Bared Braveheart: Taking Pride in One’s True Self by Jezarree B. Corpuz More than a week has passed since the Pride March held last 24th of June, yet a smilecontinues to unwittinglyexpose itself at the reminiscent thought of it. There is nothing but pleasant memories from that sentimental Saturday—a picturesque memento immortalized in the hearts…
Digital Security Helpline What is the Digital Security Helpline? Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline works with individuals and organizations around the world to keep them safe online. If you’re at risk, we can help you improve your digital security practices to keep out of harm’s way. If you’re already under attack, we provide rapid-response emergency…
Incident response and Proactive services CiviCERT will assist NGOs or other forms of civil society organizations in handling the technical and organizational aspects of incidents in connection with other CSIRTs. In particular, CiviCERT will provide assistance or advice with respect to the following aspects of incidents management: Incident triage Establish a secure communication channel with…
NGOs say NO to coal financiers JICA and Bank of Tokyo MUFJ http://world.350.org/…/press-re…/no-to-btmu-and-jica-at-gcf/ SONGDO, July 5, 2017 — Today, 8 Japanese NGOs and an international coalition of civil society groups urged the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board to reject applications for accreditation from the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).…
Group Lambasts Cimatu’s Response to SC Case Tagged secretary’s statement as ‘empty talk’ Just four (4) days after civil society organizations, communities, and individuals led by the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) filed a case at the Supreme Court against the Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Secretary…
No To Legalized Impunity Through a Fraudulent Martial Law! Justice and Solidarity for the Bangsamoro People and Other Victims of State Repression! Despite questionable constitutional grounds and fraudulent claims of gory crimes committed by the so-called Maute “terrorist group”, the Supreme Court recently upheld, by an overwhelming majority, President Duterte’s declaration of Martial Law in…
July 4, 2017 Statement of Kalipunan ng mga Kilusang Masa Left with a Lone Dissenter, the SC reminds The Filipino People of Marcosian Court The decision of the Supreme Court to uphold the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao, as government response to armed conflict that escalated in the city of Marawi, is not the…
Publication date: Human rights and the internet: The key role of National Human Rights Institutions in protecting human rights in the digital age June 2017 Publisher:APC The internet is changing the ways in which people interact, trade, learn and communicate. For those who have got access to it, it is becoming increasingly difficult to imagine…
Marawi crisis and the challenge of higher education By Eduardo C. Tadem – @inquirerdotnet July 03, 2017 (Editor’s note: The writer is a professorial lecturer of Asian studies at the University of the Philippines Diliman and president of Freedom from Debt Coalition. ) I lived in Marawi City for one school year in 1966 as…
COMMUNITIES, CSOs: PROTECT OUR RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENT, AND FUTURE! Filipinos blast Trump for exiting of Paris climate deal, ignoring climate obligations . Hundreds of Filipino communities on the forefront of the climate crisis, as well as civil society organizations, banded together to assert the protection of human rights and the environment for present and future generations…
Martial Law Imposition Inauguration of Duterte’s Dictatorial Rule (Kilusan analysis and position on ML) In just one week the critical situation in Marawi City has subsided. The military has cleared 90% of the city. The remaining Maute fighters are holed in a small area in the center of the city and are holding around 200…
ASC statement on the occasion of the 7th Cross-regional meeting on violence against children (6-8 JUNE 2017, MANILA, PHILIPPINES)- ASEAN SOGIE Caucus (ASC) joins civil society across Southeast Asia in its call to build a region that protects and nurtures all children from violence, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex…
Stop Duterte’s attempt to grab absolute power! Fight for democracy! Defy tyranny! Stop impunity! There is one thing Duterte is consistent about, his obsession for absolute rule and his aversion to checks and balances, the Constitution and rule of law. “Until the police and the armed forces say the Philippines is safe, this martial law…
Philippines: Martial Law Threatens Escalation of Abuses Duterte Places Mindanao Under Military Rule, Suspends Habeas Corpus (New York, May 26, 2017) – The Philippine government’s declaration of martial law in the southern island of Mindanao threatens to widen the scope of abuses under President Rodrigo Duterte, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 23, 2017,…
Martial Law in Mindanao: Duterte’s War on Peace On May 23, 2017, clashes erupted between militants belonging to Maute Group, which pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS), and the government security forces in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur. This escalated to the burning of schools and establishments including a Catholic Church and the taking…
Implementing Laws to Save Children Fr. Shay Cullen 4 June 2017 Convicted pedophiles in Australia on the National Child Offenders Register will be forbidden to travel abroad. Their passports will be cancelled, according to new proposed laws. Thousands of would-be child victims will be saved from horrific sexual abuse by this promised legislation. This is…
Sa muling pagbubukas ng klase, tuloy ang ating laban para sa karapatan at dignidad Muli na namang magbubukas ang mga paaralan sa araw ng Lunes, Hunyo 5. Isang kapana-panabik na araw ito para sa ating mga mag-aaral. Isa na namang simula na naghuhudyat ng bagong pag-asa. Kasabay sa pagbubukas ng taong-pampaaralan 2017-2018 ay ang mga…
Lift the Martial Law Now, CTUHR urges the President It is now more than a week since Martial Law was declared in the whole of Mindanao to eliminate the Maute group which was initially estimated by the military as just about a hundred. The AFP has announced that probably only 30-40 Maute group members are…
Women Call to Stop the Bombings in Marawi, Revoke Martial Law in Mindanao, as both Aggravate Violence Against Women June 3, the World March of Women calls for 24 Hours of Feminist Solidarity Action around the world for peace. Women leaders from the World March of Women, Kaisa Ka, SENTRO, Focus on the Global South,…
Our call on the Emergency Crisis in Marawi City Condemn Violence! Protect Civilians! Uphold Human Rights at all times! May 24, 2017 Around 2 o’clock in the afternoon of 23 May 2017, gunfight between armed men (suspected Maute Group allegedly ISIS sympathizer) and the elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) erupted in…
Philippines: Martial Law Threatens Escalation of Abuses Duterte Places Mindanao Under Military Rule, Suspends Habeas Corpus (New York, May 26, 2017) – The Philippine government’s declaration of martial law in the southern island of Mindanao threatens to widen the scope of abuses under President Rodrigo Duterte, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 23, 2017,…
Workers group sees danger in unqualified declaration of martial law for entire Mindanao The Philippine Constitution under Article 7 Section 18 granted the President the power to declare a state of martial law. But such a declaration should meet certain requirements to justify suppression of lawless violence, invasion or rebellion and the suspension of the…
The Abuse of Children Online Fr. Shay Cullen 18 May 2017 The arrest last April 20, 2017 of US National David Timothy Deakin in Pampanga the Philippines shows the extent of the evil lurking in the online child abuse sex trade. Deakin was abusing children allegedly on live internet streaming and he tried to erase…
WE CONDEMN THE DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW ! On Tuesday night, President Rodrigo Duterte declared Martial Law on the entire Mindanao Island while on a state visit in Russia, following the fighting between the military and the Maute group. It has to be clarified that the clashes were triggered by law enforcement operation in Marawi.…
No to militarist approaches to solve the nation’s problems! Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) is deeply concerned with the Mindanao-wide declaration of martial law and its effects on human rights. To begin with, Proclamation No. 55 declaring a state of national emergency on account of lawless violence is still in place. Is the…
