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Letter campaigns (called Urgent Actions) are one of FIAN's instruments to address violations of the human right to food. Members and supporters from all around the world, either by letter, fax or e-mail, request the responsible state authorities to meet their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil human rights.
Experience has shown that Urgent Actions can improve the situation of those people concerned of or threatened by a human rights violation. FIAN will only act if it is requested to do so by the victims and their support groups.
Thanks for your participation in the following Urgent Actions.
Mali: the right to food of 30 peasant families jeopardized in N'Tabacoro
Beginning of Action:
22-02-2010
- End of Action
15-04-2010
Dozens of families on the outskirts of Bamako, the capital of Mali, are under threat of being evicted from their lands by the Government in favour of a housing project. The cultivation ban, ordered in July 2009, jeopardizes their right to adequate...
India: Opencast coal mining destroys the livelihood of indigenous people in Jharkhand
Beginning of Action:
09-11-2009
- End of Action
24-02-2010
The rapid development of open cast coal mining in the North Karanpura Valley in Hazaribagh and Chatra Districts of Jharkhand is destroying the resources of food and water of the original inhabitants of these areas, mainly Adivasis (indigenous people),...
Colombia: displacement of rural families, Bolívar region
Beginning of Action:
23-10-2009
- End of Action
08-01-2010
On July 14, 2009, 120 families were forcibly displaced. They are from the estate of Las Pavas, located in the administrative district of Buenos Aires in the municipality of El Peñón in the southern Bolívar province. Members of the...
Brazil: Urgent demarcation to fulfill right to food of 30 Guarani-Kaiowá families
Beginning of Action:
15-10-2009
- End of Action
15-01-2010
The Guarani-Kaiowá is an indigenous population living in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. In the past, they were pushed off their traditional lands to make way for large agricultural plantations and cattle raising, notwithstanding national...
India: Non-implementation of ICDS in Jalalpur village of Uttar Pradesh.
Beginning of Action:
27-07-2009
- End of Action
19-10-2009
Non implementation of Integrated Child Development Services threatens the right to food of children and women in Jalalpur village of Uttar Pradesh. ICDS programmes address the health and nutrition needs of children under the age of six and also extend...
Ghana: pollution threatens the right to water of community in Adisakrom
Beginning of Action:
17-07-2009
- End of Action
15-09-2009
Access to sufficient and safe water is increasingly difficult for Adisakrom and other communities in the areas of Iduapriem, Western Ghana, where AnglaGold Ashanti holds a mining concession. The communities' right to water is violated...
Madagascar: Threat of large-scale land acquisition by foreign companies
Beginning of Action:
16-07-2009
- End of Action
31-08-2009
In November 2008 it was revealed that the Korean company Daewoo would have signed a contract for leasing 1.3 million ha for 99 years to produce maize and palm oil in Madagascar. The whole harvest was intended to be exported to Korea and the terms...
India: Yanadis suffer hunger and severe under nourishment
Beginning of Action:
29-06-2009
- End of Action
24-08-2009
Forty-five Yanadi families in Chalivendram village in Muttukuru mandal of Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh suffer hunger and severe under nourishment as a result of destruction of their fishing grounds and loss of means of livelihood due to the...
Indonesia: Mining activities will threaten right to food of 60,000 people
Beginning of Action:
06-04-2009
- End of Action
06-06-2009
In June 2005, a gold and copper mining company began preliminary exploration activities in the regency (district) of Lembata in Flores. The proposed mining activities will result in the people of Lembata losing their agricultural land as well as...
Ghana: Open-pit gold mine in the Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve threatens right to food of communitites
Beginning of Action:
24-03-2009
- End of Action
30-05-2009
Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) plans to construct an open-pit gold mine in the Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve located at New Abirem in the Birim North District of Ghana’s Eastern Region and has recently been granted the environmental permit to...
