Families demand justice for slain loved ones, arrested leaders
"You have no mercy. All you do is kill, kill, kill."
Families demand justice for slain loved ones, arrested leaders
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Social welfare department releases Lumad child days after court order
Social welfare department releases Lumad child days after court order
“This is unacceptable. How can government social workers refuse to heed the orders of the court? Beyond the legal imperative, how can government social workers not empathize with the sufferings of the child and the father whose reunion has been blocked again and again?”
State forces’ practice of holding remains shows ‘appalling inhumanity’ – rights groups
State forces’ practice of holding remains shows ‘appalling inhumanity’ – rights groups
“The appalling inhumanity of the State does not end with their gruesome, extrajudicial killings: they continue to deny the remains of their victims from death to funeral while putting their families to the torturous experience and misery of having to beg on their knees for the remains of their own loved ones.”
Manny Asuncion: A worker who embraced the bigger fight for social justice
Manny Asuncion: A worker who embraced the bigger fight for social justice
Manny Asuncion was the very definition of an organizer: patient with the masses, always willing to serve the people, and filled with righteous anger against injustice.
‘Funeral arrest’ new modus of police, military?
‘Funeral arrest’ new modus of police, military?
By RAYMUND VILLANUEVA and JOSEPH CUEVAS Kodao Productions Government forces may have invented another practice against families of victims of deadly police operations: funeral arrest. Families and human rights workers have been kept inside a funeral parlor in...
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ng nag-uunahang daga sa dibdib.
Pag-ibig sa katarungan
ang itinitibok ng aming puso.
CHR urged to look into the case of 2 women charged with violation of Anti-Terror Act
CHR urged to look into the case of 2 women charged with violation of Anti-Terror Act
This Women's Month, rights group Karapatan called on the Commission on Human Rights to look into the case of pregnant Elizabeth Estilon, and Enriqueta Guelas, 62, who were arrested on Dec. 24, 2020 following a raid in barangay Lalod, Bulusan, Sorsogon and charged with violation of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 and illegal possession of firearms and explosives.
Mass killing of civilians in the Philippines appalls United Nations
Mass killing of civilians in the Philippines appalls United Nations
“We are deeply worried that these latest killings indicate an escalation in violence, intimidation and harassment and red tagging of human rights defenders.” -- UN
Parlade and the Southern Luzon Command: Killings, humanitarian law violations, arrests and displacement
Parlade and the Southern Luzon Command: Killings, humanitarian law violations, arrests and displacement
Bulatlat looks back on Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr.’s bloody rule in Southern Luzon.
‘A stab to the heart of the Constitution,’ petitioners say of recent killings of civilians
‘A stab to the heart of the Constitution,’ petitioners say of recent killings of civilians
“The attacks on Atty. Guillen and the Southern Luzon activists are not just a condemnable assault on a member of the legal profession and civil society actors, but also a stab to the heart of the Constitution..."
Rights defenders score another victory against ‘copy-paste’ search warrants
Rights defenders score another victory against ‘copy-paste’ search warrants
“This latest decision of the court which overturned the presumption that the search warrant issued by Judge Burgos-Villavert satisfied the constitutional requirement of definiteness, has increasingly disproved the competence and integrity of the said judge as well as other similar judges who have arbitrarily issued search warrants against known activist and members of caused-oriented organizations.”
Nimfa Lanzanas, a woman with a big heart
Nimfa Lanzanas, a woman with a big heart
"Nimfa thinks nothing of her own sicknesses like hypertension, anemia and rhinitis just so she can be of help whenever she is needed even if it means walking for kilometers to visit political prisoners. When did it become a crime to help people in need?”
A weaponized justice system brings the worst injustices
A weaponized justice system brings the worst injustices
This latest spate of attacks against activists came a mere nine weeks since the PNP launched a similar operation in Panay island. Nine people were killed and 17 were arrested by the police in several indigenous Tumandok communities on Dec 30, 2020.
4 other victims of #BloodySunday killings identified
4 other victims of #BloodySunday killings identified
Human rights group Karapatan Timog Katagalugan said Dumagat Sierra Madre members Puroy dela Cruz and Randy dela Cruz were shot dead by the police in Sitio Mina, Barangay Sta. Inez, Tanay, Rizal. Urban poor activists Abner Esto and Edward Esto were also killed by the police in sitio Macaingalan, Barangay Puray, Rodriguez, Rizal as part of the Conduct of Simultaneous Implementation of Search Warrants dubbed COPLAN ASVAL by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines across four provinces last March 7.
SC urged to halt Terror Law as petitioners become victims of slay try, fabricated charges
SC urged to halt Terror Law as petitioners become victims of slay try, fabricated charges
“We call on the SC, as the constitutionally appointed guardian of civil liberties and protector of the legal profession, to take immediate measures to stop these attacks."
After Bloody Sunday, lawyers’ group asks SC to act on the ‘pattern of defective search warrants’
After Bloody Sunday, lawyers’ group asks SC to act on the ‘pattern of defective search warrants’
"This is not enforcement of the law anymore, this is wild, wild west where they just kill without distinction."
On Women’s Day, groups decry joblessness, hunger, rights violations
On Women’s Day, groups decry joblessness, hunger, rights violations
On International Women’s Day, progressive groups said the Philippine government is battling the impacts of the COVID-19 as if it were only yesterday that the pandemic began.
Bravery beyond the veil: A Moro woman activist on why she continues to fight
Bravery beyond the veil: A Moro woman activist on why she continues to fight
"The truth is, many Moro women have been leading liberation struggles, they have been at the forefront of resistance movements, providers for their own families, decision-makers, fighters."
‘Bloody Sunday’ spells killings, mass arrests in Southern Tagalog
‘Bloody Sunday’ spells killings, mass arrests in Southern Tagalog
Five activists were killed and three arrested in a simultaneous police raid on March 7, just two days after President Rodrigo Duterte issued yet another kill order to finish off communist fighters in the Philippines.
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