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Dee Ayroso | Jul 9, 2020
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Bulatlatan Q & A | Of rights and wrongs: Free speech and ‘Terror Law’
Bulatlatan Q & A | Of rights and wrongs: Free speech and ‘Terror Law’
"At 'yun ang sinasabi ko palaging dapat panghawakan 'yung aral ng kasaysayan. Dumaan na tayo dito at tayo'y nagwagi. Wala akong dahilan para maniwalang hindi natin mauulit 'yan. Lakas ng tao 'yan, lakas ng bayan 'yan. Lakas ng sambayanan."
#Pride20 recount horrors of arrest in complaint filed vs. Manila police
#Pride20 recount horrors of arrest in complaint filed vs. Manila police
“We cannot allow the violations of people's rights to peacefully assemble and air their legitimate grievances be brushed aside. As the Duterte regime tightens its iron-handed grip on our democratic freedom, we have no choice but to push back to ensure that these freedoms will be continually preserved and enjoyed by the people."
Right defender frustrates arrest
Right defender frustrates arrest
“I was served a warrant of arrest this afternoon by a guy who introduced himself as an LBC courier. He was wearing the uniform/t-shirt and had an ID. Is this the usual procedure now?” By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Kodao Productions MANILA-- A Philippine National Police...
How terror law could hamper humanitarian efforts
How terror law could hamper humanitarian efforts
Human rights lawyer Ephraim Cortez pointed out that the definition of terrorism under Republic Act 11479 is vague and over broad, and could include humanitarian groups which have long been subjected to red-tagging.
Kin of political prisoners urge SC to act on urgent plea
Kin of political prisoners urge SC to act on urgent plea
“Yet we are still waiting for the Court to deliver what the Chief Justice vowed. One of the petitioners has already given birth and like what we’ve feared, the day after giving birth, she was brought back to prison with her baby.”
Groups urge SC to nullify anti-terror law
Groups urge SC to nullify anti-terror law
“Given the vast and greater powers bestowed under the law, it will have a wide-ranging effects of violating existing constitutionally-guaranteed rights of our people, thus, the issuance of a ?shield against injustice, a temporary restraining order, against its...
International community urged to continue monitoring human rights in PH
International community urged to continue monitoring human rights in PH
They appealed to the member-States of the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt and endorse High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s report, including recommendations for continuous monitoring and independent and impartial investigation of the...
‘Deeper in debt but shallow in COVID-19 response, aid to the poor’
‘Deeper in debt but shallow in COVID-19 response, aid to the poor’
Despite these loans, government was only able to spend P98.3 billion for 17.5 million households as of June 27. According to independent think-tank Ibon Foundation, the subsidy amounts to just P53 per family or P12 per person per day for the past 106 days since the...
Groups protest signing of ‘Terror Law’
Groups protest signing of ‘Terror Law’
“The Anti-Terror Act of 2020 tramples on our basic human rights and it is unconstitutional. It does not provide us safeguards and protection from terrorism. If anything, it is the very tool that creates all-out terror among the people.”
24 hours after arrest, still no charges filed vs Cabuyao 11
24 hours after arrest, still no charges filed vs Cabuyao 11
“The truth of the matter is that this arrest only proves that the Terror Law was not made to fight terrorism but to stifle democratic dissent.”
Balik-Tanaw | Come to Me, and I will Give You Rest
Balik-Tanaw | Come to Me, and I will Give You Rest
Rest is also about releasing the heavy burden of yoke of slavery from unjust laws and practices. Rest is learning to set boundaries and saying “no” to any form of exploitation. For us today, rest is also about resistance.
First Person | Baby blues
First Person | Baby blues
Will the courts show compassion and grant Ina provisional liberty so she could care for and nurse her baby girl somewhere safe? Will they recognize Ina's right to breastfeed her child who equally has the right to her breastmilk? Ina's breastmilk is her baby girl's natural immunization and best source of nourishment, especially at this time when her organs have not fully matured and there is a raging pandemic.
11 arrested in Cabuyao 24 hours after anti-terror bill signed into law
11 arrested in Cabuyao 24 hours after anti-terror bill signed into law
“Exactly 24 hours since Rodrigo Duterte affixed his signature on the draconian Terror Law, the first arrests were made on activists who held a peaceful protest against the dangerous law.”
‘The fight is not over’ | Groups vow to challenge ‘Terror Law’
‘The fight is not over’ | Groups vow to challenge ‘Terror Law’
Despite gaining broad opposition, Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said President Duterte still signed it into law as "his time is running short and opposition to his fascist rule is growing stronger by the day that he now desperately needs the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 to conduct his all-out crackdown on dissent."
We will fight back a greater reign of terror
We will fight back a greater reign of terror
STATEMENT Just when we thought things could not get worse, Pesident Rodrigo Duterte signed today the “Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020,” a law that many legal pundits, human rights advocates, and no less than the United Nations Human Rights Council itself – gravely...
Ang iba’t ibang Hulyo kwatro
Ang iba’t ibang Hulyo kwatro
Sa halip na kalayaan, itinali ng mga kasunduan ang Pilipinas sa kalagayan ng pagiging palaasa at laging nakasandig sa Amerika. Sa larangan ng kabuhayan, sa kamay pa rin ng mga Amerikano ang kontrol sa kabuhayan at ekonomiya. Sa usapin naman ng depensa at militar, itinatayang nabansot ang kakanyahan ng kapuluang magpaunlad ng sariling kakanyahang pangdepensa dahil sa pagpapatuloy ng pagkakataling pangseguridad ng Pilipinas sa Amerika.
High court urged to direct gov’t officials to conduct mass testing
High court urged to direct gov’t officials to conduct mass testing
Mass testing, according to the petitioners, should be made free and accessible to all suspect cases, contacts of probable and confirmed cases, frontline healthworkers, and high-risk and vulnerable communities.
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