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Newsletter Volume III Number 4, August 2016
Gloria Capitan, anti-coal activist from the Philippines; Mr. Kem Ley, social/political analyst from Cambodia; Melon Barcia, peasant leader from the Philippines. All felled by an assassin's gun.Den...
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Urgent Action: Three Lao Activists Held Incommunicado
Amnesty International have launched an urgent campaign in relation to three Lao nationals who were arrested in March this year and remain in incommunicado detention. Please read the information below...
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A Historical Gathering of Human Rights Defenders
Focus on the Global South-Philippines is a member organization of iDefend, a broad coalition of human rights defenders in the Philippines launched last August 12 amidst the increasing number of...
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Human Rights Group Urges Thai Gov't.: Free Hunger-Striking Activist
(New York, August 16, 2016) – Thai authorities should urgently release a student activist detained since August 6, 2016, for peacefully protesting the military junta’s proposed constitution, Human...
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Revisiting the Lessons of the Battle of Seattle and Its Aftermath
Speech delivered at the opening plenary session of the 111th Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington State Convention Center, August 19, 2016By Walden BelloI had many lessons from...
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Focus on the Global South at the 2016 World Social Forum
From 9-14 August 2016, Joseph Purugganan, our Philippines Head of Office, and Shalmali Guttal, our Executive Director, represented Focus on the Global South at the World Social Forum in Montreal,...
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Media Advisory: ASEAN in Laos: Challenges of Leadership, Human Rights and...
Press ConferenceOrganised by: The Sombath Initiative11am, Wednesday 31 August, 2016, Bangkok At a time when ASEAN is witnessing an alarming increase in human rights abuses, restrictions on civil...
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Tackle Human Rights Abuses in Laos: ASEAN Meeting Should Highlight...
(Bangkok, August 31, 2016) – On the eve of the annual ASEAN leaders summit in Vientiane, human rights and advocacy groups called upon the Lao PDR Government to commit to address its widespread...
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International Conference on Deconstructing and Reconstructing Sustainable...
BackgroundThe idea of ‘sustainable development’ was primarily adopted by the international community via the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, which resulted from the first UN Conference...
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iDEFEND Questions “State of Lawless Violence”
In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND)[i] strongly condemns the Davao City Night Market bombing which resulted in the deaths of 14 people and injuries to 67 others. This calculated,...
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Welcoming Pres. Duterte to the Old Boys' Club*
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is in Vientiane, Laos, September 6 - 8, for his first ever appearance on the international stage since becoming head of state in June 2016. He shall be having his...
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One Month After: Reflections on the 11th Year of ACSC/APF in Timor-Leste
27 September 2016 Galileo de Guzman Castillo blogs on his experience at the ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN Peoples Forum (ACSC/APF), held in Timor-Leste in August, and reflects on the future...
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Paalam, Max
Focus on the Global South mourns with the human rights and NGO community in the Philippines the demise of staunch human rights defender Max de Mesa. We extend our deepest sympathies to his family,...
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Nyeleni Newsletter No. 27
October 2016Editorial: Smallholders’ markets In practically every Indian town, vendors pushing handcarts move from one neighborhood to another, supplying customers with seasonal and perennial fruits...
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Civil Society Synthesis Report on use and implementation of the Tenure...
October 2016Small-scale food producers rely on access to and control over natural resources such as land, including farmland, forests, grazing land and fishing grounds, for the realization of their...
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Phil. Government Holds Two-day 'Yolanda' Summit
Cebu City - A two-day, high-level summit on climate change kicked off here, Oct. 6, participated in by stakeholders from national government agencies, local government units, the academe, business, and...
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iDEFEND marks Philippine President Duterte's First 100 Days in Office with...
Led by the coalition In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement or iDEFEND, about 200 activists, human rights defenders, individuals from various people's organizations, labor groups, civil...
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Global Reclaim Power 2016 October Days of Actions in the Philippines
About 150 activists, community leaders, and climate justice advocates from various climate networks and people's movement marched from the University of Santo Tomas to the Mendiola Peace Arch, and were...
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The Philippine Experience: Climate Change, Disaster Capitalism, and Food...
Super typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan has been a wake up call to Filipinos and the bigger global community to the reality that the impacts of extreme weather events related to climate change are already being...
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The Rise of Chinese TNCs, BRICS, and Current Global Challenges
Does BRICS still offer an alternative model of development that can address the current global crisis? Is this grouping of the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa...
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