#IMASolCon | Khairul Falah Bin Shamsul Bahrain of Belia Harmoni Malaysia highlighted that activists go beyond helping at certain periods and needs — they fight for lasting change in a sustained, clearly directed fashion.
#IMASolCon | Yoshio Nakamura, representing the Asia Wide Campaign – Japan, underscored the importance of forming the broadest united front to achieve shared objectives. He emphasized the need for coordinated actions to guide the movement toward a resolute anti-imperialist direction.
📣 #IMASolCon | Farwina Faroque of Boycott Divest Sanction - Malaysia stresses the importance of supporting Palestinian women journalists and activists, ensuring that their stories reach the world because these are, in themselves, a fight for their rights.
📣 #IMASolCon | The violence women face, particularly in the context of war and migration, is a critical issue that demands urgent attention. Silan Ergin from Tevgera Jinên Kurd li Ewropa emphasizes that the fight for women’s rights calls on all of us to speak out and take meaningful action in solidarity.
📣 #IMASolCon | María Elena Osorio from the Organisation of Colombian Refugees in Chile sheds light on the profound toll of war and conflict on women, who bear the brunt of gender-based violence as historically entrenched in patriarchy, as well as the violence that their families are subjected to.
📣 #IMASolCon | Joanna Concepcion from Migrante International highlights the active and decisive role of Filipino women, including migrants, in resisting foreign domination and championing national liberation and democracy.
📣 #IMASolCon | Masuma Tavakoli of the Afghan Women Support Group highlights the role of [radical] hope in envisioning and fighting for a future where migrants’ and refugees’ rights are upheld and their lives protected from all forms of exploitation.
📣 #IMASolCon | Jaw Tu Hkawng from Asylum Access Malaysia puts forward the call to continuously uphold media ethics in delivering information about the issues and conditions confronting migrants and refugees — a task not only to be carried forth by journalists, but all of us advocates.
📣 #IMASolCon | Mohamed Ali Elduma from the Refugee Empowerment Initiative talks about breaking the cycle of misinformation about refugees, pointing to the role of false propaganda in worsening their dire conditions even more.
📣 #IMASolCon | Alice Taja from the Cameroon/Central African community charts the promise to keep struggling and working for a safe and peaceful world for migrants, refugees, and displaced peoples.
📣 #IMASolCon | From Teen Health International, Comfort Wobil Brima says that the task to educate, popularize, and deepen the understanding of local communities about the struggles of displaced peoples is pivotal in advancing solidarity.
📣 #IMASolCon | Ahmad (Tim) Jofri from the Iranian community notes that finishing formal education is not a complete safeguard against unemployment and the systemic design of extractive labor and forced migration.
Victor Yeimo of Komite Nasional Papua Barat underscores the importance of collectivization in the people’s resistance and movement organizing, forged by a sense of solidarity to strengthen and advance our goals.
Hafsar Tameesuddin from the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network makes the necessary reminder that no fight is won alone.
📣 #IMASolCon | Eni Lestari, Chairperson of IMA, asserted during the conference that migrants, under a capitalist system, are bound by a common struggle regardless of their job status, location, and nationality.
📣 #IMASolCon | Tian Chua from Sekretariat Solidariti Palestin points to the persistence of apartheid in the daily lives of migrants who are economically and politically displaced and disenfranchised by imperialist aggressors.
📣 #IMASolCon | Cody Urban from the International League of Peoples’ Struggle served as the keynote speaker for the solidarity conference last October 26-27, 2024.
Migrants, Refugees and Advocates Forged Strong Unity in Calling for End to Genocide in Gaza and Resist Imperialist War
The International Migrants Alliance together with Sekretariat Solidariti Palestin (SSP) and TENAGANITA successfully organised the Solidarity Conference on War, Militarism and Displacement to commemorate the first anniversary of the attack on Gaza by the Zionist Israeli Forces and strengthen unity and solidarity against imperialist war, exploitation and plunder. The conference was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 26 and 27, 2024.