Trade union activists condemn dispersals, crackdown
“Upholding worker’s welfare and rights is what we do.”
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Militarizing humanitarian response
“Red-tagging puts humanitarian and development workers in grave danger of being harassed by state forces while delivering aid to disaster-stricken communities.”
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Worldwide lawyers’ group backs charges vs Duterte in international courts
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) supports the case filed with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Rodrigo Duterte and the UN Human Rights Council resolution seeking to investigate the human rights situation in the Philippines. It vowed to support the filing of other suits against Duterte “for violations of international human rights law.”
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Remembering Ampatuan Massacre and the reigning impunity
“The government and the state remain unbothered by the massacre, considering they were the victims of the agents of state itself.”
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The Mangyan struggle in Mindoro
Mangyan are the target of intensified state violence due to counterinsurgency program dubbed as Oplan Kapanatagan. Last June, strafing and bombing operations in Victoria and Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, forced over 600 Mangyan to evacuate to the lowlands.
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Children of Ampatuan massacre victims sing for justice
Children of the victims of the #AmpatuanMassacre perform a song at the massacre site in… -
Attempted surveillance vs. student paper, ‘a desperate measure to gag the press’ — campus journalists
“This is a clear attempt of state oppressors to unnerve media entities that maintain a… -
Black Friday Protest | Progressives vow to frustrate crackdown vs activists
MANILA – Progressive groups held Black Friday protest against what they call as “de facto…
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Pueblos del mundo con Evo (Peoples of the world with Evo)
The contributions of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) - under the leadership of Evo Morales… -
Bars around PAR
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Government’s logic behind the series of raids and arrests
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Pooled editorial | Community journalism is not a crime: Stop disinformation on Negros 57, free Anne Krueger!
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End Impunity, Free Expression!
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Groups mourn passing of former senator Pimentel
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Groups demand accountability as police chief resigns over ‘recycled drugs’ mess
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Groups question pro-Duterte blogger’s appointment to head migrant body
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#KuwentongBM: Campaigning for Bayan Muna in 2001
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Witness admits ‘irregularities’ in post-arrest procedures of NDFP peace consultant, 2 others
Human RightsMore
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Attempted surveillance vs. student paper, ‘a desperate measure to gag the press’ — campus journalists
“This is a clear attempt of state oppressors to unnerve media entities that maintain a… -
Black Friday Protest | Progressives vow to frustrate crackdown vs activists
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Worldwide lawyers’ group backs charges vs Duterte in international courts
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4 more Bacolod activists released on bail
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Robredo urged to meet kin of ‘tokhang’ victims, stop drug-related killings
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Trade union activists condemn dispersals, crackdown
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Festive but defiant, teachers call for better wage
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Cops forcibly dismantle NutriAsia picketline
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NutriAsia, Pepmaco workers call for resignation of labor official
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NutriAsia 17 and the search for justice
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‘State violence kills, harms more children’
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Scars from martial law years
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Impending release of convicted rapist sparks outrage
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Assistance to rape victims still sorely lacking
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‘Women workers betrayed by Duterte’s Endo bill veto’
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The Mangyan struggle in Mindoro
Mangyan are the target of intensified state violence due to counterinsurgency program dubbed as Oplan… -
Panagdedenet: Remembering the dead
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On Dumagat Day, tribes vow continuing resistance to Kaliwa dam project
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DENR questioned on ‘highly irregular’ environmental clearance for Kaliwa Dam
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For land and for the future, the Lumad ‘bakwit’ school’s fight continues
