STATEMENTS BY IID AND ITS NETWORKS
Press Releases ArchiveGPPAC-Southeast Asia Statement on Dr. Kem Ley’s Death
We, in the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict-Southeast Asia, condemn the murder of Dr. Kem Ley, a resource person of Working Group for Peace (WGP) in Cambodia, our focal point for Cambodia. His death is a loss for the people’s movement in Cambodia and the region. We are one with his family and our members in Cambodia in their mourning, and in the search for resolution and justice for his death.
Towards a Presidency of and for the People
As it soon assumes the reins of government, we encourage the new government to continue building on the grassroots nature and support generated by President-elect Duterte’s campaign and leadership. We encourage the incoming administration to learn from and develop its grassroots-based engagements further, involving more and multiple sectors and stakeholders in the ongoing peace processes and discourse. We have all seen how this broad and common-based approach helped stabilize the MILF peace process, collectively building the popular impetus for finding political settlements to the conflict. We see this success further in a peace agreement that has held these past years, despite facing major challenges. We now implore the GPH-NDF panels to also incorporate similar mechanisms into their own processes, up-scaling the initiatives to involve and engage as broad a segment of the local and international communities as possible.
We Stand in Solidarity with the Suffering Farmers of Kidapawan!
The Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) first and foremost stands for and supports universal respect for human rights and human dignity. It is thus with a heavy heart that we now view the remains and still simmering aftermath of the violent dispersal of farmer-protesters last April 1 in Kidapawan City, claiming three lives and injuring scores of others. Six thousand suffering and hungry men, women and children, battered by three months of drought and left with little option but to demand the release of emergency food aid, should have been met with utmost compassion and speedy humanitarian action, not by insufferable violence and bullets, buttressed by bureaucratic apologies.
APCET: Child of a People’s Struggle
This book was a long time coming.
We had intended to put down in writing the more than 10 years of our work, in supporting the struggle for self-determination of the East Timorese through the regional solidarity formation that we helped establish: the Asia-Pacific Coalition for East Timor (APCET).
Our purpose was to sum up our experience and draw valuable lessons and practices – both good and not so good- those were generated by our accompaniment so as to share the discourse to those who find themselves in akin situations today and in the future.
IID Supports the Philippine Declaration of Internet Rights and Principles.
Oftentimes, it is when we lose touch with something is when we realize how much it has actually become part of our lives. The Internet has only been with us for a generation or so, yet many of us now wonder how we’ve ever existed without it. The Internet’s growing speed, accessibility, reliability and the freedom it allows us all to hear different voices and speak to them as well has made us more informed, insightful and willing to share opinions nearly instantaneously. Such is the power of the Internet in our lives.
Statement of Women’s Participation in 2015 Myanmar General Elections
As you all may be aware, Myanmar held their historic elections on November 8, 2015. Women’s participation is integral to democratization and peaceful transition of Myanmar. To ensure that, the newly elected leaders are urged to address the importance of women participation at the parliament.