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Declaración del Foro Mundial de Pueblos Pescadores en el Día Internacional de Acción por los Ríos 14 de Marzo de 2017
El Foro Mundial de Pueblos Pescadores (WFFP) celebra el Día Internacional de Acción por los Ríos reclamando a los gobiernos…
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Déclaration du Forum Mondial des Populations Pêcheurs (WFFP) Pour la journée internationale d’action pour les rivières, 14 Mars 2017
Le forum mondial des populations pêcheurs (WFFP) célèbre la journée internationale d’action pour les rivières en appelant les gouvernements à…
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International Day of Action for Rivers, 14 March 2017
The World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) is celebrating the International Day of Action for Rivers by calling for governments…
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The arbitrary arrest of Mr. Saeed Baloch by the Pakistani Rangers is an assault on nature and the Human Rights of the country’s fisher people.
Press statement, Cape Town, 29 January 2016 We call upon the Pakistani authorities to make public the exact location of…
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The World Forum of Fisher Peoples’ calls for the immediate release of Mr. Saeed Baloch, General Secretary of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum
Press Statement, 18 January 2016 Pakistan must release Mr. Saeed Baloch immediately. Mr. Baloch was arrested on 16 January by…
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Press statement: WFFP denounces Ocean Grabbing and demands social and economic justice
19 July 2015 During the past days, leaders of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) have gathered in Pondicherry,…
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Tahira Ali Shah: A martyr for water rights and womens rights
Tahira Ali Shah (born 1964; † 9 March 2015) The tragic passing of Tahira Ali Shah is an intimate loss…
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From the struggle for food-sovereignty to a United Nations declaration protecting the human rights of small-scale fishers
The WFFP urges for better protection of small-scale fishers at the inter-governmental working group of the Human Rights Council on…
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WFFP statement to the working group of the Human Rights Council on the Peasants Declaration
“My plea is simple — to reject the commodification of nature. Land grabs were the start of market-led colonisation;…
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World Fisheries Day 2014: Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum’s week of action
The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) took to the streets this November to raise awareness about ocean grabbing and to promote…
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