Gov’t urged to respect right to protest vs. Pax Silica
"People's rights do not become suspended whenever the President is courting foreign investors.”
Dec
2023
17
Balik-Tanaw | For the Anawim
We live in difficult times. There are ongoing crisis in Israel-Palestine, and Ukraine-Russia, and emerging conflict in the South China Sea. Then there is the climate and economic crises that threaten food security. We are also faced with enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings as well as violation of rights of activists, human rights defenders, environmentalists, workers and farmers, which happen with impunity.
Dec
2023
17
Is peace adviser spoiling the resumption of talks?
This is the third piece in a row I’ve written about perceivable hindrances to the smooth resumption of formal peace negotiations between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. It had been announced in early December that they had agreed to do so in Oslo, Norway, on Nov. 23.
Dec
2023
16
Future of drivers, operators uncertain as Marcos Jr. rejects franchise consolidation extension
PISTON and Samahang Manibela Mananakay at Nagkaisang Terminal ng Transportasyon (MANIBELA) announced the continuation of the transport strike from Monday, December 18 until December 25. They also saw the possibility of extending it until December 31, the deadline of franchise consolidation.
Dec
2023
14
‘I am on your side,’ UN expert on free expression tells PH journos
Among the issues that those who participated in the NUJP campaign hoped Khan would look into include website blocking, political prisoners, gender-based attacks against women journalists and media killings.
Dec
2023
14
Rights defenders welcome perjury dismissal
Rights groups stressed that the perjury case filed by former National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. in July 2019 was a retaliation for the writ of amparo and habeas data they filed to seek protection from the relentless state-sponsored red-tagging.
Dec
2023
12
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Dec
2023
11
Environmental defenders protest at COP 28 in Dubai on international human rights day
Indigenous peoples and environmental defenders attending the Conference of the Parties (COP) 28 in Dubai commemorated the 75th year of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights by protesting the unabated attacks against environmental and human rights defenders.
Dec
2023
10
PH gov’t failed to comply with 75-year-old Universal Declaration of Human Rights – groups
"Despite Marcos Jr.'s cultivated facade, the sordid figures on rights violations prove that he is his dictator-father's son and his regime, a continuation of that of his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte."
Dec
2023
10
Right groups condemn deportation, blacklisting of Filipino-Swiss youth leader
“Edna’s detention and deportation shows that the Marcos Jr. administration has not learned the lessons of history. One of these is that no amount of government repression can silence Filipino youth and migrants who will persevere in their activism and fight back against, even oust, repressive regimes."
Dec
2023
10
Climate activists in global confab stand with Palestine
“We are at the climate conference in Dubai because it is also an opportunity to raise voice. Make people aware that there is an ongoing genocide and that we must call for a ceasefire now."
Dec
2023
7
Groups laud possible resumption of peace talks
Various groups expressed support for the possible resumption of formal peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
Dec
2023
7
‘We shall overcome’ | Searching for Bazoo and Dexter with a firmer resolve
Seven months after Dexter Capuyan and Gene Jamil “Bazoo” De Jesus disappeared, family, friends, and colleagues are still determined to find them as they renew their commitment and enjoin others in their search.
Dec
2023
6
Dec
2023
6
For agrarian beneficiaries, secure land tenure is climate justice
Protecting agrarian beneficiaries through secure land tenure is climate justice, as it recognizes the disproportionate impacts of climate change on these vulnerable groups while also seeking solutions that address its root causes.
Dec
2023
1
A young artist’s journey ‘from the theater to the streets’
June Cortes, a University of the Philippines Los Baños student, shares insights of his journey from the stage of Isko’t Iska to the streets of Bonifacio Day mobilization.
