Lao national and 2005 Magsaysay Award recipient Sombath Somphone stands beside a poster of fellow awardee V. Shanta during a press conference in Manila, Philippines on Monday 29 August 2005. Photo: EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA
Laos: After eight years, civil society worldwide demands the government establish and reveal...
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Soren Ambrose at Focus on the Global South's 20th anniversary event in 2015.
Focus on the Global South joins friends and civil society from across the world in paying homage...
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Trade Justice Pilipinas statement on the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic...
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Thai police use water cannons to disperse pro-democracy demonstrations in Bangkok on 16 October 2020. Photo: Sirikan Charoensiri
Focus on the Global South calls on the Thai government to release all detained activists and lift...
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Thousands protested against Martial Law in Pepe Diokno Freedom Park, Quezon City, on September 21, 2020. Photo: PhilRights
By Galileo de Guzman Castillo, Joseph Purugganan, and Bianca Martinez As we commemorate today the...
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Cambodian farmer and land rights activist Oum Samorl. Photo: Ridan Sun
Cambodian farmer Oum Samorl and her family lost their farm to a corporate land grab 15 years ago....
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An audience member asks a question at the report launch event in Phnom Penh on September 3, 2020.
More than 150 attendees gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday for the release of a new report titled...
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The Global Campaign attends the 5th Session of the OEIGWG negotiations on the Legally Binding Treaty on TNCS and Human Rights in Geneva in October 2019.
The member organisations of the Global Campaign to Reclaim People’s Sovereignty, Dismantle...
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In an age of global warming, rising authoritarianism, and the corporate-led delusion of infinite...
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Thousands of individuals from various groups join #SONAgkaisa while ensuring physical distancing to express dismay over the Duterte administration at University Avenue, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City on 5th State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte. Photo by: Arrem Alcaraz, Kodao — with Wacphilippines Cavite.
Focus on the Global South’s Post-SONA 2020 Assessment 2020 August 7 In the middle of the COVID-19...
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Focus on the Global South’s Statement on the passage of the Anti-Terrorism Law in the...
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*ASIAN GROUPS CALL FOR IMMEDIATE HALT TO SECRET NEGOTIATIONS* 18th June, 2020 Bangkok,...
Read More12 Hunyo 2020* Nakikiisa ang Focus on the Global South sa mga progresibong grupo at mga kilusan sa mariing pagtutol sa napipintong pagpasa ng bagong anti-terror law sa Pilipinas. Ang pagratsada ng panukalang batas na ito...
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Youth activists hit the streets wearing face masks and defying the government lockdown to protest the imminent passage of a new anti-terror law in the Philippines. University of the Philippines Campus in Quezon City. Photo courtesy of Susan Corpuz. 2020 June 4.
June 04, 2020 Focus on the Global South joins other progressive groups and movements in strongly...
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By Sokunthy Ros* 2 May 2020 As in other countries, COVID-19 has not only shaken Cambodia’s health...
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