EU reiterates commitment to end torture during the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture The European Union reiterated its commitment to promote human rights and to eliminate torture during a forum, “End Torture in the Philippines” with the Medical Action Group (MAG) and Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) held in Makati…
Sa bawat tulos ng kandila sa bawat Byernes ng gabi Ay ang nauupos na KATARUNGAN ni Rio Ejercito Monge Himbing tayo sa mga oras na ito Yapos kita at gayundin ako Payapa ang gabi mahal ko Hanggang sa tayo ay gulantangin Ng isang bulabog mula sa labas Pagsilip ko sa bintana Mga kalalakihan May mga…
THE TOY PROJECT https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Toy-Project/791501380865961 THE TOY PROJECT is a charitable cause that collects toy donations to be distributed among devastated and low-income Filipino children. THE TOY PROJECT teams up with local non-profit organizations and support groups to help in delivering this commitment. Many Filipino children lose their homes in calamities, and there are others who…
Group appeals to SSS, GSIS, Pag-ibig for Visayas teachers The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) once again appealed to the government loan agencies to facilitate faster privileges with lenient terms to the survivors and relatives of the victims of super typhoon Yolanda that swept many provinces of the Visayas including some in Northern Mindanao and Southern…
ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-010-2013 3 April 2013 [RE: AHRC-UAU-036-2012: PHILIPPINES: Two urban poor leaders and 30 others falsely charged with murder] ——————————————————————— PHILIPPINES: Court records, military asset and military documents were used as evidence to affirm fabrication of charges on activists ISSUES: Human rights defenders; administration of…
Rights lawyers eye anti-desaparecido raps vs Baliaga, Ano, others over Burgos By InterAksyon.com April 3, 2013 MANILA, Philippines — Human rights lawyers involved in seeking justice for Jonas Burgos said they would “seriously study” amending the criminal complaint for arbitrary detention and obstruction of justice they filed over the abduction of the activist to the…
Asian NGO Coalition (ANGOC), is looking for a Project Officer/Research Assistant: – Assist in the development of project proposals related to knowledge management, research and information – Provide assistance in research work on land, agriculture, food security as discussed with Program Staff and Management For more details/inquiries: ANGOC 73-K Dr. Lazcano Street Barangay Laging Handa…
DIGITEL Employees – to protest anew at different business offices Geared for hunger strike! DIGITEL Employees are back at different DIGITEL Offices and exchanges on the first day or April to protest against the non-issuance of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Central Office of a writ of execution of the Supreme Court decision on their…
1,000 public hospital workers walk out vs privatization | Sun.Star. October 25, 2012 MANILA — At least 1,000 health workers of state-owned hospitals walked out Thursday in protest of the ongoing “privatization” of hospitals being run by the government. Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) media officer Lovely Tanghal said the health workers left their stations…
‘Desaparecidos’ bill OK’d. 1st law in Asia vs enforced disappearance By Leila B. Salaverria, Norman Bordadora, Philippine Daily Inquirer October 18, 2012 After a campaign over two decades by human rights activists, Congress finally passed a bill principally directed against state agencies that would outlaw acts that result in disappearances, allow the prosecution of perpetrators…
Father Gariguez, 2012 GoldMan Winner will Inspire Minda Leaders Cagayan de Oro City – Father Edu Gariguez, as one of the 6 winners worldwide of Goldman for 2012 was recognized for his efforts to protect the environment and their communities in Mindoro island will be in Cagayan de Oro for the Mindanao Leaders Summit this…
Friends of ECPAT Presents… Puso Para sa Bata (Heart for Children) End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT Philippines) is conducting an awareness raising event and Art Auction. All the profits raised from the event will be directed to the programs that support the children and young people that reside…
Call for genuine reform at ARMM LGU Summit Davao City, June 20, 2012 – Progressive groups met President Noynoy Aquino and local executives of ARMM along KM 7 in Lanang with a picket rally calling for genuine ARMM reform. President Noynoy Aquino III (PNOY) and Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) executives were met by…
Hello Forever Film supports CATW-AP By maizie June 5, 2012 Please tell your friends here and abroad to visit this kickstarter page, and pledge support. The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women – Asia Pacific is a beneficiary of this film project. Please like the film’s facebook page (or you can simply click on the…
Dear Friends, An estimated 1 out of 4 young Filipino women aged 15-24 get pregnant, and approximately 4 of them die each day from complications in pregnancy and childbirth. Yet these numbers do not reflect the struggle that these young women face to save their lives. Neither does it show the rise in early pregnancy…
Dear All, On the last week of May, families of the victims of enforced disappearance around the world will observe the International Week of the Disappeared following the Latin American tradition. To commemorate this occasion in the country, the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) in cooperation with the Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance…
White House Intern Helps KRIS Library’s 500-Scholar Fund Drive By Mary Rose Magcamit Kris Volunteer A young American intern at the White House has donated to the online fund-raising drive of the Kristiyano-Islam Peace Library (KRIS) which has committed to send 500 young but smart Christian and Muslim kids to school in five years. Emily…
PWDs invisible even to human rights advocates By VERA Files | The Inbox April 5, 2012 By CARLO FIGUEROA, VERA Files CAN one marginalized group be more marginalized than the others? Yes, say persons with disabilities (PWDs) who live with this assumption every day. Indeed, a report by the Coalition on the U.N. Convention on…
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Editor’s note: This is the third post in an ongoing series from Russian member centre Committee Against Torture on their use of a Joint Mobile Group to investigation human rights violations, such as torture. See the first and second post. The armed conflict in Chechnya has a long…
Two Bishops, Ex-Political Prisoner Visit New York To Report On Human Rights in the Philippines 17 March 2012 New York – Sixty-seven extrajudicial killings, nine disappearances and 78 political arrests in the first one-and-a-half years in power of President Benigno Aquino III. These and more are part of the report on the human rights situation…
