The Government of India came under attack from a coalition of groups representing farmers unions, trade unions, hawkers, public health and other civil society organisations on the ongoing, secret negotiations on a European Union–India Free Trade Agreement (EU-India FTA)
Thousands of Taiwanese people took to the streets of the capital on Saturday for a labour day protest against a planned trade pact with China that they say will threaten the island’s workforce.
Public health groups, patients’ groups and other community-based organisations today staged a protest here against the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) which are being negotiated by the Indian government.
Lo ganaderos del Magdalena Medio manifestaron su desacuerdo con las medidas estipuladas en TLC que el Gobierno Nacional firmará con la UE.
Protests in Delhi, India as its trade negotiators sit in Brussels with EU on the next round of FTA talks that they hope to wrap by October 2010
Fatima Mello of the Brazil Network for the Integration of Peoples worked with other civil society groups across South America in order to bring down the proposed Free Trade Agreement of the Americas. Here she discusses the campaign and lessons learned:
Civil society and public health groups from India, Brazil and several other countries today vehemently objected to the proposed India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Taiwan-centric groups said Wednesday they wanted to rally 1 million people on June 6 for a protest against government plans for an Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China.
Social organisations and movements in Canada have serious reservations about the scope and negotiating process of the proposed Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
Un groupe environnemental canadien porte sa lutte contre l’exploitation des sables bitumineux albertains devant le mécanisme de régulation environnementale de l’Accord de libre-échange nord-américain (ALENA).
A Canadian environment group is claiming the federal government is breaking its own laws when it comes to the tar sands, and plans to take its concerns to NAFTA.
Canadian Auto Workers is calling for an immediate halt to any federal government plans to finalize a Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement without the guarantee of an independent human rights impact assessment in Colombia.
Em virtude da reunião com membros da Comissão de Comércio Internacional do Parlamento Europeu, marcada para 9 de abril na sede da Associação Brasileira Interdisciplinar de AIDS, o Grupo de Trabalho sobre Propriedade Intelectual (GTPI) promove uma petição on-line bilíngüe como forma de protesto contra as negociações do Tratado de Livre Comércio (TLC) entre Índia e União Européia.
In light of the meeting with members of the International Trade Commission of the European Parliament, scheduled for April 9th at the office of the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association, the Working Group of Intellectual Property (GTPI) decided to promote a on-line petition (in Portuguese and English) as form of protest against the negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and European Union.
Denuncian el exterminio de más de 1.000 indígenas por parte del ejército colombiano y de los grupos armados ilegales. Más de 30 etnias corren el riesgo de desaparición. El secretario general de ONIC lo ha denunciado ante el Parlamento Europeo y ha advertido que “España miente en su último informe sobre derechos humanos en Colombia, sólo quiere firmar cuanto antes el TLC”.
S’il faut s’insurger contre les accords UE-Maroc, il est important de ne pas se tromper de cible et de savoir exactement contre qui on proteste.
Delhi Network of Positive People protest the EU-India and all FTAs to MPs in India
El grupo de Los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeo (PE) afirmó que la Unión Europea (UE) ha concluido "a hurtadillas" la negociación de un tratado de libre comercio (TLC) con Perú y Colombia, y que "ha pasado de largo" la situación de los derechos humanos en ese último país.
Un conjunto de organizaciones y coaliciones sociales se vienen sumando a la jornada de protesta pacífica a realizarse el lunes 22 de febrero en rechazo al informe sobre los hechos ocurridos el 05 de junio en la Bagua.
Atendiendo a la convocatoria nacional, los dirigentes indígenas, Henderson Rengifo de Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (Aidesep), Juan Navarro de Confederación Nacional de Comunidades Afectadas por la Minería (Conacami) y Melchor Lima (CCP), coincidieron en ratificar la Gran Movilización Nacional que se llevará a cabo en el país el lunes próximo (22).