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CANADA | 17 – 02 – 2010 | The Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights condemns in the strongest terms the illegal arrest, torture, and continued unjust detention of the 43 health workers forcibly taken by the military and police on February 6, 2010, in Morong, Rizal, Philippines. This group is made up of two medical doctors, a registered nurse, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

INDIA | 24 – 12 – 2009 | The Forum Against War on People organised the “Rally Against War on People”, to protest against the brutal military offensive of the Indian state on the tribal people of central and eastern India through the Operation Green Hunt where in lakhs of the paramilitary-military as well as various vigilante gangs such as ...

BRAZİL | 13 – 12 – 2009 | On December 9, at 2 o’clock pm, two coordinators of the Poor Peasants League of Rondônia, northern Brazil (LCP / RO) were kidnapped by paramilitaries in the service of landowners, on the road linking the peasant camp called Rio Alto and the city Buritis, in the state of Rondônia. The coordinators Elcio ...

MIAMI | 10 – 12 – 2009 |  The re-sentencing proceedings for three of the five Cuban anti-terrorists concluded yesterday after a hearing in the Federal Court of this southern Florida city. Ramón Labañino Salazar was handed down a new prison term of 30 years and Fernando González Llort was sentenced to 17 years plus nine months. Although the new ...

PHILIPPINES | 23 – 10 – 2009 | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and all revolutionary forces join the family and friends of staunch human rights fighter Fr. Cecilio Lucero in marking today the 40th day of his abominable murder by fascist operatives of the state. The CPP joins the Diocese of Catarman and the entire progressive and ...

ATHEN | 22 – 10 – 2009 | Migrants and refugees from grassroot organizations from across the world are set to convene in Athens, Greece from Nov. 1-4, at the prestigious Athens University of Economics and Business for the Second International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees (IAMR). An assembly where migrants and refugees speak for themselves, the IAMR is supported ...

INDIA | 16 – 10 – 2009 | A Pretext to Impose Brutal Repression: the Government’s “Offensive” Is a Formula for Bloodshed and Injustice The Campaign for Survival and Dignity, a national platform of adivasi and forest dwellers’ mass organisations (listed below) from ten States, unequivocally condemns the reported plans for a military “offensive” by the government in the country’s ...