Advocacy actions
Solidarity
Communiqué from the Alliance on the Tunis meetings, 27 May 2011
The publishers who met in Tunis wished it to be known that these meetings took place in a peaceful and secure environment. The warm welcome we were given, despite the curfew then in place, enabled us to organise meetings of a high standard, from both a professional and a human perspective.
We wished to show our solidarity with our Tunisian partners in this way, by inviting associations, NGOs, organisations and institutions, tourists and the simply curious to rediscover Tunisia – a Tunisia where freedom is in the air.
Read the communiqué of 27 May 2011 in full_in French
Communiqué from the Tunisian Publishers’ Union
Extract from the Tunisian Publishers’ Union’s communiqué, published on 21 January 2011
"The Tunisian Publishers’ Union, whose members met on Friday, 21 January, congratulates the Tunisian people, is proud of its glorious revolution and pays tribute to its martyrs, while declaring its unwavering support for the popular resistance".
Read the communiqué of the Tunisian Publishers’ Union_French version
Read the communiqué of the Tunisian Publishers’ Union_Arabic version
Haiti, let’s mobilise for the long haul
The International Alliance of Independent Publishers calls on all international solidarity organisations to mobilise in Haiti. The Alliance will do do its outmost to support Haitian book professionals in the long-term, particularly librarians, publishers and booksellers, by joining forces with existing and future stakeholders in Haiti.
The importance of culture should be considered in the reconstruction process. In the Haïtian context, where symbolism has a special place, reinventing Haïti also involves supporting the arts and culture, particularly books and authors that promote the people’s complex and fascinating identity. A people cut off from its culture is a dead people.