May, 2009

APC denounces brutal demolition of slum in Mumbai

NEWS RELEASE
May 31, 2009

MUMBAI, India - The militant Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) denounces the brutal demolition of residents at Netaji Nagar, a 60-acre slum community situated near the vicinity of Eastern Express Highway on May 30 by Police personnel from Pant Nagar Police Station.

Reference: 

Danilo Ramos, APC Secretary General
Phone number: +632-3793083
P. Chenaaiah, APC Deputy Secretary General
E-mail: apvvu98@gmail.com

Days After Violent Dispersal, Farmers Go Back to Congress

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MANILA — Farmers’ groups trooped to the House of Representatives in Quezon City Tuesday to denounce the violent dispersal of their camp-out outside the south gate of the Batasan Pambansa Complex last Friday.

“We condemn the violent dismantling of our camp-out. Instead of legislating a genuine land reform program, they dispersed our ranks,” Danilo Ramos, secretary-general of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), said in Filipino.

Source: 
BY ANNA KRISTINA P. VIRTUSIO PUBLISHED ON MAY 27, 2009 AT 11:07 AM Bulatlat

Brief Summary of OWINFS Work on WTO and Agriculture, May 2009

Submitted by apc secretariat on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 16:35
Agriculture remains a cornerstone of the WTO Doha Round, and WTO remains a major structure which disadvantages and harms farmers in the global economy. In the negotiations, developing countries in the “G20” seek to reduce tariffs and subsidies in the developed countries to gain more access to their markets. At the same time, a group of developing countries defends farmers’ interests by proposing certain exemptions from the tariff cuts, as well as the ability to raise tariffs in the event of import surges which cause severe damages to developing country farmers (this group is the G33).

APC joins OWINFS Global Meeting

Submitted by apc secretariat on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 15:24

The Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) officers led by Danilo Ramos, APC Secretary General and P. Chennaiah, APC Deputy Secretary General joined the successful Our Is Not For Sale (OWINFS) Global Meeting (OGM) in Cape Town, South Africa from May 11 to 14, 2009.

APC condemns the violent dispersal of Peasants' Camp Out

News Release
May 23, 2009

Manila, Philippines - On May 22, 2009, elements of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and security guards of the House of Representatives (HOR) brutally demolished the Rural People’s Camp-out initiated by the members of the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) in the Philippines: such as the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), PAMALAKAYA (National Federation of Small Fiserfolks of the Philippines), AMIHAN (National Federation of Peasant Women) and UMA (National Union of Agricultural Workers), together with KASAMA-TK (KMP’s regional chapter in Southern Tagalog).

Reference: 

Danilo Ramos, APC and KMP Secretary-General
Email address: apc_secretariat@yahoo.com

Peasant campout, violently dispersed!

Submitted by apc secretariat on Sat, 05/23/2009 - 14:55

On its 40th day, the rural people's camp-out, led by Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, for the passage of the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB), is violently dispersed.

Although the farmers and their supporters put up a vigorous resistance, the police, with their truncheons and shields, succeeded in carrying out the House order of dismantling and destroying the front structure and dispersing the farmers. Nine people were injured, including Antonio Flores, KMP Auditor.

APC Protest Letter to the South Korean President

Submitted by apc secretariat on Fri, 05/22/2009 - 02:55

May 19, 2009

Dear Mr. President,

We are very worried about the current situation in Korea, namely with the raiding of the office of the South Korean branch, Pan-Korean Alliance for Reunification (PKAR) and the arrest of 3 activists.

We understand that Pan-Korean Alliance for Reunification (PKAR) was founded in 1991 as a part of the efforts for reconciliation and solidarity among the South Koreans, North Koreans and Korean residents in the foreign countries.

ASIA-PACIFIC PEOPLES’ TRIBUNAL ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)

Submitted by apc secretariat on Fri, 05/22/2009 - 02:40

ASIA-PACIFIC PEOPLES’ TRIBUNAL ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
ADB: Development for the People or for Profit?
May 2-3, 2009
Udayana University Faculty of Medicine Auditorium
Denpasar-Bali, Indonesia

ALIANSI GERAKAN REFORMA AGRARIA
(AGRA), ALLIANCE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
OF NUSANTARA/INDONESIA, ASIA PACIFIC
RESEARCH NETWORK (APRN), ASIAN PEASANT
COALITION (APC), ASIA PACIFIC FORUM ON
WOMEN, LAW AND DEVELOPMENT (APWLD),
ASIA SOUTH PACIFIC ASSOCIATION FOR BASIC
AND ADULT EDUCATION (ASPBAE), ATKI JAKARTA,
BANGLAPRAXIS, E-NET FOR JUSTICE, FORUM ON

Respect people's rights, peasant groups tell ADB

Written by IBON Foundation, Inc.
Thursday, 30 April 2009

Members of peasant groups and civil society organizations held a picket rally on April 29 at the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Quezon City, Philippines to serve the indictment on human rights violations committed by the regional multilateral institution.