Grassroots International and the Circle of Women/Círculo de Mujeres were honored to welcome acclaimed singer Lila Downs for a special benefit concert. Lila Downs's deep commitment to indigneous and women’s rights is woven throughout her music.
More than 300 peasants from the departments of the South, the West, the Center and the Artibonite were assembled the 22 of August, 2005, in Petite Rive, Artibonite for the 214th anniversary
We, representatives of the organizations signing this note, wish to draw the attention of the Haitian population and of the world’s social movements in general to the fact that Jacques Roc
PARC is one of the largest NGOs in Palestine concerned with sustainable rural development and social change.
Statement by Pierre Esperance, Executive Director of the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights (RNDDH)
On the 24th of February I traveled to Gaza to meet with Grassroots International’s partners, the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees (PARC). The entrance into Gaza was not easy.
Sent by Movement for National Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR) and Alliance for Protection of national Resourcesand Human Rights MONLAR (ANRHR)
In our previous communications, we have spoken about the "Issues and New Developments in Relation to process of the Tsunami in Sri Lanka."
The alarming new developments that we saw are now being further confirmed:
After Secretary of State Colin Powell surveyed the devastated coast of Aceh in Indonesia from a military helicopter, he proclaimed at a press conference that Americans “care about the dign
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) shares the grief of those faced with one of the worst natural catastrophes of recent times by way of the tsunamis that devastated several countries s
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) shares the grief of those faced with one of the worst natural catastrophes of recent times by way of
Indonesia's National Federation of Peasant Organizations (FSPI) and Sri Lanka's National Organization of Fisherfolk (NAFSO) have organized rescue and relief teams in Aceh and North Sumatra Indonesi
The World Forum on Agrarian Reform, held from December 5-8, 2004, in Valencia, Spain, exceeded all expectations in terms of participation by grassroots soci
At quarter to four this morning the Hamash family building was bombed by the Israeli Army.
Dearest friends at Grassroots International,
Enough has been said by enough people about Arafat's illness, which led to his death, about who he was and what it will be like without him. Let's allow our thoughts to go back to meeting him after his arrival in Gaza, ten years ago.
A group of Israelis, Jews and Arabs on a welcoming visit, were sitting waiting for him to enter the hall - on some back benches a group of Palestinian women and children. When Arafat came in, surrounded by a crowd of body-guards all much taller than him, we first only saw glimpses of the kufiya on his head. But suddenly he freed himself, his broad smile radiated happiness and hope, and he started to shake hands with everybody - the backbenches first, taking special care not to miss one child.
The Steering Committee of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation extends its sympathy to the Palestinian people on the death of President Yasser Arafat.
With hearts full of sadness, PCHR mourns the passing away of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (Abu Ammar), and submit sincere consolations to his family and to the Palestinian people who are witnessing severe times as they are seeing their leader for the last time, who represented the symbol their struggle for liberty and independence. The passing away of Abu Ammar is the loss of a prominent Arab-Palestinian leader, who had been a symbol for the Palestinian cause for 40 years.
"In Haiti everything is priority, but our number one priority is putting an end to impunity.
