ATIK | 02 – 02 – 2010 | “My Husband was killed by the Punjab police. My brother in law was arrested and then killed. I was humiliated and then raped. My son, Devinder pal Singh Bhullar is on death row. How can anyone expect me to live my life, should I walk my way into death crying or do ...

BRAZIL | 01 – 02 – 2010 | The Cebraspo received another serious complaint about persecution of peasant leaders of the LCP (Poor Peasants’ League), now in northern Minas Gerais, southeast of Brazil. The coordinators Wanderson Antonio and Flavia Avelina, both popular educators, were arrested, falsely charged as illegal possession of weapons. These tricks are used by the apparatus of ...

ISTANBUL | 01 – 02 – 2010 | I am an imprisoned journalist at the Bakırköy Women’s Prison. Approximately 5 months ago, I was arrested as a result of an obvious conspiracy. During this past time no formal charges have been placed. I am being imprisoned arbitrarily. As you will understand, my court hearing date is unknown and there is ...

ANKARA | 19 – 01 – 2010 | Thousands of Tekel workers called for a general strike in Ankara after another protest march on Suday. The workers occupied the Türk-İş building after the unions federation executives had not made the expected announcement regarding a full scale strike. Tekel workers, struggling for their rights since middle of December, surged to the ...

Dear Friends, Representatives of democratic mass organizations, Unions, defenders of workers’ rights We call you!!!! Whilst our trade union, Council Workers Union, was carrying out activities to make workers members of the union, 3 workers who are members of our union got fired on 18th August, 2009. As a result of this, we launched a campaign for those workers. Until ...

CHINA | 11 – 01 – 2010 | At least 12 people have been killed in a fire at a coal mine in China’s southeastern Jiangxi province. The chief of the coal mine management section in Xinyu city said a short circuit in an underground cable had caused the fire at the Miashong mine late Friday afternoon. The mine had ...

COLOMBIA | 11 – 01 – 2010 | The Colombian state forces have raid a FARC guerilla camp in the southern of the forest region, the attack happened during the New Year celebration. Dozens of guerrillas had been celebrating the entrance of 2010. The bombardment took place on Friday in the province of Meta, an area used by the Revolutionary ...

ATIK | 11 – 01 – 2010 | In South Italy, in the Calabria region in Rosarno, new attacks occurred against semi-legal or illegal migrants that are brought into the region for seasonal agricultural work. The original source of the conflicts in the town has been the violent measurements against the migrant worker’s legitimate mass action by the Rosarno police ...

GERMANY | 08 – 01 – 2010 | An eventful year is coming to an end – a good opportunity to take stock! Do you see great differences between the old and new government? The Merkel/Westerwelle government has not yet changed of the policy of the grand coalition in essence. The government is continuing with the internationally coordinated crisis management. ...