More than five (5) years!!! after typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) ravaged part of central Philippines in November 2013, the 1,500 farmer and fisherfolk families of Sicogon Island, in Carles Iloilo, are threatened to lose their right to land, food, housing, and water. The families lost everything due to the typhoon and since that time they are…
NO to Burying Marcos in Heroes’ Cemetery Burying Ferdinand E. Marcos alongside our nation’s heroes who fought for our freedom is an affront to the thousands of lives tortured and murdered during his reign. A hero does not take away freedom, he campaigns for it and fights for its survival for the sake of others.…
Impartial and fair verdict for human rights defender Cocoy Tulawie! Ensure his safety and security! Temogen “Cocoy” Tulawie is a human rights defender from the Sulu region in Mindanao, the Philippines. He is the founder of the local human rights group Bawgbug and member of several civil society organizations where he was responsible for campaigns…
Kick big polluters out of climate policy! Today, we are facing real threats to lives and livelihoods as a result of the severe and potentially irreversible impacts of climate change. The scientific community conveys this message with increasing urgency: we must act quickly to stop the extraction of fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions. But…
Never Forget Mary Jane Veloso: Our Fight for Clemency #grasiuntukmaryjane Dear all, The ASEAN Youth Forum (AYF) started a campaign a few weeks ago in need of support to ask President Joko Widodo to grant grasi or clemency for Mary Jane Veloso, Filipina migrant on death row yet is now proven victim of the drug…
Take Action: Urge Philippines Congress to #StopTheDiscrimination! February 9, 2015 Vote for this campaign for the 5th HR Pinduteros’ Choice Awards… The Issue For more than a decade, the Philippines Congress has delayed taking action on the enactment of a comprehensive anti-discrimination bill. Now, a broad coalition of Filipino activists is urging Congress to take…
Pls. sign the petition to support an oil palm moratorium in Palawan Dear all, An international campaign to support the indigeneous peoples’ and farmers’ call for an oil palm moratorium in Palawan has now been lauched by our partner Rainforest Rescue. Our tentative target is to obtain around 100,000 online signatures to pressure the Provincial…
Pinepetisyon si Mr. Ben Chan Stop degrading women in your products and advertisements. Take concrete actions to ensure this degradation does not happen again. Petisyon ni Edna Aquino Manila, Philippines Shoemart and Bench have violated the Magna Carta of Women (Republic Act 9710) provision on “non-discriminatory and non-derogatory portrayal of women in media and film…
Take action for women workers’ rights and an end to gender-based violence at work! Gender-based violence in the workplace is a pernicious and global labor and human rights violation that particularly impacts women, their well-being, and their participation in the economy and society. Whether occurring at the actual place of work or on the way…
Pinepetisyon si Budget Sec. Florencio Abad A Call to Restore the Budget Needed in 2015 for the Proper Implementation of Overseas Voting in the 2016 Elections Petition by Overseas Filipinos Overseas Filipinos, many of them working under harsh conditions, are called mga Bagong Bayani (New Heroes) by the Philippine government. They not only support entire clans.…
Pinepetisyon si Benigno Aquino III Sign and Ratify the International Convention on Enforced Disappearance By AFAD Enforced disappearance is a crime involving secret abduction and/or imprisonment that violates a number of a person’s basic rights such as the the right to security and dignity, right to fair trial, right not to be tortured, right to…
Tell Philippines’ seafood giant Citra Mina to respect the human rights of their workers! Seafood giant Citra Mina is the Philippines’ second largest exporter of tuna, doing billions of dollars in sales to the European, Asian and North American markets under the Philfresh brand. This hugely profitable Group, however, is violating the human rights of…
Sign petition to urge our government to vote for the resolution on the establishment of a treaty on Business and Human Rights at the Human Rights Council, voting on the resolution will be on June 26 or 27. Sign petition now! It is the obligation of the Government to protect human rights of its people.…
Appeal for President Aquino to release Juanito “Nitoy” Itaas Dear President Benigno Simeon Aquino III: Greetings. Juanito Itaas is one of the country’s 328 political prisoners and detainees. It has been 25 years since he was arrested, tortured, wrongfully accused, and eventually, unjustly convicted and imprisoned for the killing of U.S. Army Col. James Rowe…
Senator Jinggoy Estrada: RESIGN IMMEDIATELY..because honor must be restored in the Senate By #ScrapPork Network More than seven months after the August 2013 Million People March, which called for an end to pork and the punishment of all abusers of pork, the Office of the Ombudsman has finally indicted three very high government officials: Senators…
Stand up for your right to safe food Rice is the Philippines’ main staple and is also consumed by more than half of the world’s population every day. The diversity of our rice is a valuable resource for developing new varieties with improved yields and can withstand diseases and environmental conditions without compromising human health…
Send Snowden home HRonlinePH.com signed this petition to safeguard Snowden and defend democracy everywhere. Please sign the petition too. The world’s greatest whistleblower is stuck in the Russian winter, facing solitary confinement, ridicule, and life in prison if US agents grab him. But this week, we could help get him to safety. Edward Snowden exposed…
Pinepetisyon si Administrator The Medical City: Please give back by setting up one mobile hospital in any of the provinces hit by super Typhoon Yolanda Petisyon ni Pia Maria Magalona Antipolo City, Philippines Many survivors of super typhoon Yolanda are in need of immediate medical care but they have nowhere to go. Almost all hospitals and…
Pinepetisyon si PhilHealth President & CEO Alex Padilla PHILHEALTH: Itigil ang napipintong dagdag bayad sa premium mula P1,200 na magiging P2,400 simula sa Enero 2014 Petisyon ni lee canete sa change.org Sa darating na Enero 2014 ay sisimulan na ng PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION na gawing P2,400 ang babayaran kada taon ng bawat OFW na member…
Concerned Agencies: Support the IDP’s return home and rehabilitation Petition by Al Bahra Zamboanga City, Philippines A RESOLUTION MANIFESTING THE UNANIMOUS, INFORMED-CHOICE OF THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS [IDP] OF ZAMBOANGA CITY TO RETURN TO THEIR PLACE OF RESIDENCE WITH FULL SUPPORT FROM VARIOUS SECTORS FOR THE EXERCISE OF THEIR RIGHT TO RETURN VOLUNTARILY TO THEIR…
