On 3rd July, the EP adopted an important resolution on the rights violations, including land-grabbing,… Read more →
Peasants’ Rights
Territorial Markets: Via Campesina members and allies participate in the workshop in Rome
International workshop on data collection on territorial markets took place in Rome from 19-20 June… Read more →
India: Farmers in Karnataka distribute mangoes for free to protest against steep fall in prices
This report originally appeared in The Hindu on 15 June People visiting the Deputy Commissioner’s… Read more →
Harvest of Hope | The struggles of tenant farmers in Okara Military Farms, Pakistan
This article originally appeared on Newsline in its May Issue When the warm sun, that… Read more →
Oppression of Pakistan’s caricatured feudalism
May 14, 2018: Large swathes of Pakistan are in the stranglehold of caricatured feudalism. These… Read more →
Law on Land Procurement & Highway Construction is resulting in peasant houses and lands being forcefully grabbed: SPI, Indonesia
Jakarta: In Central Java, the Batang-Semarang highway construction has led to blatant and unjust grabbing… Read more →
Joint Statement by LVC and CSOs: 5th OEIWG session | UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas
La Via Campesina, The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied… Read more →
PETITION: EU, protect our peasants and food systems!
EU governments and leaders The 2 billion people working in rural areas are claiming their… Read more →
“Looking forward to the adoption of a strong UN declaration, capable of protecting the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas”
Side Event– On the occasion of the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, the… Read more →
India Enraged: Farmers warn of larger agitation if the government continues with its apathy
In two days, two major cities of India – Mumbai and Delhi – witnessed thousands… Read more →
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September 10 | International Day Against WTO and Free Trade Agreements
On the 10th of September 2003, while protesting outside the WTO ministerial in Cancun, Mexico,… Read more →