Pahayag ng Alternative Law Groups ukol sa brutal na pagpaslang kay Atty. Benjamin Ramos Mariing kinokondena ng Alternative Law Groups (ALG) ang pagpatay kay Atty. Benjamin Tarug Ramos, founding member ng National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) at Secretary General ng NUPL Negros Occidental Chapter. Noong nakaraang Martes, ika-anim ng Nobyembre, pinagbabaril ng dalawang hindi…
Cause I am Imelda? ni Rene Boy Abiva “We have to take into consideration may edad na kasi. In any arrest or anybody for that matter, that has to be taken [into] consideration, the age, the health, alam naman natin na andyan siya.” – PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde Sentensyado ng anim at isang buwan hanggang…
DOJ’s indictment of Rappler and its founder, Maria Ressa for tax evasion and failure to file tax returns a desperate attempt to shut down one of the critical voices in Philippine journalism -HRW The move by the Philippine Department of Justice to indict Rappler and its editor and founder, Maria Ressa, for tax evasion and…
Amidst the yuletide cheer, another rights defender gunned-down The Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes, Inc. (PNFSP) condemns the cold-blooded murder of our colleague and fellow development worker and people’s lawyer, Atty. Benjamin Tarug Ramos. Atty. Ben, as what we all call him, is the founding member of Paghida-et sa Kauswagan Development Group, Inc. (PDG),…
Another Rights Lawyer Murdered in the Philippines Killing Highlights Land Conflict in Negros By Carlos H. Conde Researcher, Asia Division Human Rights Watch @condeHRW By most accounts, Benjamin Ramos died doing exactly what he had always done as a human rights lawyer: helping his clients free of charge. On the evening of November 6, Ramos…
Philippines: Independently Probe Police ‘Hitmen’ Top Official Admits Law Enforcement Role in Killings (Manila, November 6, 2018) – The Philippine government should create an independent commission to investigate the role of police officers in the killings of drug suspects, Human Rights Watch said today. A top law enforcement official recently admitted that police officers working…
Teachers sought implementation of 52-year old Magna Carta The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) said that the implementation of Magna Carta for Public School Teachers (RA 4670), a law which was enacted 52 years ago will solve many of the teachers’ present woes and would amount to more than P3, 000.00 promise of anniversary bonus for…
Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND) Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) 02 November 2018 Having no tombs to visit, the families of victims of enforced disappearance and other human rights defenders hold their traditional All Souls’ Day commemoration today at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani grounds in Quezon City. A daupang-palad begins at…
Asukal na Pula (alay sa Sagay 9) ni Rene Boy Abiva Sagay… sa ibabaw ng lupa mong tiwangwang na wari sa ‘sang ulog dekada ka nang kaulayaw ng mga pagal na kaluluwa ng mga sakada at ang maalat-maasim nilang pawis ang tumubog sa katas ng bawat sangang nakatirik na anong tamis na sa katas ng…
GSIS at DEPED ang may pagkukulang, bakit guro ang parurusahan? Hanggang sa bukas, Oktubre 31 na lamang ang ibinigay na deadline ng GSIS para i-settle ang ‘due and demandable’ charges sa utang ng mga guro. Pinalawig na panahon na ito upang maghanap ang mga guro ng perang ibabayad sa mga sinasabing charges at interes. Pero…
Cyclists, advocates call ‘Dahan-dahan sa daan ’ for safer roads in Iloilo City Iloilo City, Philippines — More than 300 cyclists gathered on October 27, Saturday, at Park Square, Iloilo Business Park to call for safer roads in Iloilo City during the Road Safety Bike Ride organized by the artist-activist group DAKILA, together with public…
https://www.facebook.com/events/2230343803653047/ The Great LEAN Run (TGLR) is a joint undertaking by the UP Sandigan para sa Mag-aaral at Sambayanan Alumni (UP SAMASA) and the UP Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs (UP OVCSA). It is a celebration of the life of Leandro L. Alejandro, one-time UP Student Council Chairman, and the most popular youth…
iDEFEND renews call for an end to the war on drugs, citing IDPC report The International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) report on the global failure to address illegal drugs cited the gruesome results of drug wars waged around the world: A 145 per cent increase in drug-related deaths over the last decade, totaling a harrowing…
Stop the electioneering and use of political propaganda in the 12th National Youth Parliament The Youth for Human Rights and Democracy seeks accountability from the National Youth Commission (NYC) and its organizing committees for allowing electioneering and use of political propaganda in the 12th National Youth Parliament (NYP). According to reports from delegates, certain politicians…
Labor rights group cries justice for 9 massacred farm workers in Negros Occidental The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns in strongest possible term the massacre of nine sugarcane workers, including four women and two minors, in Hacienda Nene, Barangay Bulanon, Sagay City, Negros Occidental yesterday October 20, 2018. While resting in…
IP Struggle and the Law: Policy Review and Film Showing by Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center October is Indigenous People’s Month! Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center is organizing a launch of a policy review/critique of laws affecting indigenous peoples on OCTOBER 26 at 8:30 am. This will be at the PRRM Building along…
AFAD Expresses Concern over the Election of India, Philippines and Bangladesh in the United Nations Human Rights Council The Asian Federation Against Enforced Disappearances (AFAD) expresses serious concern over the election of some of the 18 new member states into the United Nations Human Rights Council. Among the elected states of the Asia Pacific region,…
The Man Who Said, “You Shall not Kill” Fr. Shay Cullen He was born the son of poor farm workers and he grew up hungry and deprived and he was like the millions of poor who don’t know the root causes of their rural poverty. The poor struggle to overcome those sufferings and hardships as…
JOIN US in celebrating Tutoy’s 21st birthday. The family of Karl Anthony ‘Tutoy’ Nuñez, a budding youth leader whose basketball career was cut short by six gun shots from two unidentified gunmen last December 26, 2017, would like to invite you in commemorating Totoy’s 21st birthday this October 20, 2018. The Nuñez family wishes to…
Start There: You(th) Can Shape Tomorrow by NoBox Transitions Foundation, Inc. Nowadays, when we watch the news, scroll though our timelines, or read tweets, we are left with a sense of “ugh, this again!” Is there anything left we can do?? People from different fields will share their stories about how they, in their own…
Teachers press for implementation of six-hour workday nationwide The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) again reminded the Department of Education (DepEd) to issue policy to implement the six-hour workday with uniformity. The TDC said that by next week, public schools will have its semestral break to give way for the school-based in-service trainings (INSET) of teachers.…
Freedom of Expression Conference or FreeXP.con2 is second instalment of the Free XP.con including 7th Human Rights Pinduteros Choice Awards of the Human Rights Online Philippines held last 1-2 December 2017 in Quezon City that gathered 46 human rights defenders, journalists and bloggers. FreeXP.con2 will highlight the situation of freedom of opinion and expression (FoE)…
THE 8TH HR PINDUTEROS CHOICE AWARDS The HR Pinduteros Choice is BACK! The online event that recognizes human rights defenders’ online activities (Individuals and groups) that informed, inspired and mobilized the online readers to our common cause that is to promote, defend and assert human rights utilizing the internet as a tool. Online polling…
Philippines does not belong to UNHRC – iDEFEND The Philippines (Government) does not belong in the UN Human Rights Council and its membership must be rescinded or suspended for miserably failing to uphold human rights standards. The UN Human Rights Council should hold the GRP accountable to standards expected of members. The Duterte administration continues…
Isa-isa nilang inuubos ang maralita Tila baga masakit sa mata ang mga dukha Itinitimbuwang na lang ang mga walang-wala Gipit na nga’y ginigipit, dukha’y isinusumpa Iniisip bang krimen at droga’y di na lumala? Laksa ang pinaslang, kayraming nasayang na buhay Ang karapatang mabuhay ay hinayaang tunay Naglipana sa komunidad ang maraming bangkay Gamit ang kapangyarihan,…
