What’s short for murder? – Abbreviations of the Philippine civil society by Joonas Rundgren March 3, 2015 One of the first challenges I faced working in a Philippine human rights NGO was the working language. By this I don’t mean the often confusing mix of English and Tagalog, but the amount of abbreviations you can sometimes hear in just one
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Human Rights Advocates Say “Never Again to Martial Law!Never Again to the Marcoses!” Human rights advocates led by the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) vow to never let martial law happen in the country again. In “Remember Repression…Remember Courage…Remember Resistance – A Gathering of Human Rights Defenders”, victims of human rights violations during martial law recalled their experiences
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Human rights group: CHR Commissioners as defenders or violators of human rights? A human rights group demanded in a press conference on September 26,2013 that alleged acts and practices of corruption of the two Commissioners of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHRP) be investigated promptly and effectively by an independent committee. The Philippine Alliance of Human Rights
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Unchecked corruption violates human rights In solidarity with the people’s outrage against PDAF And all forms of corruption and corruptive practices August 26, 2013 A government’s ability to respect, protect and fulfil human rights – social, cultural, political, economic and civil – will ultimately be defined by the levels and systemic nature of corruption in those States. –United Nations Convention Against Corruption Fighting corruption
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Honoring women human rights defenders (HRDs) and uniting with women HRDs against impunity March 8, 2013 On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) salutes and honors all women who defend human dignity – their own and that of others, who assert women’s rights as human rights and who fight to end impunity
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Break Impunity: Anti-Enforced Disappearance Law Now! We strongly urge President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to sign into law the Anti- Enforced Disappearance bill on Monday, December 10, 2012, as we commemorate the International Human Rights Day, to show his administration’s clear resolve to uphold human rights and end impunity. There is no better day for the President to reaffirm his
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Finalists for 2nd HR Pinduteros choice for Human Rights Web Site Here are the Ten Most Clicked Human Rights Web Site posted in HRonlinePH.com. Please support your favorite Web Site and help us decide who will be our 2nd HR Pinduteros choice for Human Rights Web Site. Voting starts now and ends on 12 midnight of November 20, 2012. To
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Republic Act No. 10175: legislating “one (1) degree higher” for impunity Our human right to the freedom of information has not yet been made justiciable, already a law is readied to curtail our human right to the freedom of expression. Republic Act No. 10175 – AN ACT DEFINING CYBERCRIME, PROVIDING FOR THE PREVENTION, INVESTIGATION, SUPPRESSION AND THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES
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TFDP: Human Rights not a priority of PNoy Today Task Force Detainees of the Philippines declared that human rights are not a priority of PNoy. “It seems that PNoy is a hopeless case. One year after the 2011 hunger strike for Freedom and Human Rights of political prisoners, his government has not released a single political detainee. In fact, this
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Defeating ‘twisted culture’ of torture Ending practice requires ‘open declaration of war‘ on perpetrators by Dr. Renato Mabunga ucanews.com On Tuesday, the United Nations marked the “International Day in Support of Torture Victims.” It was a significant day filled with simple and substantial ironies. In Manila, about 600 human rights advocates, military and police personnel “tortured” motorists who were stranded
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