With the theme “Reclaim Our Lands, Reclaim Our Future”, members and networks of the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), the Peoples Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS), and the PAN-Asia Pacific (PANAP) observed the Day of the Landless
The Day of the Landless was jointly launched by the APC and PANAP and hosted by Aliansi Gerakan Reforma Agraria (AGRA) on 29 March 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The date marks the founding anniversary of the APC and the launching of PANAP’s “No Land, No Life!” campaign.
The People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS) finds the Belgrade Call to Action timely and relevant especially to land rights defenders including farmers and Indigenous Peoples groups
Yemen -- President Trump vetoed a bipartisan resolution on Tuesday that would have forced an end to American military involvement in Saudi Arabia’s civil war in Yemen, rejecting an appeal by lawmakers to his own deeply rooted instincts to withdraw the United States from bloody foreign conflicts.
Sri Lanka -- As death toll rises to 290, victims of the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka were laid to rest on Tuesday, with one funeral procession following another all day.
Sudan -- One of Africa's most fertile lands is struggling to feed its own people. Sudan could be one of the world's great breadbaskets. Instead, land disputes and steep food prices have pushed it to the brink.
Myanmar -- Farmers are being accused of violating the Vacant, Fellow and Virgin (VFV) Lands Management Law which requires anyone living on land categorised as "vacant, fallow, and virgin" to apply for a permit to continue using it for the next 30 years.
Brazil --At least six people have been killed in a series of deadly Amazon land conflicts in Brazil, stoking fears of rising violence in the region under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.