Press Releases

Pull-out military from Hacienda Luisita, peasants urged Noynoy

PRESS RELEASE
August 17, 2010

The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) and Katipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan (KASAMA-TK, KMP Southern Tagalog) urged president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino to immediately pull-out the military in Hacienda Luisita. The groups said that the military has been threatening farmworkers protesting the Stock Distribution Option (SDO) and served as the private army of the Cojuangco-Aquinos.

APC demands respect of peasant’s right to land in India

MEDIA RELEASE
22 July 2010

The Asia-wide peasant group Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) lambasted the Andra Pradesh state government that deployed 2,000 police on July 14, 2010 in the villages of Sompeta mandal of Srikakulam District to evict peasant families occupying the land for the construction of the 2,640 MW thermal plants by Nagarjuna Construction Company Ltd.

Filipino Farmers Protests Rice Trade Liberalization Policy

Dear Friends,

We would like to share with you our protest action in front of the National Food Authority (NFA) office in Quezon City last July 30, 2010 calling for the prosecution of former president Gloria Arroyo and former Agriculture secretary Arthur Yap for over-importation of rice. The farmers led by the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and KASAMAT-TK together with Bantay Bigas also called for the immediate distribution of over-stocked rice to victims of typhoons and extreme drought.

WB’s seven principles are seven deadly sins of global landgrabbing and against farmers’ interests

The Asia-wide farmers’ group, Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) and Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) slammed World Bank’s (WB) “seven principles” of making socially-acceptable land deals and equated it to a bogus land reform program of a WB-puppet government such as Philippines’ Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo government.

First day of IRRI’s board meeting Asian farmers shout 50 years is enough, protest at Los Baños

April 12, 2010

International groups mark 50 as last year of IRRI, call for its abolition

April 10, 2010

APC Calls for the Unconditional Release of Dr. Sunil Mandiwal

The Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) demands for the unconditional release of Dr. Sumil Mandiwal, an Assistant Professor at the Dayal Singh College, Delhi University. He is a well known champion of the peoples cause.

Biplab Halim, APC Chairperson stated, "He actively joins gathering in New Delhi that raises their voice against all forms of atrocities of the state on the people of the subcontinent. He is at the forefront to unmask the real fascist, pro-corporate face of the state in the Operation Green Hunt, perhaps the biggest land grab ever in history after that of Columbus ."

Alliance shout, IRRI Out!

April 5, 2010

The Southern Tagalog farmers brought in Manila their drought-stricken carabao named IRI-AW to call for the closure of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) that marked its 50th year yesterday (April 4). The protest in front of the Department of Agriculture is led by an alliance of farmers, scientists, environmentalists, health workers and NGOs called Resistance and Solidarity against Agrochemical TNCs (RESIST Agrochem TNCs).

APC demands an end to Operation Green Hunt in India

MEDIA RELEASE
5 February 2010

The Asia-wide peasant group Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) lambasted the Indian government’s massive war against its own people under the code name "Operation Green Hunt" which started in 2009. It involves the deployment of 70,000 military and paramilitary troops in the so-called "Red Corridor" that runs through parts of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal states.

Thai princess met with protest: Farmer’s call for the abolition of IRRI

LAGUNA, Philippines - The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), Kalipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan (KASAMA-TK), Magsasaka at Syentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG), Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes (PNFSP), Resistance and Solidarity against Agrochemical TNCs (RESIST Network) and Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), joined together and led at least 200 people in a protest action today, that coincide with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) 50th anniversary launch.