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Letters: Call to Charge Burma Junta with War Crimes of Rape
Published Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 12:06 AM
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The Women�s League of Burma (WLB) welcomes the unanimous adoption of UN Security Council
Resolution 1820 on sexual violence during the Council�s debate on 19 June 2008. WLB believes that this
historic resolution gives hope to women around the world and in Burma in particular for justice.
The Resolution notes that rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute war crimes and crimes
against humanity, and stresses the importance of ending impunity for such acts.
Rape has been used for decades as a weapon in the Burmese military regime�s war against ethnic
nationalities, to demonstrate the army�s absolute power to retaliate against those who resist them. SPDC
soldiers use women in conflict areas as porters to carry their military equipment and supplies during the
day, and use them as sex slaves at night. Many women, and their family members, have been brutally
killed to eliminate evidence of these crimes.
While the military remains in control, rule of law remains absent, and to this day incidents of rape
committed by SPDC troops with impunity continue to be reported. A very recent rape incident took place
on 8 June, 2008, when an SPDC Army Major and a lawyer raped two teenaged ethnic Chin girls, aged 13
and 14, in Thangtlang, Chin State, Northwest Burma. One of them has been hospitalized with serious
injuries as a result of the sexual abuse.
When the State itself is the abuser of human rights and the perpetrator of rape and other forms of genderbased
violence, we can only rely on international laws and criminal courts to deal with such heinous
crimes and protect the women of Burma.
We call on the UNSC to consider referring Burma�s General Than Shwe, top leader of the Burmese
military junta, and his cronies to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the war crimes and crimes
against humanity for which they are accountable. We urge the Council members to live up to the
commitment shown during their debate.
We believe that a campaign to bring the top leaders of the junta before the ICC or some other
international judicial body would send a strong warning to other officers in Burma, and let them realize
that it is pointless to continue supporting the dictator Than Shwe, who has no future.
WLB hereby affirms that it will start a campaign, along with our supporters around the world, using this
new UNSC Resolution-1820 to punish the regime and bring justice for the women of Burma
Contacts:
Nang Yain + 66 89 858 4668
Naw Zipporah Sein + 66 81 952 7145
Lway Aye Nang + 66 89 434 2841
Nang Hseng Noung + 66 81 884 4963
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News: WTO�s Doha Round Will Not Solve the Global Food Crisis
Published Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 02:20 AM
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Press Release
For Immediate Release
June 3, 2008
Contact
Anuradha Mittal, Oakland Institute, +1-510-469-5228
Deborah James, +1-202-441-6917
Aftab Alam Khan, International Coordinator, ActionAid International 0092-300-852-3118
Danilo Ramos, Asian Peasant Coalition (632) 9284184
WTO�s Doha Round Will Not Solve the Global Food Crisis
Civil Society Calls for Real Solutions
On June 3rd, 237 major NGOs, farmer organizations, trade unions and social movements from nearly 50 countries delivered a strong snub to WTO Director-General, Pascal Lamy, in his push to conclude the Doha Round as a solution to the global food crisis.
As the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convenes a High-Level Conference on food security, and the Organization of Economic Cooperation (OECD) holds its annual meeting, the groups including ActionAid International, Africa Trade Network, Asian Peasant Coalition, Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Organizaciones del Campo (Latin American Coordination of Rural Movements, CLOC), and the Oakland Institute, sent a letter to Lamy as well as their Trade and Agriculture Ministers saying that the answer to skyrocketing prices of basic staples �does not lie in deeper deregulation of food production and trade.� The message was also delivered to the leaders of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), OECD, the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, and the Director-General of the FAO.
�We believe the Doha Round as is currently envisioned will further intensify the crisis by making food prices more volatile, increasing developing countries� dependence on imports, and strengthening the power of multinational agribusiness in food and agricultural markets,� the groups said. They call for:
1. Governments and communities to have a range of tools at their disposal to build resilient food and agricultural systems that are ready for the challenges that lie ahead.
2. The volatility of agricultural prices must be addressed through national policies and global actions to avert food crises and to ensure small producers a reliable and steady income.
3. Governments should establish safety nets and public distribution systems to prevent widespread hunger.
4. A reform of the food aid system.
The letter and list of signatories is available online at: http://www.oaklandinstitute.org. For more information contact Anuradha Mittal (510) 469-5228 or Deborah James (+1-202-441-6917).
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Letters: Stop Violating Labour Laws in Pakistan
Published Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 10:13 PM
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To
The Prime Minister of Pakistan
Prime Minister Secretariat, Islamabad
Chief Minister of Punjab
Chief Minister House, Lahore-Pakistan
Mr. Ashraf Sohna
Provincial Minister of Labour , Civil Secretariat-Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan
Fax:: 92-42- 9211580
Secretary Labor Punjab
Civil Secretariat �Punjab, 2 Bank Road, Old P & D Building
Lahore Pakistan
Fax: 92-42-9211580
Subject : STOP Violation of Labour Laws in SVA Ruba Electronics Factory
Dear Minister,
We would like to draw your attention to the plight of workers in the �SVA Ruba Electronic Factory� which is a Joint Venture of China in Pakistan. The factory is located on Raiwind Road, Thokar Niaz Beg, Lahore. 150 workers of which 70 are women and 80 are men work in the factory
The situation of workers in SVA Ruba Electronic is miserable. 90% workers have no appointment letters, they get less than minimum wages, have to do forced overtime. The management is violating labor laws and using terror tactics and resorting to violence against workers especially women workers.
On various instances in the month of May the factory management has locked workers either in the factory or out of the factory. Workers demanding their rights have been threatened by goons and thrown out of the factory. When the workers formed a union named �SVA Ruba Electronics Employees Union� and submitted an application to the Registrar of union in National Industrial Relation Commission (NIRC), the Chairman of NIRC gave the workers a �Stay Order� and instructed the management to not terminate any workers. Despite this order workers have been locked out of the factory and have been protesting in the hot sun for their jobs.
As Asian women workers movement, Committee for Asian Women joins Women Working Organisation (WWO) and All Pakistan Trade Union Federation and the workers of SVA Ruba factory in their struggle for their rights.
We forcefully call on you to meet the following demands:
� Immediately Reinstate Waheed Ul Haq
� Increase workers salary
� Recognize SVA Ruba Workers Union
� Stop Violating ILO Convention 98 and 87
Signed,
Lucia V Jayaseelan
Executive Coordinator
Committee for Asian Women
386/58 Soi Ratchadapisek 42,
Ladyao, Chatujak, Bangkok 10900
THAILAND
http://www.cawinfo.org
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Campaign: Domestic Workers Are Workers
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Coming CAW Events
Regional Conference on Domestic Workers
26-27 August 2008
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CAW Secretariat
Executive Coordinator- Lucia V Jayaseelan
Programme Coordinator- Deepa Bharathi
Programme Officer- Niza Concepcion
Information Communication and Media Officer- Juliette Lee
Publication, Resource Centre and Thai Liaison Officer- Patima Kalumpakorn (Pui)
Book-keeper / Administration Assistant- Suneerat Sangthong (Tuk)
Finance Consultant- Leong Mee Nan (Mei Yun)
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