By DEE AYROSO
UDHR is 73
Tags: Human Rights day
First Person | Uphold human rights
Once you curtail freedom, social unrest will rise. We have gone through this. Those who are drunk with power never learn from history.
‘A nation of orphans’| Rights, progressive groups slam Duterte human rights record
On human rights day, progressives mourn ‘bayan ng ulila’ as killings, rights violations continue.
Human rights Day protests highlight people’s resistance to rising tyranny
President Duterte’s “fascist regime” faces stronger opposition from the people’s movement.
War in Paradise
This war of suppression, directed at people who resist what government armed forces call ‘vital installations’ and ‘flagship projects,’ has always been the biggest investment guarantee that the Philippine government grants to extractive and pollutive large-scale industries.
‘Terror-tag is Duterte’s coverup for rights violations, broken promises’ – progressive groups
“Progressives and even those not in their group are alluded to in the terrorist-tagging because the president doesn’t want any dissenter to government policies.”
‘Jail Aquino for rights violations’ – progressive groups
“People are being killed, tortured, arrested and detained. To the regime, the Filipino people’s resistance is a stumbling block to its brand of peace and development, and they must be punished.”
‘Philippine Gov’t Lacks Political Will to Solve Human Rights Problems’
An independent regional non-government organization said the Philippine government lacks the political will to solve the human rights problems of the country.