June, 2009

Bahrain business execs here to scout for RP lands---groups revealed

June 26, 2009
Joint Press Release

The left-leaning fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) and staunch ally Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Friday revealed that Bahrain’s business delegation will be in Manila to scout for lands available for production of rice, fruit and vegetable for the consumption of the growing population of Persian Gulf state.

Reference: 

For Reference: Gerry Albert Corpuz, Information Officer
Contact No: 09286581787

APC joins the call for a GM Free India

PRESS RELEASE
June 25, 2009

The militant Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) and Tamil Nadu Women’s Forum (TNWF) joins the call for “GM Free India”. In a joint statement, APC and TNWF says, “Demonstrations in India had spread all over to protest the use of genetically modified crops in the country. We demand that the GM technology be banned as it was against the Indian farmers' interest.”

Reference: 

Fatima Burnad, TNWF (E-mail: burnadfatima@gmail.com)
Danilo Ramos, APC Secretary General
Phone: +632-379-3083
E-mail: apc_secretariat@yahoo.com

APC Support Dalits' Call Against Aquaculture

Submitted by apc secretariat on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 16:56

The Honourable Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of India
New Delhi

The Honourable M. Karunanidhi
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Chennai

Member Secretary
Aquaculture Authority
Chennai

The Chairman
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board
Chennai

The Honourable President
President of India
Office of the President
New Delhi

Shri A. Raja
Ministry of Environment and Forest
New Delhi

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
New Delhi

The National Commission for Women
New Delhi

The National Human Rights Commission
New Delhi

APC endorses strong ASEAN Human Rights Body

Submitted by apc secretariat on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 16:33

Dear Friends,

We would like to seek your endorsement., without limiting the endorsements from the ASEAN countries only, so please widely disseminate the attached letter.

The Women's Caucus for an ASEAN Human Rights Body, seek your support and endorsement of the attached letter to the High Level Panel (HLP) tasked with drafting the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the ASEAN Human Rights Body (AHRB).

Report of the International Peasant Solidarity Mission (IPSM)

Submitted by apc secretariat on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 15:43

The present human rights situation in the Philippines worsened under the regime of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA), beset with the worst economic and political crisis, intensified its political repression and state terrorism against political activist and the people. From 2001 to July 2006, Karapatan (a human rights watchdog), recorded 720 political killings and rampant human rights violations (HRVs), 54% of the victims are peasants.

APC appeals to Chief Justice:release KMP leader

Submitted by apc secretariat on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 11:01

The secretariat of the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) will submit a letter of appeal to Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno next week. The APC appeals to Hon. Puno to act immediately on the case of Randal Echanis, deputy secretary general for external affairs of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP). He is currently in jail for about 17 months due to a fabricated crime he did not commit.

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June 24, 2009

HON. REYNATO PUNO
Chief Justice
Supreme Court
New Supreme Court Building Annex

Petition Letter: SEZ Expansion in Andhra Pradesh, India (to Andhra Pradesh State Government)

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Petition Letter: SEZ Expansion in Andhra Pradesh, India
(to Andhra Pradesh State Government)

To:
Justice Shri B. Subhashan Reddy
Chairperson
Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission
Tele(o): 24601574 Tele(r):23223381
Fax: 24601573
E-Mail: aphumanrights@ap.nic.in

Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh,
'C' Block, 6th Floor, AP Secretariat
Office Phone: 23456698,23451805,23455205
Residence Phone: 23410333, 23410555, 23410666
Fax: (Off)23452498,23454828
E-Mail: cmap@ap.gov.in

Dear Sir/Madam,

Source: 
SEZ Expansion in Andhra Pradesh, India (to Andhra Pradesh State Government)

ADB has failed - witnesses testify in opinion tribunal

Submitted by apc secretariat on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 17:13

Bali, Indonesia- Ten witnesses took the stand today to testify how Asian Development Bank (ADB) has violated their rights and the rights of the Asia Pacific people, in an international opinion tribunal.

The multilateral lender has been charged with gross violations of economic, social, and cultural rights of the Asia- Pacific region; civil and political rights; and peoples’ national sovereignty and right to self-determination in the two-day Asia Pacific Peoples’ Tribunal on ADB, being held at the Udayana University in Denpasar.

Listen to the podcast on People's Tribunal on ADB

Submitted by apc secretariat on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 16:55

A podcast of the People's Tribunal on ADB can now be heard or downloaded. Available at 3CR Community Radio (www.3cr.org.au), the podcast is presented by Sonia Randhawa. The People's Tribunal on ADB was held in Bali, Indonesia in May 2-3 this year.

The podcast can be downloaded through this link:
http://www.3cr.org.au/aggregator/sources/2487

Look for the podcast titled "Accent of Women 15.06.2009".

The podcast is 13 MB, and runs for 28:10 minutes.

Reference: www.aprnet.org

APRN Coordinated research books readable online

Submitted by apc secretariat on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 16:32

The books Coordinated Research Conference on Agrarian Reform and Impact of Globalization on Women Labor can now be read online. Just click on the Coordinated Researches tab on the main menu, and you will be able to read these books online.

The books are formatted in PDF, but are divided by subject for easy reading and downloading. Or you may click on the links below:

APRN Coordinated Research Conference on Agrarian Reform
URL: http://www.aprnet.org/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=53&func=sel...