Inhabitants of Asia
WHO, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public
Stay aware of the latest information on the COVID-19 outbreak, available on the WHO website and through your national and local public health authority. COVID-19 is still affecting mostly people in China with some outbreaks in other countries. Most people who become infected experience mild illness and recover, but it can be more severe for others. Take care of your health and protect others by doing the following:
INTERNATIONAL CALL: ZERO EVICTIONS FOR CORONAVIRUS
The Coronavirus pandemic is now plaguing every country in the world, but the 1.8 billion people living in abhorrent housing conditions and homelessness, sometimes lacking even water or a toilet, are primarily at risk.
The International Alliance of Inhabitants calls for the mobilisation and local/global solidarity of grassroots organisations.
Call for a global day of action for housing rights and housing rights defenders in the Philippines on 08/02/2020!
Housing rights defenders are under attack in the Philippines. Under the fascist regime of President Rodrigo Duterte, urban militarization has spread, community activists have been jailed on false charges, countless have been tagged as terrorists and experienced harassment and intimidation, leaders have faced assassination attempts and malicious lies have been spread about movements.
India, Letter to the President on eviction order of the Supreme Court of million tribals from their forest dwellings
The Baiga and the Gond have been banned from the Tiger Reserve of Kanha, India, which has been their home for countless generations. © Survival
The Supreme Court of India recently ruled instructing State Governments to evict by July 2019 millions forest dwellers, mainly adivasis/tribals, who have no other home but their forests. The ‘Forum for Justice and Peace’ – a vast network of individuals all over the country – urge the President of India to act expeditiously defending and protecting the Constitution and its rule of law by instructing his Government to defend the rights of the adivasis/forest dwellers by going to Supreme Court and challenging the validity of the judgement.
W Montfort Social Institute: at least 100 years more!
Dear Varghese Theckanath,dear friends ofMontfort Social InstituteHyderabad, India
Patna, Bihar, India: People’s power…People’s struggle to face evictions because smart city
Resisting evictions at Gardanibagh Rd. no. 11 (11.07.18)
Chronicle and reflections on popular resistance from July to September 2018 against thousands of evictions, hidden product of the construction of smart cities. The battle continues.
Hyderabad, Urban Workers Manifesto
Hyderabad Bastee People’s Federation after wide consultation among all stake holders have formulated the attached Manifesto on behalf of almost sixty Lakh working class people living in slums in Urban Telangana. The Manifesto is released on 06/10/2018 at Somajiguda Press Club. It is expected that all political parties coming to seek the votes of the Urban working class people will include these demands as part of their Party Manifestos for the coming Elections.
Duterte indicted by homeless Filipinos for criminal neglect at international tribunal
Concepcion Opalla, stating her case in Brussels
News Release 19/09/2018
Kadamay, the national alliance of Filipino urban poor participated in the International People’s Tribunal held in Brussels, Belgium this last September 18. Concepcion Opalla, represented Kadamay in testifying against the gross negligence and grave threats made by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte against the movements of urban poor and homeless.
Kerala, India. Appeal for solidarity after the worst floods in over a century
More than one million people have swarmed in about 3200 relief camps in Kerala to escape devastating monsoon floods that have killed more than 400 people and wiped out 50,000 houses.
Montfort Social Institute, IAI member, is supporting the relief and rebuilding. The purpose of the donation and the name address of the donor need to be mentioned in full. These details can be send to vtheckanathsg@gmail.com
Bulacan, Philippines, Support the victims of the violent NurtiAsia Dispersal
Dear friends, colleagues and comrades in the international community, Once we again write to you in times of need. Workers of the NutriAsia factory in Bulacan have been on strike for around two months, while Kadamay as an organization of poor Filipinos has lent its suppory throughout this period.