United Nations Secretary General should not shun away from human rights violations occurred during anti-US beef rallies

Activities/Press Room 2008/07/03 17:43
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon should take an active role in dealing with US beef crisis in South Korea: Ban should not shun away from human rights violations occurred during anti-US beef rallies. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to make his first official visit to Korea on July 3rd since he took office. Ba...
TAG : beef, humanrights, Ki-moon, Minister, PSPD, rights, UnitedNations, US, USbeef

[ACTION ALERT] Stop the police crackdown and arrest of innocent people in South Korea!

Activities/Press Room 2008/07/02 10:22
Please write a letter to the President of South Korea to immediately stop the police crackdown and imprisonment of people engaged in protest against the Korea-US beef. Please see the attached sample letter. police brutality over the protestors in South Korea’s rallies against the import of US Beef There has been a series of police brutality ove...
TAG : ACTION, ALERT, crackdown, KAPM, letter, MadCowDisease, protest, PSPD

Korean Police Needs to refrain from their irrational process of confiscation when executing search warrant in its probe into Anti-US beef protests

Activities/Press Room 2008/06/30 11:07
Korean Police Needs to refrain from their irrational process of confiscation when executing search warrant in its probe into Anti-US beef protests Police today raided the office of the People’s Conference Against Mad Cow Disease located at the building of People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy. Since established in 1994, PSPD has been...
TAG : Anti-US beef protests, peaceful demonstration, People’s Conference Against Mad Cow Disease, Police, raid

Enforcing the Announcement on Resuming US Beef Import Is A Declaration of War against the People

Activities/Press Room 2008/06/25 17:41
In the end, the government is about to enforce the announcement on the new conditions reflecting fraudulent results of additional negotiation, when all peoples' nationwide candlelight rally reaches 50 consecutive days to protect the safety of ourselves and family by recovering quarantine sovereignty and national health rights that the Lee admini...
TAG : mad cow disease, PSPD, renegotiation, US beef, USTR

Universal Periodic Review- Republic of Korea

Activities/Press Room 2008/06/21 20:01
8th Session of the UN Human Rights Council 12 June 2008(Geneva, Switzerland) The representatives presented NGO joint oral statement of UPR(Universal Periodic Review) of the government of Republic of Korea, related to the issues of freedom of assembly, migrant worker, and irregular workers.
TAG : forum asia, joint statement

[Photo News]Candlelight Rallies to Protest the Import of Unsafe U.S. Beef

Activities/Photo News 2008/06/01 15:18
Candlelight Rallies to Protest the Import of Unsafe U.S. Beef The Korean People Gather Together as One at Candlelight Rallies to Protest the Import of Unsafe U.S. Beef and for the Re-negotiation of the Agreement so that it reflects the Concern for the Health and Safety of Korean Consumers. Present StatusThe Korean people’s opposition to U.S. b...
TAG : Candlelight Rallies, Korea, Korean government, mad cow disease, PSPD, U.S, U.S. Beef

Burmese Military Regime Must Accept Humanitarian Aid

Activities/Press Room 2008/05/29 16:32
Burmese Military Regime Must Accept Humanitarian Aid The Korean Government Must Urge the Burmese Military Regime to Accept the Relief Aid from the International CommunityThe worst cyclone to date, the trail of ruins by Cyclone Nargis has left Burma destitute. It is estimated that at least 130,000 people have died or been injured and 2,000,000 cy...
TAG : Aid, burma, Burmese Military Regime, Cyclone, Cyclone Nargis, humanitarian aid, International Solidarity committee, Korean government, PSPD, Relief Aid

About PSPD

About PSPD 2008/05/19 12:46
Founded in 1994 by more than 200 members, the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) is a civil organization dedicated to promoting justice and human rights in Korean society through the participation of the people. PSPD has been serving as a watchdog against the abuse of power. It has developed various activities to bring justi...
TAG : CSO, democracy, introduction, Korea, monitoring, NGO, PSPD, solidarity, watch

South Korean NGOs Coalition for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Activities/Press Room 2008/05/08 15:01
UPR on South Korea: Korean Government Provided Unclear and Misguiding Answers DPRK and the U.S. Stand United against National Security Law Recommendations by Member States on Key Human Rights Issues in South Korea including the Abolition of Death Penalty and the Protection of Human Rights of Migrant Workers 1. The UN Human Rights Council held it...
TAG : conscientious objection to military service, corporal punishment of children, death penalty, discrimination against persons with disabilities, Discrimination Prohibition Bill, freedom of assembly, migrant women of international marriage, Migrant Workers, National Security Law, PSPD, South Korea, UN, Universal Periodic Review, UPR, violence against women and domestic violence

The Arroyo regime and the junta of the Philippines stop immediately the killings and violence against the people!

Activities/Press Room 2008/04/29 14:09
The Arroyo regime and the junta of the Philippines stop immediately the killings and violence against the people! It has been 2 years since the extra-judicial arrest of peasant activists of Cavite, Philippines, Mr Q. Samiento and his 4 colleagues on 28 April 2006. They are still under detention on fabricated charges all this while. Nevertheless,...
TAG : Arroyo regime, extra-judicial, extra-judicial arrest, human rights, killings, People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, Philippines, PSPD, Samiento, violence