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Cambodian Civil Society Condemns Outrageous Murder of Political Analyst Kem Ley
Joint OrganizationsJuly 11, 2016 - We, the undersigned Cambodian civil society groups, are outraged at the brutal murder of independent political analyst and grassroots organiser Kem Ley yesterday...
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When Murder and Abuse Become Systemic
By Alina Carrillo and Shalmali GuttalIt was Sunday morning on the 10th of July in the Caltex coffee shop in Phnom Penh, a place where many locals went to start their day. In a few moments a crowd would...
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Land Rights Defenders Under the Military Rule in Thailand
“[Mr.] Den is not going anywhere, he is always with us, in our heart” said the sister of Mr. Den Kamlae, a land rights defender who has been missing since 16 April 2016, during a traditional ceremony...
View ArticleImpunity: Legal, Social/Political, Personal
By Clarissa V. MilitanteImpunity has been de ned by the international legal community, including the United Nations and the International Criminal Court, as being ‘exempt from punishment’, and thus the...
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Criminalizing the Struggle for Land: A Tale of Two Farmers
Landowners resorting to “legal harassment” or the act of ling numerous criminal cases to weaken dissenting farmers’ groups are common cases in agrarian disputes in the Philippines. Rolando “Ka Rolly”...
View ArticleStruggling on Dangerous Ground
According to a recent report published by Global Witness, the Philippines is not only the second most dangerous place for journalists, it is also the second deadliest country for environmental...
View ArticleImpunity Unlimited: Human Rights, Freedom of Expression in Shambles
By Afsar Jafri and Mansi Sharma In the last few years, the culture of impunity has left bloody patches across the secular democratic fabric of India. Repression of dissent is on the rise and...
View ArticleKashmir, Before and After Burhan Wani
By Seema Mustafa NEW DELHI: the 22-year old poster boy of militancy in Kashmir Valley Burhan Wani is shot dead by the security forces. His death unleashes a series of protests across the Valley where...
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Culture of Impunity in Cambodia: 20 Years, No Justice
By Ros Sokunthy“Last night I heard the Prime Minister said he never heard about community land conflicts, so I want to send a message to the Prime Minister that my community has a land conflict with...
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Human Rights Under President Duterte
By Walden Bello This is an extract from a longer article by Walden Bello titled, “An administration in search of an opposition,” published by Rappler on 10 July 2016. To read the complete article,...
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Glory to the Captain: A Photo Essay on Gloria Capitan and the Anti-Coal...
A LONG WAIT FOR JUSTICE. Mounds of melted candle wax spread below the chair where Gloria Capitan sat in her family’s karaoke bar on July 1, when two unidentified motorcycle-riding men shot her in the...
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[In Photos] International Workers' Day 2016 - Manila, Philippines
Focus on the Global South joins big mobilisations in Manila, Philippines to commemorate the International Workers' Day (or locally known as Labor Day). Photos by Galileo de Guzman CastilloImage:...
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Germany’s Geo-economic Power, the New MDB Landscape and the Asian Development...
By: Dorothy Grace Guerrero*originally published by AsienhausIt is hardly known to German taxpayers, that they are one of the major shareholders in the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Even less is known...
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Signing Away Sovereignty: How Investment Agreements Threaten Regulation of...
In the last decade, the resource-rich Philippines has bet heavily on the mining industry as a development strategy, an approach that has come under growing scrutiny. With 47 large-scale mines in...
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PRESS RELEASE: ‘Responsible Mining’ Threatened by EU-Philippines FTA
Amsterdam/Manila, May 24 2016 – As the first round of negotiations of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and the EU commences in Brussels, a new report warns that it endangers...
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Is ‘Responsible Mining’ Possible Without Strong Regulations?
By Cecilia Olivet, Jaybee Garganera, Farah Sevilla and Joseph PuruggananIn the last decade, the resource-rich country of the Philippines has bet heavily on the mining industry as a strategy for...
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[Publication] Humanity and Nature: Traditional, Cultural, and Alternative...
An economy is often defined as "the wealth and resources of a country or region". Few would contest that the greatest wealth and most fundamental resource for humanity is the earth on which we live;...
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Annual Report 2015
Highlights:Marked the 20th anniversary of Focus on the Global South with a two-day International Conference on Peoples’ Struggles and Alternatives - over 120 people attended, representing almost 80...
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[Event Invitation] The Hague Tribunal Judgment on Conflicting Claims in the...
Speaker: Dr. Walden BelloDate and time: Thursday July 21, 2016, 10am- 1pmLocation: Jacques Amyot Room, 4th floor, Wisit Prachuabmoh Building, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (building C93 on the...
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Trade Liberalization and WTO: Impacts on Agriculture and Farmers
2015 is a significant year in the history of the International Free trade regime, as its key multilateral instrument, the World Trade Organization (WTO), completes 20 years. Two decades of the WTO have...
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