Student leader urges CHR to probe red-tagging, house visits
Members of the volunteer group were photographed and recorded during the activity without their consent.
Nov
2024
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[RESOURCES] Empowering people to monitor human rights violations through Citizen Data
By leveraging citizen data, communities can play an active role in addressing challenges and driving social change, and most importantly, improve the inclusiveness and timeliness of the official statistics. However, the full potential of citizen data faces many challenges in integrating it into policymaking.
Nov
2024
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Middle East crisis and the need for Philippine solidarity
Raymundo said that as of early October, Israeli forces launched over 4,000 attacks in northern Lebanon, using white phosphorus and fuel bombs, destroying more than 1,000 hectares of land and displacing around 9,400 people.
Oct
2024
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Duterte’s testimony affirmed that drug-related extrajudicial killings a state policy — right groups
Former Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares, who has represented the families of drug war victims and a counsel of complainants before the International Criminal Court (ICC), said that the testimony of Duterte exposes the narrative of “nanlaban” as false, rendering the police’s claim of self-defense obsolete.
Oct
2024
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Duterte administration blocked drug war victims’ access to justice, lawyers say
“The victims, families, have to rely on their own resources. They did not receive any sort of help from the government, especially from the police,” said Ephraim Cortez, president of National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL).
Oct
2024
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Oct
2024
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SB19 calls on fellow artists to embrace Filipino culture, receives official replicas of historic Murillo Velarde 1734 Map
“As artists, we’ve always believed in the power of music to tell stories that transcend our boundaries,” said Josh Cullen Santos, SB19 member.
Oct
2024
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Southern Tagalog rights group condemns crackdown amid typhoon relief
The group said that the government’s counter-insurgency operations are falsely portrayed as successes through the detention of activists and community leaders.
Oct
2024
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Focus on Duterte’s drug war investigation, kins tell Senate
The group said that Duterte is not only responsible for the thousands of drug-related killings but also for the summary execution of 422 political activists and the frustrated extrajudicial killing of 544 others.
Oct
2024
28
Konteksto | Bagyo
Sa ngalan ng bilyon-bilyong kita, nagiging manhid na ang mga mayaman at makapangyarihan sa hinaing ng mga nasalanta.
Oct
2024
28
Reds say peace talks resumption on the ‘brink of collapse’ due to arrests, killings
De Lima said that the arbitrary detention of their consultants is part of a string of “blatant violations” by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) of the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG) it signed with the NDFP in 1995.
Oct
2024
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State university urged to review safety policies as bad weather leaves 2 Bukidnon students dead
"This must serve as a lesson to all administrations. They should not be negligent if the safety of the students is at stake. They must be proactive in taking additional steps to ensure students' safety," Cabajes urged.
Oct
2024
25
Post-‘Kristine’ efforts futile without urgent dike reconstruction— Oas Mayor
"We might need semi-dam dikes to hold the river's water capacity, while the Bato Lake needs desiltation. But our urgent need is to block the side of the river with collapsed dike," Mayor Domingo Escoto Jr. said.
Oct
2024
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Heritage advocates stop demolition of Cagayan de Oro iconic bridge
Following DPWH’s proposed replacement, there was also a motion to make the two-lane bridge a four-lane structure to subsequently address vehicular traffic congestion in the area. The proposal came from the city government of Cagayan de Oro, according to the DPWH-10.
Oct
2024
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Groups urge authorities to respect the rights of arrested red leader
“As he is ill, he should be accorded the status of a hors de combat under the International Humanitarian Law and Comprehensive Agreement on Respect on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law."
Oct
2024
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In Mindoro, farmers are harassed, arrested amid agrarian dispute
The dispute over Hacienda Almeda dates back to the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program in 1988. The 1,546-hectare property, spanning the municipalities of Mamburao and Abra de Ilog, was initially placed under agrarian reform coverage due to its agricultural use.
