Hidden Victims of the Pandemic: The Old Man, the Jail Aide, and the Convict Three persons deprived of liberty describe how inhuman conditions in the country’s jails and prisons are placing them at greater risk amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are their accounts as told to Aie Balagtas See. The images, drawn by Alexandra Paredes,…
UATC ONLINE LECTURE SERIES: Torture and ill-treatment in time of COVID19 pandemic An online discussion on the impact of the government protective measures against COVID19 to civil liberties and fundamental rights under community quarantine organized by the United Against Torture Coalition held on June 17. Submit your contribution online through HRonlinePH@gmail.com Include your full name,…
Teachers may need ‘internet’ allowance, local support -TDC With the looming ‘new normal’ in education, the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) asks the Department of Education (DepEd) for a sort of internet allowance to boost their existing cash allowance popularly known as “chalk allowance’ intended to for materials they use for teaching. “With this drastic change…
Illegal arrests are terrorist acts; HB 6875, unconstitutional Ecumenical Institute of Labor Education and Research (EILER) strongly condemns the illegal arrests conducted by state forces this week with which six jeepney drivers from Caloocan and seven labor rights defenders from Cebu are currently detained. It has been several days since the Northern Police District illegally…
Geneva and Manila, 02 June 2020 – The members of the Women and Torture Working Group, a joint regional initiative of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Philippines Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), express concern over the disproportionate impact Covid-19 is having on women. The social, political, and economic sectors, in which women…
Free the Piston 6, allow jeepney drivers to resume their livelihood While public discussion on Anti-Terrorism Bill is raging, six (6) jeepney drivers and members of the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON) were arrested and detained on June 2 at Caloocan City Jail when 30 of them, wearing face masks and observing…
Teachers welcome Senate approval of School Calendar Revision Bill The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) commends the action of both Houses of Congress to the bill that seeks to empower the president to set the opening of classes beyond August. The bill will amend a certain provision of RA 7797 which limits the opening of classes…
Labor NGO underscores PUV phaseout will not help the real drivers of PH economy Lifting the restrictions of quarantine after disrupting the livelihood of millions takes a huge blow in the economy and will further topple down if workers from the transport sector are being pushed to their extremes, according to Labor NGO Ecumenical Institute…
TDC reaction on teachers’ June 1 tasks and opening of SY 2020-2021 Like what we have said in the past, as long as the safety of school personnel and learners is ensured, our teachers will gladly comply. They are patiently doing different tasks- virtual and physical even during the Community Quarantine period and they are…
Urgent Justice Mechanism Needed for Repatriated Migrant Workers A Large Coalition of Civil Society and Global Trade Unions Launch a Call for an Urgent Justice Mechanism for Repatriated Migrant Workers On June the 1st, 2020, a large coalition of civil society organizations and global trade unions launched a call for an urgent justice mechanism for…
Joint statement Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND) and Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) on the International Week of the Disappeared, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic cannot obliterate enforced disappearance. On the contrary, it may even exacerbate the perpetration of this global scourge. As we kick off the International Week of the Disappeared (IWD)…
“Kumusta ka na?” ni Leni del Rosario Malaki. Malaking malaki ang ambag ng manggagawa sa buhay ng bansa. Atsa kasalukuyan ay malinaw na nakikitang kung walang manggagawa ay walang kakayanang tumakbo ang isang bansa. At walang yamang paghahatian ang iilang nagsasamantala sa lakas pag-gawa. Bukambibig ngayon ang pagpipilit na magbalik trabaho na ang mga manggagawa…
KALMA: Mental Health sa Gitna ng COVID19 May 22, 2020 • Biyernes, 4PM Kasama sina: Edel Parducho Psychologist Medical Action Group (MAG) Malaya Lara Volunteer Psychometrician Medical Action Group (MAG) Dr. Julia Racquel Rimando-Magalong Epidemiologist, Pathologist, Board Member Medical Action Group (MAG) Submit your contribution online through HRonlinePH@gmail.com Include your full name, e-mail address, and…
Prisons and COVID-19: the real lockdown A third of the world’s population are facing some level of restriction on their movement as governments attempt to contain the novel coronavirus. Limits on ‘normal’ life range from mass gatherings to complete ‘lockdowns’ with penalties for leaving home without the required paperwork. Lockdowns have also been seen in…
On the August 24 ‘new normal’ school opening: address the gaps and fulfill basic requisites first DEPED is poised on opening this school year on August 24 amidst confusion and disarray on the ground. Parents are opting not to send their children to school pending vaccine and assurance of safety against the contagion. Teachers and…
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THE URBAN POOR: A CALL TO ACTION An Open Letter to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Its Member Agencies The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a myriad of crises among the urban poor in the Philippines. With rising COVID-19 cases in major urban…
Ibang Klase Onlayn talakayan tungkol sa edukasyon sa gitna ng CoViD19. Action and Solidarity for the Empowerment of Teachers (ASSERT) Teachers Dignity Coalition (TDC) KAISA-UP Student Council Alliance of the Philippines (SCAP) 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…
BUILDING OUR RESPONSE ON COVID-19 AND DETENTION OMCT Guidance brief to the SOS-Torture Network and partner organizations This brief intends to provide evidence-based support and good practices for the protection of one of the most vulnerable groups of individuals affected by the COVID-19 outbreak: those deprived of liberty. It is addressed to members of the…
Together, let us put hope in the hearts of each other while not forsaking our principles on human rights and social justice As we enter the second wave of the enhanced community quarantine and the national health emergency it is understandable that many of us are already reeling from the impact of our protective distancing,…
Statement of CHR Spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on recent COVID-19 measures that impact the right to privacy and free choice of employment At this stage of the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID) pandemic, we are seeing the steady growth of confirmed cases, the increasing number of deaths, and the growing challenges that beset our public…
