Groups remember Martial Law with protests
The September 21 protests will also be held in various parts of the country.
Dec
2022
13
Groups assail conviction of Baguio journalist Frank Cimatu for cyber-libel
"Frank Cimatu's case is proof of how government officials use libel as a weapon to harass and intimidate journalists."
Dec
2022
13
Court grants bail to Baby River’s mom, 2 activists
A local court granted the bail petition of three political prisoners, citing "failure of the prosecution to prove that the evidence of guilt against all accused is strong."
Dec
2022
12
Cops disrupt gift-giving program for children in Manila
Their initiative was able to provide Christmas gifts, toys, modules, clothes, and ready-to-eat food for more than 100 affected children.
Dec
2022
11
TEKA SANDALI | Ano nga ba ang kalagayan ng karapatang pantao sa ilalim ng administrasyong Marcos Jr?
Extrajudicial killings, fabricated charges, arbitrary arrests and detentions, red-tagging, and other human rights violations continue under Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s administration.
Dec
2022
10
On Human Rights Day, rights group assails zero justice for killings, rights violations under Marcos Jr.
"Despite these sordid figures, there has been zero justice for the victims of extrajudicial killings. The culture of impunity continues to rear its ugly head."
Dec
2022
10
OFWs seek to abolish overseas employment certificate
“We are asking the (Philippine Overseas Labor Office) to look into this and abolish the OEC because this is an added burden and cost to our fellow migrant workers.”
Dec
2022
9
A night of poetry and songs for Ericson Acosta
Ericson's friends said he could have been in a different field or in the mainstream, working as a playwright or a screenwriter and living a comfortable life. But in the end, they said, he chose and embraced life together with the people and fighting together with them in their struggle.
Dec
2022
9
Court grants protection plea for 2 missing activists in Tarlac
The daughter of one of the missing says she's happy with Amparo but court intervention does not lessen anguish, fear.
Dec
2022
8
Why journalists, media literacy advocates oppose anti-fake news bills
Fighting disinformation and misinformation does not necessarily include legislative intervention. Recent attempts to pass legislation to counter the spread of false information, journalists fear, will all the more threaten the state of press freedom in the country.
Dec
2022
8
Bacolod court denies journalist plea to quash planted evidence against her
“With no other case to throw against her and other activists, Anne is charged with fabricated cases restricting her from doing her work as a community journalist and labor organizer.”
Dec
2022
7
Progressives say ‘Maharlika Wealth Fund’ dubious, prone to corruption
"The problem is not only what if the investment loses? The problem is the gall and shamelessness in proposing to legislate the use and risk of scarce people's money specifically meant for private and public sector workers welfare, farmers land reform and agricultural development, national industry development and emergency social welfare needs."
Dec
2022
5
Question Everything | Banning Joma Sison on social media sets a dangerous precedent
One does not need to subscribe to Sison’s political doctrines to see the ban as an act of censorship. If not challenged, the ban can be expanded and used as a tactic to enforce digital crackdowns. It gives tyrants the license to dictate who or what can be accessed or streamed on our networks. It is therefore a threat to our civic space.
Dec
2022
3
Under Marcos Jr., political prisoners say same repressive policies still in place
“State security forces continue to perpetrate with impunity extrajudicial killings, torture, forced disappearances, illegal arrests, and detention based on trumped-up charges."
Dec
2022
3
Court resets promulgation of cyberlibel raps vs. Baguio journalist
“NUJP reiterates its demand for the decriminalization of libel. Defamation laws in the Philippines are inconsistent with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.”
Dec
2022
2
Baguio court finds human rights defender guilty of cyber libel
“This libel case is an attack on truth and those who wield it to champion peoples' political rights.”
