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Defend Our Victories!
Assert Peoples’ Rights to Land, Water, and Food!

4th General Assembly of the Peoples' Coalition on Food Sovereignty

Towards a stronger network for food sovereignty
On 28 October 2018, the Peoples Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS) held its 4th General Assembly in Surat Thani province, Thailand with the theme
“Defend Our Victories! Assert Peoples’ Rights to Land,
Water, and Food!”
Attending delegates and observers were from 14 countries, representing Asia, Latin America and the Carribean, Africa, Middle East and North Africa, and Europe. The assembly was hosted by the Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand.
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People's Global Camp Against IMF-WB a Resounding Success

Representing 93 organizations from 18 countries, the PGC registered an all-out dissent against the IMF-WB Annual Meeting

Fact-finding Mission Documents Abuses

Cambodia -- Several human rights and IP rights violation were documented by international mission. Calls on UN envoy to intervene.

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9 more farmers killed in the Philippines; 8th peasant massacre under Duterte

Nine sugar farm workers were shot dead in a plantation in Sagay City, Negros Occidental province in central Philippines last month

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Brazil -- "The declarations of Bolsonaro with reference to the MST and agrarian reform are of explicit violence and repression. He has openly encouraged the large landowners confront the MST with “bullets” from heavy arms, even gesturing how it should be done."

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PCFS to UNHRC: Investigate State-backed Land Grabs


Cambodia -- More than 1,000 farmers led by the Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Communities (CCFC) and Ponlok Khmer (PKH) from around the country gathered to submit their land dispute claims to various government agencies in the capital Phnom Penh on Nov. 6, but were blocked by authorities.

Learn more about CCFC and PKH here

One Million Farmers to March to Delhi for Rights


India -- More than a million farmers led by different groups under the coordination of All India Kisan and Muzdoor Sanghatan (AIKMS) are set to march from different parts of the country to converge in Delhi on 29th and 30th of November. The Farmers’ trade union Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Workers Union (APVVU) will lead the Southern leg of the upcoming march on 29th November and will highlight landgrabbing cases as part of the farmers’ demands

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