Open letter to Department of Justice: Decongest jails in the Philippines to contain the COVID-19 pandemic To: THE HONORABLE MENARDO GUEVARRA, Secretary, Department of Justice Padre Faura Street, Ermita, Manila 1000 The Philippines 6 May 2020 Re: Decongest jails in the Philippines to contain the COVID-19 pandemic Dear Hon. Secretary Guevarra We, the Asian Forum…
Group Hails Efforts to Bring Laudato Si to Life 15 May 2020, Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition has lauded the continuing efforts to bring Laudato Si, the groundbreaking encyclical letter of Pope Francis on “Care for Our Common Home,” to life amid the climate and coronavirus crisis. In a press statement, the advocacy group for…
YES WE’RE MAKING REKLAMO. Because that is called citizens participation in governance. We want to make ambag kahit wala kaming balak maging presidente.” Totoo. Kailangan panghawakan natin hindi lang ang kalayaang magpahayag kundi lalo na ang karapatang igiit na maging bahagi tayo ng pag-gu-gubyerno. Dahil tayo ang nakatitiyak ng ating pangangailangan. Tayo ang nakakararanas ng…
Women in the Frontlines Usapang Kababaihan: VAW, Aksiyunan at Tugunan Host: Clarissa Militante Guests: Catherine Nañola-Taleño, Haven for Women Elgin Mazo, Inter-Agency Council on Violence Against Women and Their Children Atty. Krissi Shafina Twyla Rubin, Commission on Human Rights Jeanette Ampog, Talikala, Inc. Submit your contribution online through HRonlinePH@gmail.com Include your full name, e-mail address,…
#EndEnforcedDisappearance Poster-Making Competition Background: Enforced disappearance is one of the cruelest offenses that can be committed against a human person. For Desaparecidos (disappeared victims) and their families, it involves multiple violations of many of the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Clearly, enforced disappearance wreaks a devastating impact on people. The concealment…
Without a Mother’s Love Fr. Shay Cullen 15 May 2020 In many places, people are enjoying the freedom of release from lock-down and so they should in safety and with great care so that they do not infect anyone else if they are asymptomatic. Our lives are changed and our lifestyle has to adapt, adjust,…
HRW reaction to the violation of quarantine rules by Metro Manila police chief: Metro Manila’s police chief Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas should be disciplined for his flagrant violation of the Philippines’ strict quarantine and lockdown regulations. His superiors should not allow Sinas to play this double standard game, where he celebrates his birthday with friends…
Groups Push for Consumer Protection from Misleading Product Claims amid the COVID-19 Crisis 14 May 2020, Quezon City. Two non-government organizations today reminded online consumers to be cautious of product advertisements that promise to prevent, treat, or cure the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a joint statement, Laban Konsyumer Inc. (a consumer protection group) and…
Assistance to private school teachers reiterated While the government is now downgrading the ECQ policies in most of Luzon and the DepEd is already discussing its plans to re-open public school by August 24, a group of education reform and teachers’ rights advocates reiterates its appeal to help private school teachers affected by the crisis.…
#WokeDtalk Episode 2 – #HumanRights Talk na may Games – Y4R & TFDP Pls click the image to watch the video or proceed to our youtube channel. search Woke D’ Talk on youtube. Submit your contribution online through HRonlinePH@gmail.com Include your full name, e-mail address, and contact number. All submissions are republished and redistributed in…
Once a #HumanRights Defender, always a #HumanRights Defender Online discussion with Pinoy HRDs abroad amidst #COVID19 Submit your contribution online through HRonlinePH@gmail.com Include your full name, e-mail address, and contact number. All submissions are republished and redistributed in the same way that it was originally published online and sent to us. We may edit submission…
May araw din ang mga ina… Aakalain mo na iyon ay karaniwang gabi. Sa isang iglap tinangay at pinatay ng buwitre at ng kanyang galamay: Mga anak na minsa’y may minimithi. Hindi pa rin umaaraw. Ang Pebong Silang ay balot sa takot Maging sa mga pabaong bangungot. “Totoo ba ito?” Nais mong magduda… Ililihis sa…
[HR101] Narito ang mga dapat mong gawin kung nagkaroon ng paglabag ng karapatang pantao sa panahon ng COVID-19: Please click the link fo more: Submit your contribution online through HRonlinePH@gmail.com Include your full name, e-mail address, and contact number. All submissions are republished and redistributed in the same way that it was originally published…
Environmental and Food Security Advocates Say Home Composting and Farming Should Form Part of the Post-COVID “New Normal” 11 May 2020, Quezon City. Advocates for environmental protection and food security cited the importance of home composting and gardening as the country grapples with the dire impacts of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on people’s lives…
TDC Reaction on Senate Education Committee Inquiry on COVID-19 Impact “The inquiry proposed by Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian is an appropriate step. We need to know the impact of COVID-19 to education sector so we could properly analyze and take the necessary response. In formulating policies to cope with the ‘new normal’ we have to consider…
The coronavirus is the monstrous product of the present nefarious global system The whole world now is once again in the middle of an international humanitarian crisis whose extent and magnitude are utterly pervasive. This is brought about by a virus which is now pandemic and threatens the whole existence of humanity. The coronavirus which…
BLACK FRIDAY ONLINE PROTEST #NoToABSCBNShutdown May 8, 2020 5pm Join us in our online protest tomorrow (May 8) at 5pm, contesting NTC’s cease and desist order against one of the country’s largest broadcasting company, ABS-CBN. We also encourage everyone to wear black and post their photos on their social media accounts with the hashtag: #NoToABSCBNShutdown…
L.D.R. with OFWs. Let’s Discuss Rights with Overseas Filipino Workers. Online discussion on the situation of Filipinos abroad during the CoViD19 crisis. GUESTS/DISCUSSANTS: 1) Ms. Kris Bachiller, Switzerland 2) Ms. Myrla Baldonado, USA 3) Mr. Javar Manito, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 4) Mr. Mark Orcine, India 5) Ms. Liza Lopez-Pedersen, Sweden 6) Ms. Jasmin Sanchez,…
NTC order vs. ABS CBN endangers welfare of public battling COVID19 crisis- iDEFEND In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND) expresses alarm at the cease and desist order by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) against ABS-CBN despite the media organization’s application for the renewal of its franchise, which has been filed months earlier…
Fight COVID-19 and the Virus of Abuse Defend the People’s Right to Know Statement of the Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition 06 May 2020 Press freedom and freedom of information are bedrock freedoms — paramount enablers of our people’s rights to health, livelihood, education, and life itself. The shutdown of ABS-CBN is clear evidence…
NAGKAISA appreciates the DOLE’s efforts to provide aid to more than a million workers. We, however, note that DOLE still failed to reach its target of 1.6 million workers. Sadly, this target is way too low compared to at least 25 million workers affected by the pandemic, as estimated by the Ateneo Center for Economic…
Statement on ABS-CBN shutdown NASSA/CARITAS PH May 6, 2020 On May 5, 2020, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has issued a cease-and-desist order against broadcast media giant, ABS-CBN, due to the expiration of its congressional franchise citing Republic Act 3846 or the Radio Control Law. Since 2016, ABS-CBN worked for a franchise renewal, and bills…
Lagman: NTC must not be the scapegoat for the house leadership’s dereliction The National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) must not be used as the scapegoat for the patent failure of the leadership of the House of Representatives to resolutely push for the seasonable renewal of ABS-CBN’s franchise. There is no other solution to the dilemma of…
Statement of the EcoWaste Coalition on the Shut Down of ABS-CBN 6 May 2020 The EcoWaste Coalition, a non-profit environmental health organization, condemns the action by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ordering the media outfit ABS-CBN to cease broadcast while the entire nation is engrossed on addressing the myriad of health and socio-economic problems brought…
Philippines: Put Network Back on Air Duterte Should Rescind ABS-CBN Shutdown; Congress Should Renew License (Manila, May 7, 2020) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte should rescind an order to shut down ABS-CBN, the country’s largest broadcast television and radio network, Human Rights Watch said today. The House of Representatives, whose inaction on bills to renew…
