Press Releases

APC Joins the Call of Mongolia People against Boroo Gold

PRESS RELEASE
July 13, 2009

In a statement today, the militant Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) joins the Mongolia people calling for the protection of its human rights against the ‘Boroo Gold’ mining company.

“The Boroo Gold extracted 41 tones of gold for the first 5 years of taxation relief with a profit of 963 billion tug rug (approximately US $ 875.5 million) and enjoyed the taxation relief of 220 billion tug rug (approximately US $ 200 million),” said Shagdar Ganbuyag, APC Internal Auditor.

APC criticizes Aid for Trade Conference

Media Release
July 8, 2009

The militant Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) strongly criticizes the Second Global Review of Aid for Trade held in Geneva , Switzerland from July 6-7, 2009 and its aim of expanding the trade capacity of developing countries.

Nepal Commemorates Rice Cultivators Day as Part of YORA Celebrations

PRESS RELEASE
June 29, 2009

The All Nepal Peasants Federation (ANPFa), an umbrella association of Nepali peasants' organizations, celebrated the Year of Rice Action (YORA) on 29 June, 2009, by commemorating Rice Cultivators Day with events held across the country hosted by partner organizations.

TNWF Organised Seminar on Rice / Food Crisis and Livelihood

June 18
PRESS RELEASE

The Tamil Nadu Women's Forum (TNWF) organised a seminar on "Rice/Food Crisis and Livelihood" in continued observance of the Year of Rice Action (YORA). The event was held on 18 June 2009 at Kadambanallur, Arakkonam Taluk, Vellore District. Around 100 participants which included farmers, women, agricultural wage labourers, engineers, students, representatives from the Agricultural Department and members of people's movements benefited from the seminar.

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.

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.”

KMP and Pamalakaya expose RP-Bahrain secret pact on agriculture

June 24, 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 Thursday exposed what they called a secret agricultural pact between the Philippines and Bahrain.

In a joint press statement, Pamalakaya national chair Fernando Hicap and KMP secretary general Danilo Ramos said the agreement was signed in May 2008 after Bahrain trade minister Hassan Fakhro visited Manila to secure vast plots of land to grow Basmati rice for Bahrain’s consumption.

APC joins call to stop building Tipaimukh dam

NEWS RELEASE
June 23, 2009

The militant Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) joins call to stop building of Tipaimukh dam in Borak River East India. In a joint statement today, APC and Bangladesh Krishok Federation (BKF) said they are building up a strong movement against Tipaimukh Dam.

Yesterday (22 June 2009), the BKF joined the protest rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh organized by the Democratic Left Alliance (DLA) and criticized the Indian government's move to build a dam at Tipaimukh in Borak River saying that it would seriously harm the people and the environment in Bangladesh.

Philippine Congress serves as broker to EU through Chacha, 100% foreign ownership of land, group says

The militant peasant group, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) criticized the House of Representatives, led by Speaker Prospero Nograles in pushing through with the Constitutional Assembly and Charter Change (Chacha) and seen the move by the lawmaker being a “broker” for the European Union (EU) as it requested to remove the ban on foreign ownership of land through the World Trade Organization (WTO) provisions.

APC criticize the murder of staunch GARB peasant leader

NEWS RELEASE
10 June 2009

The Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) criticize the murder of a peasant leader belonging to each member organization in the Philippines - Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) who was gunned down by members of suspected 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) death squad in Dumaguete City about 4:20 PM today.