International League of Peoples' Struggle
Indigenous people, fisherfolk from the Pamalakaya fishers’ group, and other sectors who may be affected by possible deals with China also took part in the protest to show their strong opposition to joint oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea
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Bayan is calling on the Philippine government under Rodrigo Duterte to assert and uphold the favourable ruling of the international tribunal in The Hague which recognized the Philippines exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea, while invalidating China’s “9 dash line” claims over almost the entire South China Sea
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The claim that Bolsonaro won in a “democratic” election is belied by widespread intimidation of opposition forces, leading almost 29% percent of the electorate to annul or not cast their vote
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The trial was held in Brussels, Belgium from September 18 to 19, 2018 for the crimes of gross human rights violations against the Filipino people by the Duterte and Trump regimes.The lead convenor of the IPT is the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, an accredited NGO with the United Nations Human Rights Council and has UN Economic and Social Council status.
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We call on all our member-organizations to send delegates to the trial, witness the proceedings on September 18 and 19 and participate in the solidarity events on September 20 and 21, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.
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Joma Sison: Duterte wants to divert public attention from important issues
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The arrest followed after the homes of these activists were raided due to the absurd allegation of their involvement in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The simultaneous raids of Rao’s and other’s residences in multiple cities were the latest in a spate of crackdown by the Modi regime against activists and progressives.
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The League of Filipino Students denounces the actions of Israel in its violent killings of innocent Palestinians protesting along the Gaza border, as well as the imperialist US’ support of Israel’s murderous actions against Palestinians. Zionist Israel proved itself nothing more but a terrorist nation for promoting violence and inciting chaos which have led to the killings of innocent civilians fighting for their right to land, life, and independence.
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France annexed this Melanesian island chain in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean in 1853 and turned it into a penal colony starting in 1864. French convicts were shipped to New Caledonia including thousands of communards after the defeat of the Paris Commune in 1871, among them Louise Michel who later on worked with the indigenous Kanak people to fight for liberation from French colonial rule even after the communards were granted general amnesty in 1879.
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ILPS in solidarity with Turgut Kaya, journalist and political prisoner
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