Memory as defiance: Remembering RJ Ledesma
Death is used as a warning but memory becomes a form of defiance.
Aug
2025
19
Karapatan bares rights abuses in Southern Tagalog amid intensified military ops
“The incidents we are reporting happened in a month when we should be observing International Humanitarian Law."
Aug
2025
19
Group condemns harassments against women rights advocate
The group said that this pattern of harassment and forced surrender is a continuation of what was done in previous years.
Aug
2025
19
Court junks terror financing case vs Ilocos Church worker
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dismissed the terror financing complaint against Myrna Zapanta, a church worker and peasant rights advocate, citing lack of credible evidence.
Aug
2025
19
Mindoro clash leaves 2 dead, rights groups decry summary killing, harassment of humanitarian mission
Under the Geneva Conventions, persons rendered hors de combat (unable to fight), through surrender, capture, or injury, must be spared from attack and treated humanely. If proven, Domingo’s killing constitutes a war crime.
Aug
2025
17
Rights groups hit gov’t hypocrisy in hosting international humanitarian law confab
The Philippines’ so-called legacy and consistent championing of IHL does not reflect the lived experiences and records of its people, particularly under the administration of Marcos Jr.
Aug
2025
16
Families hope court ruling can help find Dexter and Bazoo
The court said that the state forces chose to interpret the narration of the key witness in a manner favorable to their position, calling it selective and self-serving.
Aug
2025
16
Mindoro clash leaves 2 dead, rights groups decry summary killing, harassment of humanitarian mission
Under the Geneva Conventions, persons rendered hors de combat (unable to fight), through surrender, capture, or injury, must be spared from attack and treated humanely. If proven, Domingo’s killing constitutes a war crime.
Aug
2025
15
Right(s) Up: Poor investigation of disappeared activists as human rights violation
Had it not been the court’s proactive questioning, the critical documents would not have been submitted as evidence at all.
Aug
2025
14
Court slams again gov’t failure to find missing activists
The witness said that the passengers were taken at gunpoint by armed men, proving what the Court said was suspiciously concealed and misrepresented.
Aug
2025
14
Honoring by remembering: Two daughters endure father’s disappearance
“To be honest, I don’t want August to come. It is the worst month of the year. The gravity of my father’s disappearance is a lot."
Aug
2025
13
Soldiers disrupt, harass fact-finding mission in Mindoro
The mission was conducted in response to the reports of militarization in rural and ancestral lands, and to document violations of International Humanitarian Law. Instead, the mission team were subjected to surveillance, intimidation, and threats.
Aug
2025
13
Detained humanitarian worker’s sister harassed by state forces
“Not one of them, students, activists, rights defenders, currently detained political prisoners, deserve these violations to their life, safety and security."
Aug
2025
12
Indigenous peoples condemn land-grabbing, violence in the name of ’development’
The forum, organized by the Indigenous advocates and church groups, highlighted what they called the continuing plunder of ancestral lands under the Marcos Jr. administration, a policy they said is masked by the rhetoric of progress and modernization.
Aug
2025
12
Film about disappearance gets FAMAS nominations
The nominations are Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, and Best Editing.
Aug
2025
12
Farmers tag 60-day rice import ban superficial, urge repeal of rice liberalization law
“The 60-day rice import ban is just for show. While the public is being made to believe that something is being done for the farmers, the Rice Liberalization Law, one of the root causes of the decline in farmers’ income and the rising price of rice, remains in effect. It must be immediately repealed."
