BARMM polls plagued by militarization, fraud, violence
A highly militarized environment may create a “climate of fear” that could result in voter disenfranchisement.
Jul
2023
23
At Ground Level | Activists push back against red-tagging
Sometimes, people just throw up their hands and shake their heads dejectedly: “But what can you do?” But often there’s really no alternative but to fight back, to push back. It happened again, twice, this week.
Jul
2023
23
SONA 2023 | Still no justice for victims of enforced disappearances despite anti-disappearance law
A decade after the enactment of the Anti-Enforced Disappearance Act of 2012, relatives of victims of enforced disappearances continue to decry lack of accountability.
Jul
2023
23
SONA 2023 | Agrarian reform beneficiaries await the fruits of their struggle
Agricultural workers and farmers remain in endless wait as agrarian reform takes a backseat under the Marcos Jr. administration.
Jul
2023
23
Affidavit ng Dahas: On publishing state terror, resistance, and collective healing
“This zine offers lessons and hopes. It fortifies the morale of activists targeted in their region, gives inspiration to the hopeless, and reflects the unformidable love for their colleagues— disappeared and were victimized by the state."
Jul
2023
21
Karapatan denounces renewed judicial harassment vs rights defenders
Cristina Palabay denounced former National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr.’s reopening of the perjury case saying this is “but one in a series of renewed attacks against the human rights defenders of Karapatan.”
Jul
2023
20
Veteran activist files civil damages against red-taggers
Carol Pagaduan Araullo said that she is filing the complaints “in behalf of those who do not have the means, the opportunity and support system to do so but who are experiencing red-tagging/terrorist labelling and the harassment, if not actual terror, this brings.”
Jul
2023
19
ICC Appeals Chamber affirms authorization to probe killings in the Philippines
“Our work in the communities continues. We will seek (for) more families to speak about their case."
Jul
2023
18
Health worker, volunteer arrested in Quezon
Miguela Peniero and Rowena Dasig were studying the potential impacts of the proposed combined cycle gas turbine power project and liquefied natural gas terminal plant to be operated by Atimonan One Energy, Inc. (A1E) on coconut farmers and fisherfolk communities.
Jul
2023
18
Women political prisoners undeterred despite conviction
Women political prisoners said that if they will be released from prison, they will still continue to fight for the people’s basic rights even if it has led to their unjust detention.
Jul
2023
17
‘O to the M to the G’ | More support needed as PPOP rises
Aside from breaking barriers in the themes they are covering, the growing PPOP movement in the music industry is also slowly changing the entertainment landscape.
Jul
2023
16
Balik-Tanaw | The regenerative word of God
Second Isaiah created a synthesis: uniting into one, Israelites beliefs in creation, in the Divine government of history, and Divine will to save. Yahweh is creator. Even the greatest powers are insignificant before him. We know how Israel was conquered by world powers, then transferred from its own soil to another. Within this reality, Second Isaiah’s concept of God evolved.
Jul
2023
16
At Ground Level | Human rights violations in Marcos Jr.’s first year
Human rights violations, highlighted by extrajudicial killings and questionable arrests, detention and filing of nonbailable trumped-up charges following red-tagging, continued during the first year of Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s occupation of Malacañang.
Jul
2023
14
‘EO 33 to be used against progressive, human rights groups’
“With EO 33, which calls for more stringent implementation of FATF recommendations, we can anticipate its dire results: the designation as terrorists of even more political activists and the curtailment of even more pro-people and development-oriented programs on false and malicious accusations of terrorist linkages."
Jul
2023
12
Groups condemn terrorist designation of 4 Cordillera activists
“While we at CPA continue to seek legal remedies to ensure our safety, security, and human rights in this shrinking democratic space, the state also weaponizes everything at its disposal to silence us."
Jul
2023
9
Balik-Tanaw | Rest
The setting of the sun signals the time to come home, a time for rest from the daily toils. But for the poor workers in highly urbanized areas rest is a luxury. The none-stop rotation of work propagated by capitalism, rest is counter-productive.
