Under such dire human rights situation, the Church, both clergy and lay, must “stand up for what is right” and “become light and hope for others.”
Month: September 2019
Budget cuts to make health care more inaccessible
The Department of Health is set to get a whopping P9.39-billion budget cut under the proposed 2020 budget.
Schooled
By DEE AYROSO
Reaping debt
Filipino farmers call for subsidy amid the influx of imported rice from other countries.
Group condemns arrest of public sector union official
“The state has been aggressive in witch-hunting its critics primarily in the government sector.”
‘Evidence planted against cultural activists in Negros’ – rights group
“Progressive culture and artistic expression are the only weapons we wield against fascism and repression.”
Lawyers’ groups from 49 countries urge PH gov’t to stop attacks on Filipino colleagues
The attacks against lawyers “impair the ability of lawyers to provide effective legal representation, make
lawyers increasingly wary of working on sensitive cases, and consequently severely undermine the proper functioning of the rule of law and the adequate protection of rights, including the right to remedies and fair trial.”
Climate strike
By DEE AYROSO
‘Tanggol Kasaysayan’ relaunched to combat historical revisionism, disinformation
“The spread of “fake facts” aims to distort history and present it as truth.”
‘State violence kills, harms more children’
“There is a generation of orphaned children now deprived of parental nurturance, case and guidance because of the enforced separation of parents and guardians due to disappearance, detention and series of killings across the nations.”
Scars from martial law years
“Lives were ruined because of martial law. No child deserves to live in that condition.”