Karmojibi Nari, as a member of 'Make Trade Fair Alliance' in Bangladesh, will organize a meeting and a rally o­n 25th November 2005 at 2-00 pm at Muktangon, Dhaka o­n the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference of the WTO.

Several thousand working women engaged in formal and informal sectors will join the meeting and rally to raise their concerns o­n development related issues and against the 'hypocrisy and double standards' of the multilateral trading system.

The call of the event is:

WTO MUST GUARANTEE

FREE MARKET ACCESS FOR LDC PRODUCTS

FREE MOVEMENT OF LABOUR FROM LDCs

You are requested to attend the event. Your endeavor will support the development concerns in trade negotiations and people�s resistance against the �hypocrisy and double standards� of the multilateral trading system.

Ziaul Hoque Mukta

Director, Karmojibi Nari

3/6 Segun Bagicha, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

Tel: +8802 9558740, +8802 9568111, +8802 9570967 Fax: +8802 7160681

Cell: (+88) 0171 85 63 60 Email: [email protected] and [email protected]

Further to the urgent action petition posted o­n our website, we came to know that o­n October 25, 2005, Ka Ricardo Ramos, president of the Central Azucarera de Tarlac Labour Union (CATLU) was killed by suspected military agents. Soon this was followed by another horrible news: Franciso Rivera, Bayan and Bayan Muna leader in Pampanga, with friends Dr. Angel David, a dentist, and Mr Jon Sabas were sprayed with bullets while jogging o­n October 26. All dead.

Please send your urgent message of condemnation and other actions directed to Gen. Jovito Palparan, the Commanding General in the region, the Cojuangcos and most especially to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the Commander in Chief over all these brutal killings and repression in the Philippines.

It is very crucial that more people are mobilized to take action. This kind of inane killing cannot be tolerated. Let us all hope that our collective action would save the lives of our brothers and sisters in the Philippines.