Mar 1, 2021 | Press Coverage, Pressroom, Protests & Resistance, Social Media News
Canadian Labour, Civil Society Groups Express Solidarity With Protesting Farmers “The farmers are literally sacrificing their well-being and putting their lives on the line to uphold these constitutional guarantees on behalf of all the people of India and are...
Jun 6, 2018 | Climate Justice, Featured, Indigenous Peoples, Social Media News
From the Human Rights Law Network On June 6, the Pune Police arrested Adv Surendra Gadling, General Secretary Indian Association of People’s Lawyers from Nagpur, conducted raid on the house of Prof Shoma Sen, Head of Department of English, Nagpur University,...
Apr 5, 2018 | Climate Justice, Deforestation, Forests, Indigenous Peoples, Protests & Resistance, Rainforest, Social Media News, Tree Plantations
India’s programme to compensate for the destruction of forests for development projects is routinely setting up monoculture tree plantations on community commons. Women, who are mostly affected, are at the centre of its resistance. Woman collecting siali leafs. For...
Dec 19, 2017 | all other, Bioenergy, Climate Justice, Deforestation, Featured, Food Sovereignty, Forests, Indigenous Peoples, Paraguay, Social Media News
15 Dec, Buenos Aires: The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) [1] celebrated the failure of two key trade negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO), and EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, to reach a successful conclusion during negotiations in Argentina [2]. Both were...
Aug 16, 2017 | Climate Justice, Featured, Protests & Resistance, Social Media News
As India celebrated it’s 71st year of independence from British colonization yesterday, August 15th, farmers continued to stage their 100 day protest against farmer suicides, demanding a complete waiver of loans and increase in crop prices. On India’s...
