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Statements and Press Releases
By Alliance of Agrarian Reform Movement (AGRA)
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The Alliance of Agrarian Reform Movement/Aliansi Gerakan Reforma Agraria (AGRA), an Indonesian militant peasant organization, mobilized thousands of its members to Jakarta to campaign against land confiscation, reject World Trade Organization (WTO) and rising fuel prices. Rahmat, secretary general of AGRA said that this mobilization is to confirm to the Indonesian Government the position of the Indonesian peasantry in these issues.
By HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF TURKEY
International law prohibits torture and violation of right to life. Prohibition is absolute and non-derogable. States are obliged to respect to this prohibition and there is not any exceptional circumstances whatsoever may be invoked by a state to justify acts of torture, including war.
Yet, violence of police forces against to people who are enjoying their right to assembly and demonstration which has started in Istanbul and spread all around the country reached the level of brutality. This is clearly act of torture and violation of right to life.
Resolution Calling on the Philippine Government to Hold Rights Violators Accountable and to Continue Peace Negotiations
We, the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) herein represented by its governing Bureau in session and joined by fellow members firmly reiterate our call to the present Philippine government to hold past and present perpetrators of human rights violators accountable.
By Defend Jobs Philippines (Tanggol Kabuhayan Pilipinas)
Illegally dismissed workers from Advan Shoes and Luneta vendors stormed the Malacañang Palace today as they jointly demand to the Aquino government, especially to the newly elected senators, congressmen and city officials to protect the people from massive unemployment, to generate adequate and decent jobs for all Filipinos and to recognize and not to criminalize the livelihood which the vendors and other informal workers created.
By Dr. MALEM NINGTHOUJA
Campaign for Peace & Democracy (Manipur)
Campaign for Peace & Democracy condemned the forced eviction perpetrated by the Government of Manipur in Sangakpham area on 13 May 2013. The act fully reflected the use of colonial Land Acquisition Act 1894 to serve the capital interest of contractors (including the owners of excavators) and bureaucratic manipulation.
Submitted by STEVE DA SILVA
ILPS-Canada
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In recent years, resource extraction has intensified under the Harper government in Canada, as capitalist profit-making is increasingly "fueled" by the rape and plunder of the land and its resources, especially the ancestral lands of Indigenous peoples.
As part of its work to defend land defenders and build people's power, the ILPS-Canada Commission in Support of Indigenous People's Struggles is supporting grassroots women from the Ojibway Nation of Saugeen located in northwestern Ontario, Canada.
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