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This letter was sent a few days ago to Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner. Norrtälje, Sweden, 2008-07-30 Dear Mrs Ferrero-Waldner, I have today been contacted of members of International Solidarity Movement who witnessed how Israeli military yesterday shot a young boy dead in the town Nil’in, the Palestinian territories. The ten year old boy, Ahmed Ussam Yusef…

Below a declaration about the repression of the opposition in Colombia. The undersigners are MEPs from four different political groups (GUE/NGL, PSE, Greens and ALDE). In English: Colombia_Derechos oposicion_declaracion_EP_EN.doc En español: Colombia_Derechos oposicion_declaracion_EP.doc

Today we have sent out this communique. Please see below or at:  ACVC Comunicado parlamentario.doc Unfortunately only in Spanish. Bruselas, 25-06-2008 Colombia: Cooperación para la paz en medio de la guerra El caso de la Asociación Campesina del Valle del río Cimitarra (ACVC) DECLARACION PARLAMENTARIA La ACVC defiende los derechos de las comunidades campesinas, ¡Defendamos a…

Please find the program for the Colombia conference tomorrow. In Spanish and English: col_ACVCprograma.pdf

The United Nations’ summit on food safety is presently under way. A network of 200 progressive organizations (none of them Swedish, unfortunately) has written an open letter to the world’s trade and agricultural ministers. The letter criticizes the deregulation of food production and appropriately demands measures to ensure the food supply.  The authors seek measures…

This press release went out today.  The Environment committee calls on strict demands for the aviation sector The  Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety does not give in to the Council and remains firms that strict carbon dioxide reduction measures must apply to the aviation sector. Today, in second reading, the committee voted…