions by the President of India. If carried out, these would be the first executions in India since 2004.
Protest against Private Sector Pension Scheme
The Government Proposed Private Sector Employees' Pension Scheme made the country face protests of gigantic proportion. Though the bill has been withdrawn at present, it should be noted that it created condition for the government to face opposition from various quarters. This makes it necessary to have a clear understanding of the bill.
Struggle of BTL farmers gains international support
Solidarity messages from various international groups poured for the Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus farmers as Hunglos Solidarity Mission kicks off today. These messages generally supported the on-going protest of the BTL farmers to contest the Central Mindanao University claim over 400 hectares of land in Maramag, Bukidnon.
In response to CMU's lies
WE ARE NOT SQUATTERS! In contrast to the statements of Central Mindanao University, we have every right to claim the land as our own. The 400 hectares of land is where we have founded our homes and livelihood.
Petition to support the peasant women, asserting right to life and lands in Central Mindanao, Philippines
His Excellency Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III
President of the Philippines
Malacañang Palace, Metro Manila
Dear President Aquino:
We are profoundly disturbed by the reported conduct of the Central Mindanao University (CMU), through President Maria Luisa R. Soliven, in prohibiting the farmers-members of Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus (BTL) to continue tilling their farm-lots inside the CMU premises at Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon.
Defend Agrarian Rights, Uphold Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms!
The administration of Pres. Benigno Aquino III seriously puts into doubt the respect for human rights of the farmers in the country. Aquino III is heir to the vast Hacienda Luisita Incorporated landholdings where, in 2004, 14 farmer leaders were massacred in front of its gates for protesting a bogus land distribution scheme that virtually dodges coverage from former President Corazon Aquinos agrarian reform program. The now infamous Hacienda Luisita Massacre continues to hound the Aquino presidency.
CMU guards indiscriminately fired at BTL farmers protesting outside the university, 3 seriously wounded
On June 14 at around 10:30 in the morning, the kampuhan set up by the Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus (BTL) in front of the Central Mindanao University in Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon, was dismantled by the security guards hired by the university, assaulting protesters keeping guard over their camp.
Support the people of Sompeta in defending their land
Sompeta, a tranquil coastal town of North Srikakulam district of the Indian State Andhra Pradesh witnessed unprecedented violence on July 14, 2010, when Indian company Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited tried to acquire fertile multi-cropping agricultural land with the help of local authorities and armed police force for construction of a Merchant Power Plant in that area.
Asian Farmers Condemn TRIPS as One of the Worst Agreements this Century
Rice Farmers Want WTO Out Of Agriculture!
Cultural rice festival a resounding success
Hong Kong (Dec 17) -- Rice farmers from across Asia who came to protest the World Trade Organization's (WTO) 6th Ministerial conference also came to celebrate the culture of rice.
