Groups welcome bill to penalize red-tagging
“While a law penalizing red-tagging is welcome, the draconian Anti-Terrorism Act violates our basic human rights, including the right to a free press.”
Groups welcome bill to penalize red-tagging
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Laborer rebuffs police’s order to spy on KMU, bares plot vs NDFP consultants
Laborer rebuffs police’s order to spy on KMU, bares plot vs NDFP consultants
KMU condemned the police’s “criminal act” as direct and dangerous attacks against labor unionists and other human rights defenders.
Rights groups ask UN to set up mechanism to end violence, impunity in PH
Rights groups ask UN to set up mechanism to end violence, impunity in PH
“It is very clear that no amount of technical assistance or capacity building will end the killings as the President and top government officials continue to incite murder and violence as official policy.”
Renalyn Tejero, student leader turned human rights worker
Renalyn Tejero, student leader turned human rights worker
“There is no question that these charges against her are fabricated and are only obviously meant to threaten her, to silence her from continuing her human rights work."
Supreme Court condemns killings, threats against lawyers and judges
Supreme Court condemns killings, threats against lawyers and judges
“At this crucial juncture when the other institutions have defaulted on us, we fervently welcome these bold and unequivocal declarations, initial steps and further plans from our very own refuge.”
After bloody Sunday, lawyers call for review of issuance of search warrants
After bloody Sunday, lawyers call for review of issuance of search warrants
“The multiple deaths resulting from the execution of search warrants, the claims that the police planted evidence in the course of the search, and the perceived misuse of court processes to attack activists and dissenters all demand comprehensive reforms in the issuance of search warrants and their implementation."
Missing Lumad human rights worker turns up under arrest in Butuan City
Missing Lumad human rights worker turns up under arrest in Butuan City
Caraga police has announced late this afternoon that they arrested Renalyn Tejero.
‘Inhumane’ | Group raises alarm on worsening health of detained Lumad student, chieftain
‘Inhumane’ | Group raises alarm on worsening health of detained Lumad student, chieftain
Detained Grade 10 student Esmelito Oribawan and Datu Benito Bay-ao have fallen ill in jail.
Lumad human rights worker abducted in Cagayan de Oro
Lumad human rights worker abducted in Cagayan de Oro
Renalyn Tejero was abducted by suspected police at 5 A.M. today, March 21.
Teachers condemn arrest of Butuan City vice principal
Teachers condemn arrest of Butuan City vice principal
"The arrest came days after the DILG release a memorandum tagging ACT and other progressive groups in the public sector as a communist terrorist groups."
Global mission finds local remedies for rights victims in PH illusory
Global mission finds local remedies for rights victims in PH illusory
“Domestic remedies have been ineffective at providing redress and at halting continued abuses. The power imbalance between victims of state violence, and perpetrators who have the backing of government apparatuses, is grave. Structures to redress this imbalance are lacking.”
Groups condemn red-tagging of judge who freed journo, labor organizer
Groups condemn red-tagging of judge who freed journo, labor organizer
“Not only is it an underhanded threat against Judge Quisumbing-Ignacio, it also seeks to undermine the independence of all judges and the courts handling similar cases.”
Relief volunteers, advocates say junking of charges ‘a vindication’
Relief volunteers, advocates say junking of charges ‘a vindication’
“Time and again, we have reminded authorities that neither the pandemic nor their grave ignorance of the law or dumb over-zealousness is an excuse to trample upon basic rights and curtail freedoms.” -- NUPL
Chai Lemita-Evangelista, youth leader and community organizer
Chai Lemita-Evangelista, youth leader and community organizer
She graduated in 2014 feeling on top of the world, not because she was one step closer to escaping the life she left behind in Batangas, but because she finally understood her role as a daughter and a daughter of the nation.
Families demand justice for slain loved ones, arrested leaders
Families demand justice for slain loved ones, arrested leaders
"You have no mercy. All you do is kill, kill, kill."
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.”
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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.
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..."
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