Thursday, 28 January 2021, 7:28 am
The new year kicked off with intensified repression
targeting the rural sector.
The People’s Coalition
on Food Sovereignty slams the escalating state attacks
against farmers and indigenous peoples in many countries
across the globe. We call out these governments –
especially in the Philippines, Cambodia, and India – for
the blatant violation of human rights to facilitate the
aggressive implementation of neoliberal policies in the
pretext of coping with COVID-19 pandemic.
We abhor the
killings and mass arrests of rural peoples in the
Philippines, which signifies the reigning inhumanity and
impunity perpetrated by the Duterte regime. Filipino farmers