Thursday, 28 January 2021, 7:28 am The new year kicked off with intensified repression targeting the rural sector. The People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty slams the escalating state attacks against farmers and indigenous peoples in many countries across the globe. We call out these governments – especially in the Philippines, Cambodia, and India – for the blatant violation of human rights to facilitate the aggressive implementation of neoliberal policies in the pretext of coping with COVID-19 pandemic. We abhor the killings and mass arrests of rural peoples in the Philippines, which signifies the reigning inhumanity and impunity perpetrated by the Duterte regime. Filipino farmers