Denounce Indonesian authorities’ repressive moves!
Defend the right to hold the Peoples’ Global Conference against IMF-World Bank!
Defend the right to hold the Peoples’ Global Conference against IMF-World Bank!
6 October 2018
We, concerned individuals and organisations, are deeply alarmed by Bali authorities’ maneuvers to stifle peoples’ independent initiatives parallel to the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group (IMF-WBG). We denounce the unjust attempt at banning public gatherings and the Indonesian government’s overblown “security” measures. While the Bali Police verbally retracted in a dialog with the organizers earlier this morning the prohibition to hold the Peoples’ Global Conference at Radio Republik Indonesia in Denpasar, Bali, they have yet to issue a written confirmation.
The PGC is a collective effort of people’s movements in response to the very limited space provided to the people and their organizations to air their grievances and critical voices in this important policymaking arena.
We join the people’s movements and CSOs in Bali collectively asserting their rights that, in many instances, have been violated by IMF-WBG policies and projects.
The underhanded attempts of Indonesian authorities only further marginalises voices that desire to reclaim their right to chart their own path to development. The US-dominated IMF-WBG has facilitated the corporations’ capture of the development agenda, making it a billion-dollar business at the expense of the people and the environment.
This act of political repression imposed by the Indonesian authorities will not stop the people from reclaiming their rights and their future.
We demand the Indonesian authorities and the IMF-WB to recognize the people’s right to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and meaningful participation in the development process. We expect the local security forces to remain true to their commitment to respect our assertion to hold the Peoples’ Global Conference at Radio Republik Indonesia, in Denpasar, Bali on October 8 – 14.
We call on grassroots organisations, social movements, CSOs, and policymakers from around the world to remain vigilant and stand in solidarity with the peoples opposing the repressive attempts of the Indonesian authorities and the undemocratic and anti-people IMF-WB.
It is only through our courageous resolve that we could create a strong force to take back our future away from the corporate-led “development” and other neoliberal schemes.
Reclaim our rights and future! Fight the Corporate Takeover of Development!
Signatories (as of 6 Oct 2018)
AFREWATCH (African Resources Watch), DRC
All-Bangla Farmers Association
All Nepal Peasants' Federation
Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women
Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union (APVVU)
Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND)
Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM)
Asia Pacific Network of Environment Defenders (APNED)
Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN)
Asian Peasant Coalition (APC)
Asian Rural Women's Coalition
Association pour l'Integration et le Developement Durable au Burundi (AIDB)
BAI Indigenous Women's Network (Philippines)
Bangladesh Adivasi Samity
Bangladesh Bhumihin Samity
Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation(BAFLF)
Bangladesh Kishani Sabha
Bangladesh Krishok Federation
Bangladesh Model Youth Parliament
Bangladesh Youth Farmers Association
Borneo Dayak Forum
Bretton Woods Project
CAFSO - WRAG for Development (Nigeria)
Cambodia Youth Network
Centre for Research and Advocacy Manipur
Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development
Coalition of Cambodian Farmers' Community (CCFC)
Community Development Friend (Bangladesh)
Cordillera Peoples' Alliance (Philippines)
Center for Environmental Concerns (CEC - Philippines)
Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community (CCFC-Cambodia)
Daughters of Mumbi Global Resource Center (Kenya)
Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER)
Entwicklung braucht Entschuldung (Jubilee Germany)
Equity BD (Equity and Justice Working Group Bangladesh)
European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad)
Fight Inequality Alliance
GABRIELA Alliance of Filipino Women
Gram Bharati Samiti (India)
IBON International
Indigenous People's Movement for Self-determination and Liberation (IPMSDL)
International Accountability Project
International League of People's Struggle (ILPS)
Institute for National and Democracy Studies (INDIES)
International Women’s Alliance (IWA)
ILPS Indonesia
IRV (Bangladesh)
Jago Nari (Bangladesh)
Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas
Karmojibi Nari (Bangladesh)
Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
Labor Resource Center (Bangladesh)
Lumière Synergie pour le Développement
Madhyam (India)
Migrante International
Mongolian Women's Employment Supporting Federation
MONLAR (Sri Lanka)
Narasha Community Development Group
National Agricultural Workers' Forum-India
National Campaign for Sustainable Development in Nepal (NACASUD-Nepal)
National Center for Labour (India)
National Federation of Sugar Workers (Philippines)
National Women Farmers & Workers Association(NWFA - Bangladesh)
Nijera Kori
Not1More
North-East Affected Area Development Society (NEADS)
Oil Change International
Oyu Tolgoi Watch
Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek
Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT)
Pakistan Institute for Labor Education and Research (PILER)
PAN Asia Pacific (PAN AP)
People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS)
People Over Profit (POP)
Ponlok Khmer (Cambodia)
Reality of Aid - Asia Pacific (RoA-AP)
Red Latinoamericana por la Justicia Económica y Social, LATINDADD
Roots for Equity (Pakistan)
Rivers without Boundaries - Mongolia
Roots for Equity (Pakistan)
Society for International Development
South Asian Network for Social & Agricultural Development
Sustainable Development Foundation (Thailand)
Tanzania Organization for Agricultural Development (TOfAD)
Telangana Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union
The Corner House (UK)
UNA Zimbabwe
Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (Philippines)
Urgewald (Germany)
Vikalapani National Women's Federation (Sri Lanka)
VOICE Bangladesh
Youth for Food Sovereignty (YFS)
Individuals:
Dr. Semjidmaa Choijiil (PhD), Psychological Responsiveness NGO (Mongolia)
