Top cop sacked over farmers’ killing also tagged in 2013 ‘hitman’ slay A police chief who was recently removed from his post over the killing of 14 farmers in Negros Oriental was also involved in a controversial arrest effort that killed an alleged hitman 6 years ago, a congressman said Wednesday. Erstwhile Negros Oriental police…
Negros Oriental residents terrified in wake of killing of 14 Residents terrified by the killing of 14 persons in coordinated police and military operations in Negros Oriental on Saturday have been sleeping in the middle of sugarcane fields, plantations, and in other people’s houses. Citing a report from a priest in the community, San Carlos…
Foster the empowerment of women and children There is a rising tide of “people power” in the world today, and it is female power. Women are standing up and speaking out as never before and more people are sitting up and listening to what they have to say. Their message is basic, straightforward and its…
Supreme Court orders release of all ‘Tokhang’ police reports The Supreme Court has ordered the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to release all ‘Oplan Tokhang’ police reports to human rights groups and victims that questioned the legality of the government’s war on drugs. “The Court just ordered the Solicitor General to submit the police…
Human rights are once again threatened and violated in the island of Negros! KAISAHAN, a legal rights NGO advocating on the land rights of landless farmers in Negros Occidental, condemns the brutal killing of the fourteen (14) farmers of Negros Oriental during a series of joint operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)…
Investigate killing of 14 people in police operations Amnesty International is alarmed at the killing of 14 people in Negros Oriental province, in southern Philippines, on 30 March. The victims, many of whom were identified by their families and by local groups as farmers and community leaders, were killed in three separate locations during police…
‘Drug War’-Style Lawlessness Spirals in Philippines 14 Farmers, Peasant Leader Killed in Negros ‘Anti-Crime Operations’ By Carlos H. Conde Researcher, Asia Division Human Rights Watch “Drug war”-style lawlessness in the Philippines may be spiraling out of control. Philippine authorities said the police and military killed 14 people during anti-crime operations over the weekend in the…
AMRSP Statement on the occasion of Confessio Peccati 2019 Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are gathered today for our annual Confessio Peccati in order to express the sincere repentance of our sins and to ask for forgiveness from God. First and foremost, we ask for the forgiveness of Christ, our teacher, and master, whom we…
Wife relates killing of husband, brother in PNP, Army ops Ismael Avelino was sleeping at home with his wife Leonora and two young children in Barangay Panubigan in Canlaon City in Negros Oriental on Saturday. At around 2:30 a.m., they were roused from sleep when at least six heavily armed men wearing masks barged into…
Cartoonists showcase work on human rights More than a hundred cartoonists from around the world have gathered in the central Philippine city of Cebu this week to showcase their work. This year’s exhibition focused on the issue of human rights and how they are being abused or respected in different parts of the world. Bern…
‘Kaliwa Dam project will destroy us, our homes’ —Dumagat tribe Indigenous People’s (IP) group in Infanta, Quezon province and in Tanay, Rizal traveled to the city to air their grievances against the construction of the controversial Kaliwa Dam project. The Kaliwa Dam project is being eyed as a solution to the recurring problems in water…
Four Cases of Prostituted Women in Four Minutes CATW-AP and SENTRO started our healing program, including women’s rights training, with women survivors of the State’s drug-related killings in 2017. 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…
Press Freedom Part 1 | Threats In this short video, journalists Ezra Acayan, Ed Lingao, JC Gotinga, Pia Ranada, Jason Gutierrez and Inday Espina-Varona speak of the attack against the free press, and what will stop them from reporting. #DefendPressFreedom Submit your contribution online through HRonlinePH@gmail.com Include your full name, e-mail address and contact…
We will not be silenced, we will fight back NUJP supports alternative media group’s case vs. cyberattackers March 29, 2019 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines fully supports the civil case filed by our affiliates in the alternative media against the people and groups identified to be behind the recent cyber attacks against…
[On Maria Ressa’s arrest] Resist the Silence: Stand with Rappler and the independent Philippine press March 29, 2019 Rappler has clearly become the whipping boy of the Duterte administration as it seeks to silence or intimidate the independent and critical press. Apparently not content with the barrage of lawsuits already filed against the news outfit,…
Secure our land, secure our food We express our indignation on the increasing and unprecedented repression of rural and urban communities, human rights defenders and worsening threats on their right to land, food, and resources. Landlessness sprout among Filipino farmers, indigenous people, rural women and youth, and other marginalized rural and urban sectors that greatly…
FDC Statement on Reclamation March 26, 2019 No to unbridled land reclamation in the Manila Bay and other areas of the country We, at the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC), are alarmed at the massive land reclamation projects being hatched by some government officials and business personalities. The total coastal area being programmed for land…
PMPI Statement on the ICC complaint against President Xi Jinping The Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) lauds the move of Filipino fisherfolk and former top government officials for filing a complaint against Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Chinese officials for crimes against humanity. On March 15, Filipino fisherfolk in the West Philippine Sea together…
Justice for Jerwin Roj Royupa! Migrante Australia, a national alliance of organisations advocating for Filipino migrants mourns the death of Jerwin Roj Royupa, a 21-year old newly arrived Filipino migrant worker. Jerwin came to Australia just 5 weeks ago on a traineeship visa. He died on 15th of March 2019 after allegedly jumping from a…
ICC exit removes protection for Filipinos-iDEFEND The Philippines’ withdrawal from its membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC) means that an important legal mechanism enforcing some of the most advanced international cooperation for justice will be out of reach for Filipinos, especially those working in dangerous and conflict-ridden countries. Although withdrawing from the ICC will…
