Solidarity with the people of Burma against military coup

Joint Statement on Burma 23th February 2021 Solidarity with the people of Burma against military coup We, the undersigned organisations, strongly condemn the military coup in Burma. The current coup is a great set back to the little achievement of the transition process towards democracy in Burma for the last decade. We denounce the use…

Thailand: Free all political prisoners and abolish the draconian lèse majesté law

Joint Statement Thailand: Free all political prisoners and abolish the draconian lèse majesté law 13 February 2021 We are deeply concerned over the rejection of bail for four prominent Thai pro-democracy activists for charges under the draconian lèse majesté law. Parit Chiwarak, Anon Nampa, Somyot Pruksakasemsuk and Patiwat Saraiyaem have been detained and denied bail…

No to military coup in Myanmar

Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) is deeply concerned over the latest political development in Myanmar. We strongly condemn the unfolding military coup that involves the detention of the State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders from the ruling party, dissolution of the Assembly of the Union, suspension of the Constitution and declaration…

Gilgit Baltistan (Pakistan): Baba Jan and his comrades finally free!

This article is originally published in Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières (ESSF) website. written by Pierre Rousset Nine years after being imprisoned, Baba Jan and his last three imprisoned comrades have been released. Nine years during which we have more than once feared for his life, nine years punctuated by legal battles and vast mobilizations in…

Solidarity with the people of Thailand for democracy

Joint Regional Left statement in solidarity with the people of Thailand for democracy 15 October 2020 A growing wave of student-initiated pro-democracy protests have been sweeping Thailand since February. They have united a new generation of activists with former Red Shirts and even some disaffected people from the Yellow Shirt movement demanding: 1) the resignation…

No to mass arrests of HDP members

Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) strongly condemns the latest round of mass arrests of members of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) by the Erdogan government in Turkey. Arrest warrants have been issued against 82 members of HDP yesterday, for their involvement in the solidarity protests in Turkey six years ago. Those protests were organised to…