World

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 ...

PATNA | 16 – 10 – 2009 | Maoists blew up a tower of a private telecom firm and torched a truck in Bihar’s Sheohar District last night. According to officials, around 45 to 50 Maoists blew up the Airtel tower at Brindaban Bazar and asked villagers to stay at home. Around 45-50 ultras swooped on the Brindaban Bazar. Earlier, ...

PHILIPPINES | 13 – 10 – 2009 | You have undoubtedly seen the amazing images of the destruction and death in the Philippines that has resulted from Typhoon Ondoy. The Centre d’appui aux Philippines / Centre for Philippine Concerns (CAPCPC) deplores the deaths and offers its condoleances to the families of the victims. We join with our friends at BAYAN ...

NEW DELHI | 12  – 10- 2009 | PRESS  STATEMENT: Ensure their right to a lawyer and to be immune from torture! The Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP) as per the reports available from the press (The Telegraph, Jharkhand edition, Hindustan Patna edition) is concerned about the safety of the two allegedly arrested Maoist leaders Anuradha and ...

ATHEN | 05 – 10 – 2009 | The Second International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees (IAMR) is an assembly where migrants and refugees speak for themselves through their grassroots organizations supported by a broad spectrum of migrants rights advocates, progressive workers’ groups and social movements. The First IAMR held in Manila, Philippines last October 2008, embodied the autonomous voice of ...