Church leader twice arrested over ‘false charges’
Gomez’s arrest is a “serious attack to the Church, grave insult to the Christian faith and sacrilegious assault against our God.”
Church leader twice arrested over ‘false charges’
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Peasant women’s group decries AMLC’s freezing of its bank accounts
Peasant women’s group decries AMLC’s freezing of its bank accounts
Zenaida Soriano, Amihan national chairperson, denounced the freeze order saying that it was arbitrary and they were not given a chance to answer the allegations against them.
AMLC freezes peace consultant’s compensation as martial law victim
AMLC freezes peace consultant’s compensation as martial law victim
Vicente Ladlad's wife, Fides said that his accounts are not from the money laundering or terrorism financing but resulted from Republic Act No. 10368 or the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013.
Red-tagged group gets international recognition for human rights work
Red-tagged group gets international recognition for human rights work
"This award also comes at a crucial time, against the backdrop of a rapidly deteriorating human rights crisis and alarming democratic backsliding in the Philippines, and this award is a recognition of the tremendous challenges we currently face amid worsening attacks on human rights defenders, police brutality, militarization, and the narrowing of civic and democratic spaces in the country."
Rights group urges military to surface missing activist
Rights group urges military to surface missing activist
Contrary to the news reports that there are only three casualties, investigation by the group revealed that there were actually four. The fourth turned out to be Cometa, who, according to the witnesses, was wounded.
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NDFP calls on military to release 4-year-old son of political prisoner
NDFP calls on military to release 4-year-old son of political prisoner
“The soldiers forcibly grabbed MJ who was crying and resisting all the while. His foster parents were held at gunpoint while they were wrestling with the soldiers to get the child back. The soldiers forced the boy into the SUV, and the foster parents were almost run over by the SUV as it sped away with the boy."
Bloody Friday: 2 peace consultants killed in Iloilo, Cebu
Bloody Friday: 2 peace consultants killed in Iloilo, Cebu
State agents have killed and arrested several JASIG-protected peace process participants, especially after formal NDFP-GRP peace negotiations were cancelled by GRP President Rodrigo Duterte in 2017.
Rights defenders decry courts’ junking of motions filed by detained labor organizers
Rights defenders decry courts’ junking of motions filed by detained labor organizers
“It is absurd that the Mandaluyong court saw the inconsistencies and defects of the narratives and evidence provided by the police in arresting Esparago and Salem; but the same set of facts were ignored by QC and Manila courts.”
Lumad teacher, student recount ‘psychological torture’ while in police custody
Lumad teacher, student recount ‘psychological torture’ while in police custody
“They told me we wouldn’t be released unless we admit to being rebels.” -- Lumad teacher
Solons seek to criminalize red-tagging
Solons seek to criminalize red-tagging
“The victims live in constant fear for their lives, liberty and security. Adding insult to injury, even their families suffer the same. They deliberately singled out as the public is conditioned that they must have done something wrong to justify an extrajudicial punishment."
Can SC magistrates ‘seek the right balance’? A second look at the highlights of the oral arguments on the PH terror law
Can SC magistrates ‘seek the right balance’? A second look at the highlights of the oral arguments on the PH terror law
Will it be enough to straighten out its vagueness and overbreadth, as argued by petitioners? Or should the high court’s magistrates strike it down due to vagueness and overbreadth that can bring more harm than the evils it promises to destroy?
Freed Lumad students: Is it wrong to learn and dream?
Freed Lumad students: Is it wrong to learn and dream?
“When does it become wrong to protect our lands? When does it become wrong to go to school, to learn and to dream of becoming a graduate?”
Truth-tagging? | Courts junk cases vs red-tagged activists, peace consultants
Truth-tagging? | Courts junk cases vs red-tagged activists, peace consultants
Ironically, cases against red-tagged individuals are being dismissed by government courts for lack of probable cause or because of insufficient evidence. Motions to quash search warrants were also granted by the courts, declaring whatever so-called evidence the police have acquired during the search as inadmissible.
Batangas court junks charges vs red-tagged store owner
Batangas court junks charges vs red-tagged store owner
“Simply put, the AFP and Philippine National Police (PNP) had no solid, intelligent basis before launching massive operations in a rural sitio in Nasugbu, Batangas in April 2020."
Kin of Joseph Canlas file raps vs police, jail authorities for ‘criminal negligence’
Kin of Joseph Canlas file raps vs police, jail authorities for ‘criminal negligence’
In their 26-page complaint, Canlas's children Jennelle and Joseph narrated how their father was denied immediate access to emergency medical care despite their repeated pleas.
Groups urge SC to act on attacks against rights lawyers and clients
Groups urge SC to act on attacks against rights lawyers and clients
“An urgent and decisive action from the Supreme Court is a matter of life and death for activists and human rights defenders especially now when we are being increasingly targeted in the government’s counterinsurgency and counterterror campaign for our work and causes."
ATC list is proof why Anti-Terror Law should be struck down – peace consultants
ATC list is proof why Anti-Terror Law should be struck down – peace consultants
"ATC's terrorist designation is just another nefarious device concocted by those who reckon they can and must go around or against the Constitution and the rules of law, fair play and common decency to silence those who speak and clamor for change.”
2 elderly, ailing peasant activists arrested in Caraga
2 elderly, ailing peasant activists arrested in Caraga
On the day KMP leader Joseph Canlas was buried, two elderly, ailing peasant activists were arrested.
ATC ‘terror list’ poses greater danger, chilling effect on critics
ATC ‘terror list’ poses greater danger, chilling effect on critics
Karapatan called the ATC a 'copy-paste' of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) that ‘incites violence’ now legitimized by the Anti-Terror Law.
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