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Finally, UN General Assembly adopts Peasant Rights declaration! Now focus is on its implementation

La Via Campesina (LVC)

    Today, 17 December 2018, the 73 Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 73) in New York adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. Now that the declaration●●●

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MST ACTIVISTS BRUTALLY ASSASSINATED IN PARAIBA AGRARIAN REFORM CAMP

Defend Democracy in Brazil

  (via MST – Landless Workers Movement)   Orlando and Rodrigo Celestiano were camp leaders, which suggests political motives for the crime.   On the night of Saturday (12/8), two activists from the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) were assassinated●●●

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Solidarity note

National Coordination of MAB

  On the night of December 8th we’re informed of the brutal killing of two comrades. Around seven o’clock at night four men invaded the encamped at the municipality of Alhandra in the state of Paraíba and killed two activists of●●●

👵👩 A nos grands-mères, mères, soeurs, filles et petites-filles, cette journée est dédiée à vos combats ✊. Avec une pensée particulière pour les paysannes 👩‍🌾 et les travailleuses exploitées dans le monde entier...
📽️ A voir - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEniQgRKEXc

#femmes

60M liters of oil leaked into the Ecuadorian Amazon by @Chevron for nearly 30 years and 30,000+ people are still seeking justice

This unchecked corporate power running rampant is yet another example of a transnational corporation using a system that guarantees its impunity🧵

As #HRC55 moves ahead following #WTOMC13AbuDhabi, let's confront the reality: transnational corporations wield immense power, often at the expense of #HumanRights

It's time to demand accountability, regulation and justice in light of their violations

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