Archive

January 11th

11 Released as Hong Kong Civil Society and Global Movements Pressure HK Government

10 January, 2006
At a police hearing on Jan 18, the Hong Kong government dropped charges against 11 of the 14 individuals it had detained in connection with the protests at the World Trade Organization Ministerial in mid-December. However, charges of unlawful assembly and unauthorized assembly have been formally made against three of the detainees: Kyung Kyu Yang, a vice president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), and In Hwan Park and Il Kwon Yoon of the Korean Peasants

January 10th

Farmers, Trade Unions and NGOs Demand the Release of WTO Protestors on Hunger Strike in Hong Kong

9 January, 2006
Press Release: Representatives from farmer organisations, trade unions and civil society gathered in front of the WTO today to demand the release of WTO protestors. 12 of the 14 protestors are on hunger strike to highlight the injustice of their case and to protest against the WTO.

Thai workers to stage a rally in front of the US embassy

9 January, 2006
Press statement: Trade unions from state enterprises union confederations and different industrial areas including Rungsit, Omnoi-Omyai, Ayuthaya, Prapadaeng and the Eastern part of Thailand will stage a rally in front of the US embassy on 10th January 2006 to

Final copy of WTO 6th Ministerial Conference Declaration

9 January, 2006
For download is the final Hong Kong Declaration adopted on the last day of the ministerial conference.

January 9th

The action against WTO is not over

8 January, 2006

ATTAC Germany demands release of 14 HK protesters

8 January, 2006
Press release: ATTAC Germany, a globalisation critical network has demanded, in a public letter to the Chinese Embassy, the dropping of all charges against the 14 demonstrators arrested during the protests at the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong last month.

Status of W.T.O. Protesters Is Thorny Issue in Hong Kong

8 January, 2006
The prosecution of 14 people here following a violent demonstration at the World Trade Organization conference last month is turning into a contentious and diplomatically sticky issue for the governments of Hong Kong, China and South Korea.

WTO Protesters Stage Hunger Strike

8 January, 2006
On Jan. 8 the streets of Hong Kong were ringing once again with anti-WTO chants as hundreds of people marched for all charges to be dropped against the 14 protesters --11 Koreans and three from Japan, Taiwan and China -- who were charged in the aftermath of the World Trade Organization conference held here last month.

January 8th

10,000 protest US-Thai FTA talks

7 January, 2006
Thousands of Thais representing a diverse swath of society ranging from garlic growers to HIV/AIDS activists gathered outside a hotel in Thailand