Honoring women human rights defenders (HRDs) and uniting with women HRDs against impunity March 8, 2013 On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) salutes and honors all women who defend human dignity – their own and that of others, who assert women’s rights as human rights and … Continue reading »
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[Statement] Break Impunity: Anti-Enforced Disappearance Law Now!
Break Impunity: Anti-Enforced Disappearance Law Now! We strongly urge President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to sign into law the Anti- Enforced Disappearance bill on Monday, December 10, 2012, as we commemorate the International Human Rights Day, to show his administration’s clear resolve to uphold human rights and end impunity. There is no better day for … Continue reading »
Finalists for 2nd HR Pinduteros choice for Human Rights Web Site
Finalists for 2nd HR Pinduteros choice for Human Rights Web Site Here are the Ten Most Clicked Human Rights Web Site posted in HRonlinePH.com. Please support your favorite Web Site and help us decide who will be our 2nd HR Pinduteros choice for Human Rights Web Site. Voting starts now and ends on 12 midnight … Continue reading »
[Statement] Republic Act No. 10175: legislating “one (1) degree higher” for impunity -PAHRA
Republic Act No. 10175: legislating “one (1) degree higher” for impunity Our human right to the freedom of information has not yet been made justiciable, already a law is readied to curtail our human right to the freedom of expression. Republic Act No. 10175 – AN ACT DEFINING CYBERCRIME, PROVIDING FOR THE PREVENTION, INVESTIGATION, SUPPRESSION … Continue reading »
[Press Release] TFDP: Human Rights not a priority of PNoy
TFDP: Human Rights not a priority of PNoy Today Task Force Detainees of the Philippines declared that human rights are not a priority of PNoy. “It seems that PNoy is a hopeless case. One year after the 2011 hunger strike for Freedom and Human Rights of political prisoners, his government has not released a single … Continue reading »
[People] Defeating ‘twisted culture’ of torture by Dr. Renato Mabunga
Defeating ‘twisted culture’ of torture Ending practice requires ‘open declaration of war‘ on perpetrators by Dr. Renato Mabunga ucanews.com On Tuesday, the United Nations marked the “International Day in Support of Torture Victims.” It was a significant day filled with simple and substantial ironies. In Manila, about 600 human rights advocates, military and police personnel … Continue reading »
[Statement] FIDH and PAHRA, welcome the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on cases of impunity in the Philippines
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organization, the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), welcome the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 14 June 2012 on cases of impunity in the Philippines. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organization, the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights … Continue reading »
[Blog] Live webcast hinggil sa karapatang pantao ni Gregorio V. Bituin Jr.
Live webcast hinggil sa karapatang pantao ni Gregorio V. Bituin Jr. Isang malaking karangalan sa akin ang mapasama sa live webcast viewing ng Universal Periodic Review (UPR) ng Pilipinas nitong Mayo 29, 2012. Kasabay ito ng naganap na botohan ng mga senador sa impeachment. Isinagawa ang nasabing UPR sa ikatlong palapag ng multipurpose hall ng … Continue reading »
[From the web] The Promises to the Relocated 32 Families in Zambales due to Mining Expansion Remain Unfulfilled, yet the Mining Operations of Shangfil Continues -www.allvoices.com
The Promises to the Relocated 32 Families in Zambales due to Mining Expansion Remain Unfulfilled, yet the Mining Operations of Shangfil Continues BY ben696molino, http://www.allvoices.com May 22, 2012 More than five months after 32 families in Bgy. Bolitoc, Sta. Cruz, Zambales were forced by the Shangfil Mining and Trading Corporation to dismantle their houses and … Continue reading »
[Event] A march to inform, inspire, remember the people’s struggles against Martial Law -#RememberML@40!
Dear Human Rights Advocates and Defenders, #RememberML@40! A march to inform, inspire, remember the people’s struggles against Martial Law Join us this Monday (May 21, 2012) @ 7a.m. – 9 a.m. Camp Crame – Camp Aguinaldo The families of Martial Law victims andHuman Rights Defenders will gather to Inform, Inspire and to Remember Martial Law … Continue reading »
[Statement] Salute to the Workers as Human Rights Defenders in their Struggles for Dignity and the Right to Development-PAHRA
MAY 1 SOLIDARITY STATEMENT: Salute to the Workers as Human Rights Defenders in their Struggles for Dignity and the Right to Development The Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates salutes all the workers as Human Rights Defenders in their struggles for dignity and the Right to Development. PAHRA celebrates with workers all over the world their … Continue reading »
[From the web] Indignant by Renato Reyes
Indignant by Renato Reyes, LIKE A ROLLING STONE April 23, 2012 I write this not for my activist friends who are already partisan, but for my other friends and possible readers who may not be sympathetic to the plight of the Silverio Compound residents that faced off with the police in today’s violent demolition. I … Continue reading »
[Press Release] An Outing “to remember” by victims and survivors of Martial Law -PAHRA
An Outing “to remember” by victims and survivors of Martial Law University of the Philippines, Diliman. Quezon City Victims and survivors of Martial Law human rights violations gathered today at the Sunken Garden of the University of the Philippines, Diliman, for an outing “to remember” the dark years of Martial Law 40 years ago as … Continue reading »
[Event] We jog, we run, we walk, we bike, we fly kites, we share stories, we #rememberML@40
#RememberML@40! Join us this Saturday (April 21, 2012) @ 7a.m. – 10a.m. U.P. Diliman – Sunken Garden PAHRA (Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates), families of Martial Law victims and other Human Rights Defenders will gather to Inform, Inspire and to Remember Martial Law 40 years after it was first declared on September 21, 1972 … Continue reading »
[Press Release] Human Rights groups launch FB campaign to inform and inspire the youth to remember Martial Law
Human Rights groups launch FB campaign to inform and inspire the youth to remember Martial Law Human Rights groups launched an awareness education campaign online about Martial Law six months before its 40th Anniversary. Tagged as #rememberML@40, the group pledged to inform and inspire the youth about the dark days of tyranny and urged lawmakers … Continue reading »