[Lasnetmail] URGENT ACTION ALERT, MST activist held, agribusiness attacks

[Pablo .]

The links in the email below didn't work for me, for those in the same boat, 
go to:

www.mstbrazil.org

to take part in the email actions.


>From: "lucho" <riquelmel at bigpond.com>
>To: <lasnetmail at latinlasnet.org>
>Subject: [Lasnetmail] URGENT ACTION ALERT, MST activist held,agribusiness 
>attacks
>Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 19:45:59 +1000
>
>
>
>Updates from Brazil's Landless Workers Movement
> >From the Friends of the MST
>
>*The MST distributes biweekly updates that FMST-US volunteers translate and 
>make available. Please read the latest below.*
>
>This update includes:
>
>1. URGENT APPEAL [09/07/06]: MST files habeas corpus for National 
>Coordinator, Enio Bohnenberger **DRAFT E-LETTER INCLUDED**
>
>2. E-CAMPAIGN [09/07/06] Syngenta threatens, attempts to criminalize 
>Brazil's social movements **EMAIL CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED**
>
>3. REPORT [08/30/06] Syngenta Seeds. A report by Terra de Direitos (Land of 
>Rights).
>
>4. UPCOMING EVENTS: Friends of the MST to host solidarity events September 
>7TH [DC] and 16TH [SF-BAY AREA]. Join us!
>
>--------
>
>1. URGENT APPEAL [09/07/06]: MST files habeas corpus for National 
>Coordinator, Enio Bohnenberger **DRAFT E-LETTER INCLUDED**
>
>Dear Friends of the MST,
>
>As many of you are aware, on the 4th of July of 2006, a judge from the 11th 
>District Court of Belo Horizonte ordered the preventative imprisonment of 
>our colleague Enio, member of the MST's National Coordinating Body and 
>longtime Human Rights activist...On Tuesday [09/05/06] we filed for habeas 
>corpus at the Minas Gerais Tribunal of Justice. It is very important that 
>all organizations, movements, friends of the MST and others send 
>emails/letters to the authorities, demanding the immediate release of our 
>dear colleague.
>
>Read more: http://www.mstbrazil.org/?q=habeascorpusenio
>
>2. E-CAMPAIGN [09/07/06] Syngenta threatens, attempts to criminalize 
>Brazil's social movements **EMAIL CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED**
>
>Dear Friends of the MST,
>
>In an attempt to criminalize the Via Campesina, this week Syngenta's 
>lawyers in Brazil (the same lawyers that represent Monsanto) filed a police 
>inquiry against six Via Campesina members, including the state leader of 
>the Movement of the Landless Rural Workers (MST)...As such, we are stepping 
>up the pressure on Syngenta by asking you to please send the attached 
>letter to Pedro Rugeroni, the head of Syngenta in Brazil, as well as 
>Syngenta's Media Branch in Switzerland.
>
>Read more: http://www.mstbrazil.org/?q=occupiedsyngentasep06
>
>3. REPORT [08/30/06] Syngenta Seeds. A report by Terra de Direitos (Land of 
>Rights).
>
>Syngenta is a multinational agribusiness corporation based in Basel, 
>Switzerland. Syngenta was the first global group to focus exclusively on 
>agribusiness products. According to Syngenta's Web site, the company has 
>over 19,000 employees. In 2005, Syngenta's revenue was over US$ 8.1 
>billion.
>
>Read more: http://www.mstbrazil.org/?q=tddonsyngenta
>
>4. UPCOMING EVENTS: Friends of the MST to host solidarity events September 
>7TH [DC] and 16TH [SF-BAY AREA]. Join us!
>
>Friends of MST invites you to: http://www.mstbrazil.org/?q=event
>
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