Category: palestine
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Activists across Asia hold vigils for Palestine amid Rafah massacre
PRESS RELEASE May 28, 2024 Philippines Activists in the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh held candlelight vigils today to reiterate the urgent call for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine as Israel intensifies its ground invasion of Rafah, where 1.4 million Palestinians are sheltering from Israel’s months-long bombardment of the…
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Nakba@76: ILPS Global Protests Call for Palestinian Right to Return, End to Genocide
PRESS RELEASE | May 15, 2024. Led by the International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS), global movements launched protests on the 76th Nakba Day, highlighting the enduring fight of the Palestinian people against occupation and ethnic cleansing. “We stand with the Palestinians in their moral, historical, and just struggle to…
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Climate Campaigners Score Japan’s Dirty Energy Push in Asia on Eve of Tokyo Summit
Climate campaigners urge Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to “demonstrate climate leadership” by putting Japan’s money where it should be – investing in renewable energy instead of promoting more fossil fuel projects and false solutions under the guise of “decarbonizing Asia.” Activists held several coordinated mobilizations in the Philippines and…
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Civil Society Groups Join Global Day of Action for Climate Justice on December 9
PRESS RELEASEDEC 7, 2023 Civil society groups in the Philippines are preparing mobilizations in key cities on Saturday, December 9 as part of more than 300 actions all over the world to demand urgent climate action while governments are meeting at the 28th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework…
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IN PHOTOS: Activists Stage Global Day of Action in Solidarity with the People of Palestine
PRESS RELEASENovember 23, 2023 Hundreds of activists belonging to civil society groups and student movements held an indignation rally and candle-lit march in UP Diliman today to amplify the growing worldwide clamor for an immediate permanent ceasefire in Palestine, where the brutal occupation by Israel-led forces has caused the countless…