 Demo in Korea People from all walks of life have demostrated in various capitals around the world against the continuing detention of WTO protestors in Hong kong. Below is a list of signitories to petitions to the Hong Kong administration to realease the detainees. Also Click here to see more pictures of demonstrations around the world demanding the release of the activists.
Letters/petitions - total approx. 1250 persons (individual and civil society orgs)
[Europe] Susan George, ATTAC, France Pierre Rousset, President, Europe solidaire sans frontieres (ESSF) Laurence Davis, PhD, Dublin, Ireland Ignacio Romero, PhD, United Kingdom Kevin Smith, United Kingdom Florian Kirchner, France Josu Egireun, National Commitee of ESK trade union, Basque Country René Louail, Executive Board Member, European Farmers Coordination (CPE), France Heike Schiebeck, Executive Board Member, European Farmers Coordination (CPE), Austria Ingeborg Tangeraas, Executive Board Member, European Farmers Coordination (CPE), Norway Xose Ramon Cendan, Executive Board Member, European Farmers Coordination (CPE), Spain Géza Varga, Executive Board Member, European Farmers Coordination (CPE), Hungary Iris Widmer, Switzerland Sylvain Arnoux, France Zeki Ergas, Founder and Secretary General, Millennium Solidarity Geneva Group, Switzerland T. Autenrieth, Network for Direct Democracy, Basel, Germany José-Luis Ordóñez, Coordinator, Federal Area of Ecology and Environment of United Left, Spain Ulrich Duchrow, Professor, Kairos Europa, Germany Louise Richards, Executive Director, War on Want, UK Bernard Texier, La Roche sur Yon, France Nicole Poupinet, Responsable de la Confédération Paysanne, FRANCE Françoise Michalon, Artisans du Monde, France Jean-Michel Nathanson, National Secretary, Union Syndicale Solidaires, France Toniva Meier, ATTAC-Hochschulgruppe Jena, Germany Inga Schmalz, Germany Gilles Pansu, ATTAC, France Emma Fabrega, Spain Monica Di Sisto, Tradewatch, Italy frederic.viale ATTAC, France Flavio Mobiglia, Monza, Italy Alain Schmitt, France Manuela Borsetti, Rome Italy Hans Martin Fraund, Germany Michael & Margarete Bothner, Germany Claudio Orazi, Italy Simone Hardt, Italy Alberto Martano Strada del Verde, Italy Gerald & Birgit Meyer, Germany Michele Citoni, Italy Artisans du Monde Paris Centre Pascal Pavie, Secrétaire de la Confédération Paysanne de L'Aude, France Halfdan Olesen, Denmark Dr. Brooke MADDUX, Attac Comminges and Amnesty International Jörg Wuttke, Germany Oliver Moldenhauer. Attac Germany Carlos Ruiz, ATTAC SPAIN Sergio Dalmasso, Associazione Gruppo Oltre, Italy Yoshihiro Nakano, PhD student, University of Sussex, UK Valentina Hemmeler, UNITERRE (Farmers Union), Switzerland Nicolas Bezençon, UNITERRE (Farmers Union), Switzerland Javier Sanchez, COAG - Spain, CPE María Carrascosa García, Red de Semillas, Spain Juan Manuel González Gutiérrez, Red de Semillas, Spain Jochen Klaubert, Germany Manuel Figueroa Zapata, Presidente, Red Andaluza de Semillas, Spain Eric Willemaers, Belgian INGO FOS – Socialist Solidarity, Belgium Jacqueline Zeitz, Germany H. Knabe, Germany [N America] Chris Tilly, Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA Christopher M Picone, Ph.D., Fitchburg State College, USA Meghan C. Picone, BSN, MNEd, Mt. Wachusett Community College, USA Peter Rosset, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley, USA Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor, MIT, USA Naomi Klein, USA Young Koreans United, USA Lisa Valencia-Svensson, Film Producer, Toronto, Canada John Clarke, Organizer, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, Canada Min Sook Lee, Canada Carlos Marentes, Border Agricultural Workers Project, US Laurie Konwinski, Cornell University, USA Margaret M. Gullette, Ph.D., Resident Scholar, Brandeis University, USA Andrianna Natsoulas, Marine Campaign, Food and Water Watch, USA Georgy Katsiaficas, Professor, Wentworth Institute of Technology, USA Philip T Neisser, Chair, Department of Politics, SUNY Potsdam, USA Ruthann Lee, Canada Christine Paramonczyk, Canada Ernest Stromberg, Associate Professor, California State University Monterey Bay, USA Dora-Marie Goulet, Mennonite Fellowship of Montreal's Peace and Justice Committee, Canada [Latin America] Daniel M. Griffith, Ph.D., Biodiversity of BOSAWAS Biosphere Reserve, Managua, Nicaragua Atilio Boron, Professor, University of Buenos Aires, President of CLACSO, Argentina Clara Algranati, CLACSO, Argentina Jose Seoane CLACSO, Argentina Emilio Taddei CLACSO, Argentina Javier Carlés, Uruguay Marina Rivero, Uruguay Leonard Mattioli, Uruguay Helios Alonso, Uruguay RAFAEL ALEGRIA MONCADA, Coordinador General, Campaña Global por la Reforma Agraria (CGRA), Honduras Laura Olazábal, Int'l Investigative Journalist, Consumer Organization, Uruguay [africa] Olaseinde Arigbede, Union of Small & Medium scale Farmers of Nigeria, Nigeria Brahim Oubaha, National Secretary, ATTAC, Morocco [Asia Pacific] Zakir Kibria, Executive Director, BanglaPraxis, Bangladesh Zia Syed, International Relations Secretary, All Pakistan Federation of United Trade Unions Prayong Em-ot, President, Food Labour Federation of Thailand, Thailand Seene Poonsranoi, Organizer, Food Labour Federation of Thailand, Thailand Ferdinand R. Gaite, National President, COURAGE (Confederation for Unity, Recognition andAdvancement of Governemnt Employees), Philippines Suzan Luu Masahiro Watarida, Japan Ryoko Matsuzaki, Attac, Japan Ashraf-ul-Alam Tutu, Coordinator, Asia Pacific Network on Food Sovereignty (APNFS)-Bangladesh Abul Hossain Rana, Project Coordinator, Coastal Development Partnership, Bangladesh Wipaphan Korkeatkachorn, Thailand Prungchit Phanawattanawong, Thailand Mohiuddin Ahmad, Chairperson, CDL & Chairperson, APMDD, Bangladesh Sohrab Hassan, Joint Editor, Daily Jugantor, Bangladesh Michael B. Gomes, Director, CORR-Jute Works, Bangladesh Md. Abdus Salam, Professor, Dept. Of Philosophy, Lalmatia Girls' College, Bangladesh Syed Tamzid-ur-Rahman, Chief Executive, Change Maker, Bangladesh Mayeen Uddin Ahmed Badal, Executive President, Jatyo Samajtantrik Dal, Bangladesh Kazi Wahiduzzaman, Cheief Executive, Nabolok, Bangladesh K.M. Abdul Awaal, General Secretary, CDL, Bangladesh Syed Nurul Alam, Executive Director, South Asia Partnership-Bangladesh Gausul Huq Mostak, Lecturer, Dept. of Information & Library Science, Dhaka University, Bangladesh Herbert Docena, Focus on Global South, Philippines Mary Lou Malig, Focus on Global South, Philippines Joy Chavez, Focus on Global South, Philippines Mary Ann Manahan, Focus on Global South, Philippines Joseph Purugganan, Focus on Global South, Philippines Lourdes Torres, Focus on Global South, Philippines Julie delos Reyes, Focus on Global South, Philippines Vikram aditya, Member, Friendship Foundation, India Mallavarapu Prakasamma,Member, Friendship Foundation, India Sneha Jyoti, Member, Friendship Foundation, India Vijay aditya, Member, Friendship Foundation, India Muneer ul Rehman, Member, Friendship Foundation, India Ahmed Pasha, Member, Friendship Foundation, India Sandeep Reddy, Member, Friendship Foundation, India Francis Raj, Member, Friendship Foundation, India Lorena Macabuag, Migrant Forum in Asia Susan Macabuag, Migrant Forum in Asia Fernando Macabuag, Migrant Forum in Asia Diego Macabuag, Migrant Forum in Asia Nyi Nyi Lwin, Professor, Chiang Mai University, Thailand Malcolm Deans, Member, Autonomous Workers Union, Aotearoa, New Zealand Bismo Sanyoto, National Board, Federation of Construction, Informal and General Workers, Indonesia Andrew Casey, Australia Katarina Pujiastuti, International Officer of National Front of Indonesian Labour Struggle (FNPBI), Indonesia Emelina Villegas, Philippines Thomas Kocherry, Executive Committee Member, National Fishworkers' Forum(NFF) Donni Pradana, Chairperson of National Peasant Union (STN), Indonesia Iwan Dwi Laksono, Chairperson of National Student League for Democracy (LMND), Indonesia Marlo Sitompul, Chairperson of Union of the Urban Poor (SRMK), Indonesia Junko Okura, JapanEnri Mac Aodha, Japan Ashraf-ul-Alam Tutu, Peoples' Initiatives to Resist Unjust World Trade System, Bangladesh Lee Young Ae, Actress, Korea Ahn Seong Gi, Actor, Korea Lee Byeong Hyeon, Actor, Korea Reynaldo Rasing, Regional Coordinator, Global Network-Asia Patrick Poon, Hong Kong Abul Hossain, President, United Labour Federation, Bangladesh Roots for Equity, Pakistan (Wali Haider, Khusnood Aziz, Azra Talat Sayeed, Roshan Ali Lashari Khaista Mohammad, Inayatullah, Tabasum, Hina, Misri, Muqam, Jameel, Khalid Haider, Naqeeb Ali, Aqeel, Kamran, Shahnawaz) Youth Group Roots for Equity (Saleem Bheel, Imran, Ahsanullah, Hyatullah, Haleema, Omar + more than 500 youth) Roots for Equity volunteers+ 30 other volunteers (Safdar Ali, Haider Ali, Afshan, Rohi Bano, Waseem, Kashif, ) Women Cooperatives for Homebased Workers (Sony, Sainth, Jumni, Hasina Ali + a group of 300 women workers) Ana Maria R. Nemenzo, FREEDOM FROM DEBT COALITION, Philippines Joseph Purugganan, STOP THE NEW ROUND! COALITION (SNR), Philippines Buddy dela Cruz, KILUSANG MANGINGISDA, Philippines Wilson Fortaleza, SANLAKAS, Philippines Mercy Fabros, WELGA NG KABABAIHAN LABAN SA KAHIRAPAN AT GLOBALISASYON, Philippines Francisco Nemenzo, LABAN NG MASA, Philippines Marivic Raquiza, GLOBAL CALL TO ACTION AGAINST POVERTY (GCAP)-Philippines Kageyama Keizi, Japan Karasawa Hideko, Japan Yukiko Kitajima, Japan Incortorated Organization Silchunbulgio, Korea Le Projet Mkimpo, Japan Takahiro Suzuki, Japan Kinuyo Inagaki, Kobe City College of Nursing, Japan Yoon Moon Ja, Fellowship for the sufferers, Presdient, Korea Jin Gwan, President, Buddhist Peace Solidarity, Korea Noh Jin Min, Catholic Reunification Support Group, Korea Hyo Rim, Buddhist Monks for Society, Korea Naomi HORIHAMA, Attac, Japan Masayoshi Ogawa, Btel communications trade union, Japan Hideaki Hoshino, Attac, Japan Fujii Katsuhiko, Sasasima Clinic, Japan Kenji Kunitomi, Editing board of the Weekly Kakehashi, J메무 Okazaki Keiko, Nagano, Japan Matsumoto Hiroko, Japan IGATA MIYOKO,(ATTAC, JAPAN Tadashi Settsu, NAM, Japan Shirou Taira, Citizens of Hirosima, Japan Saya Kiba, Kobe University, Japan Yu Makino, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-si, Japan Akiko Inari, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-si, Kyoto-fu, Japan Nasubi San-ya, San'ya Welfare Center for Day-laborers' Association, Japan IGATA Kazumasa, Attac Japan Yoko Akimoto, ATTAC Japan KAWAZOE Makoto, LaborNet Japan YASUDA Yukihiro, Labornet Japan T.Nisimoto, Japan Oidon, Japan autoworker's network, Japan Akira Matsubara, Japan Takahei Masahito, APWSL, Japan Rita Baua, ILPS Philippines Chapter and Bayan, Philippines Yoshihide Kitahata, ATTAC Kansai Group, Japan Hiroko Nose, Japan Setsuko Yasuda, Vision21, Japan JACK TSO, Japan Toshimaru Ogura, People's Plan Study Group(PPSG), Japan Domatsu Katsunori, Campaign against Japan-Korea FTA, Japan SASAKI Yumi, Labor-net Japan Masanori Kurakata, Policy Rsearch Institute for the Civil Sector, Japan Shigeko Ago, Amnesty International, Japan Kenji Ago, Seinan Gakuin University, Japan Taihei Okada, Japan Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) , Nepal South Asian Peasants' Coalition (SAPC), Nepal South Asian Alliance for Poverty Eradecation (SAAPE), Nepal All Nepal Peasants' Association (ANPA), Nepal All Nepal Women's Association (ANWA), Nepal General Federation of Nepalese Trade Union (GEFONT), Nepal All Nepal National Free Student Union (ANNFSU), Nepal Rural Reconstruction, Nepal (RRN), Nepal Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), Nepal Central for Women's Right and Development (CWRD), Nepal Centre for Social, environmental and educational development, Nepal Children, Women in Social Service and Human Rights CWISH, Nepal Jagaran, Nepal Women Welfare Society, Nepal Rita Dharani, JKB (National Cultural Activist Network) Indonesia Nobutaka Watanabe, Journalist, Japan PK Murthy, All India Federation of Trade Unions, India Oh Sei-chull, Emeritus Professor of Yonsei University, Korea Lee Min Hwan, Pusna National University Department of Music Korea Cho Hi Yeon, Sungkonghoe University Department of Social Science Korea Kim Se-kyun, Seoul National University Department of Politics Korea Jou Kyong-bok, Konkuk University Department of French Language and Literature Korea Moon Kyeong Sik, President, Korean Peasants League Korea Jeon Jae Hwan, President, Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Emergency Committee Korea Yoon Geum Soon, President, Korean Women Peasants Association Korea Jeong Jae Don, President, Korean Catholic Farmers Movement Korea Jeong Gwang Hoon, President, Korean Peoples Solidarity Korea Lee Jong Hoi, President, Korean Peoples Action against FTA & WTO Korea Park Ha Soon, Executive Director, Peoples Solidarity for Social Progress Korea [Intl] Pat Roy Mooney, Executive Director ETC group Aftab Alam Khan, Head, Trade Justice Campaign, ActionAid International Fellows and Board Members, Transnational Institute Lidy Nacpil, JUBILEE SOUTH - ASIA PACIFIC MOVEMENT ON DEBT AND DEVELOPMENT [Country Unidentified] Frank Rosengarten Alessandro Pelizzola ==> Total 245 (Names identified) There are at the moment 975 letters that have been sent through the French website "Cyber Acteurs (http://www.cyberacteurs.org/)", names which we are unable to identify 2. Letters/petitions - Parliamentarians and politicians 1) Parliamentarians 27 persons Kwon Young Ghil, Member of the National Assembly, DLP President, Korea Dan Byung Ho, Member of the National Assembly, Korea Chun Young Se, Member of the National Assembly, DLP Parliamentary Group Leader, Korea Sim Sang Jung, Member of the National Assembly, Korea Choi Soon Young, Member of the National Assembly, Korea Lee Young Soon, Member of the National Assembly, Korea Kang Ki Kab, Member of the National Assembly, Korea Hyun Ae Jah, Member of the National Assembly, Korea Roh Hoe Chan, Member of the National Assembly, Korea Caroline Lucas, Member of the European Parliament for the GREENS-ALE, UK Dirk Van der Maelen , representative to the National Parliament for SP.A, Belgium Eva-Britt Svensson, Member of the European Parliament for GUE/NGL, Sweden Francesco Martone, senator, secretary of the Human Rights Committee of the Italian Senate Gabi Zimmer, Member of the European Parliament for GUE/NGL, Germany Glyn Ford, Member of European Parliament, UK Harlem Desir, Member of the European Parliament for the PSE, France Hemuth Markov, Member of the European Parliament for GUE/NGL, Germany Francesco Martone, senator, secretary of the Human Rights Committee of the Senate, Italy Jacky Henin, Member of the European Parliament for GUE/NGL, France Jean Dessessard; Member of the Senate, Les Verts, France Jean-Claude Lefort, Representative to the National Assembly; PCF; France Jill Evans, MEP (Member of the European Parliament), Greens/EFA Luisa Morgantini; Member of the European Parliament for the GUE/NGL; Italy; President of the Committee for Development and Co-operation Mario “Mayong” Joyo Aguja, Akbayan; Citizen’s Action Party, Member; House of Philippines Noël Mamère, Representative to the National Assembly, Les Verts; France Umberto Guidoni, Member of the European Parliament for GUE/NGL, Italy Vittorio Agnoletto, Member of the European Parliament, Member of Subcommittee for Human Rights, Italy 2) Politicians 10 persons Alain Krivine, Former Member of European Parliament, Spokesperson of Ligue Communiste Revolutionnaire (LCR), France Chantal Delmas; local representative, PCF, France Dita Indah Sari, Chairperson of People's Democratic Party (PRD), Indonesia Jaime Caycedo, Communist Party of Colombia, Columbia Javier Diez Canseco, Socialist Party of Peru, Peru Jose Maria de Almeida - president of PSTU (Unified Socialist Workers Party, Brazil Nadir Aziz, Labour Party of Pakistan, Pakistan Olivier Besancenot, Spokesperson of Ligue communiste revolutionnaire (LCR), France Roseline Vachetta, Former Member of European Parliament, Spokesperson LCR, France Zely Ariane, International Officer of People's Democratic Party (PRD), Indonesia 3. Messages for the hunger strike Mia Boutemy, France Laetitia Bordes, San Mateo, California Andrianna Natsoulas, Marine Campaign, Food and Water Watch, USA Foundation for Gaia, UK Halfdan Olesen, Denmark. Emelina Villegas, Philippines Peter Rosset, USA/Mexico Claude Biver, France Tove Schøler Christensen, Denmark Al Alegre, Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), Philippines Focus on Global South, Philippines Confederation of European Farmers (CPE) and many others 4. Intl Day of Action [9th jan] New York US Ontario Canada Colombo Sri Lanka Bangladesh Jakarta Indonesia Chennai India Tokyo Osaka Matsumoto Wellington NZ Sydney * 17 youths in Germany fasted two meals
Manila [10th Jan] Seoul Geneva (in front of WTO) [11th Jan] Manila
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