In Hong Kong, around 10,000 protesters are gathering to demonstrate outside this week’s World Trade Organization ministerial talks which begin Tuesday. Oxfam has delivered a petition with nearly 18 million signatures calling on WTO member states to remove global trade barriers that adversely affect poor and developing nations.

• Elizabeth Tang, Head of the Hong Kong People’s Alliance: “We are here to tell the Hong Kong government, which is chairing the MC6 in two days time to listen to the voices of people from all over the world and to make sure that the WTO ministerial meeting will result in trade rules which will benefit people and help to lift poverty.”