The upcoming mid-term polls present an exceptional opportunity for the Filipino people who are now burdened with relentless price hikes, disease epidemics, food shortage, environmental crises, internal conflict and brazen loss of life due to extrajudicial killings, the TRAIN law, Martial Law, misinformation and widespread impunity. The 2019 elections is a defining moment for the…
Group tells public to vote for bets who include human rights agenda in their platforms The May midterm elections would give Filipinos an opportunity to prevent “further erosion” in the country’s democratic traditions and processes, a human rights group said Thursday. “The 2019 elections is a defining moment for the aggrieved Filipino masses, whether we…
2019 polls choice between ‘better lives or doomed souls’ – rights group The upcoming elections would give Filipinos an “exceptional opportunity” to address the human rights crisis and culture of impunity under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, human rights advocates said on Thursday, March 7. “The 2019 elections is a defining moment for the…
Rights Group launch #SampuSigurado for polls Quezon City, Philippines—Human rights group PAHRA (Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates) launched on Thursday what it said were “ten sure wins” in the upcoming May2019 elections. The slate is carried by the campaign called “KARAPAT-DAPAT: KARAPATAN DAPAT”, which focuses on ten agendas for human rights advocacy which they…
The true meaning of EDSA People Power is Us! The celebration of the historic event is not about the personalities who emerged victoriously. It is about unsung heroes of yesterday who vigilantly fought for the nation to be free. EDSA People Power is not about the Aquinos neither their cohorts, who are now brandishing as…
Pahayag ng Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) sa Pagkaka Aresto kay Maria Ressa ng Rappler Malinaw na ang pag aresto sa isang mamahayag dahil sa paggampan ng kanyang tungkulin ay gawain ng isang Duwag at Diktador. Si Maria Ressa ng Rappler ay inaresto sa kasong Cyberlibel na hindi pa naisasabatas noong nangyari ang…
Vacancy Announcement Human Rights Lawyer The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), and the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), are currently seeking to recruit a Human Rights Lawyer for their joint Civil Society United Against Torture Project in Asia. The Human Rights Lawyer will be coordinating two regional Working Groups: the Litigators Working Group…
Workers fight dictatorship, defend human rights! Workers fight dictatorship, defend human rights! The Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) is one with the working class in commemorating Labor Day. We add our voices in solidarity with the toiling masses specifically in demanding for the end of contractualization in the country and the respect, protection…
Defend Rappler. Defend free press The attack against the media is an affront to press freedom. The decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revoke Rappler’s registration for allegedly violating the constitutional restrictions on ownership and control of mass media entities is a blatant effort to silence the media for its critical…
A Grave Abuse of Authority The Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) is gravely alarmed by the recent announcement of PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte appointing former Masiu, Lanao del Sur mayor Nasser Pangandaman Jr. as a new member of the Human Rights Victims’ Claim’s Board (HRVCB) without apparent vacancy of post and at this time…
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS TO GOVERNMENT: COMPLY WITH UPR RECOMMENDATIONS Quezon City- Human rights advocates today held a press conference to report on the events at the recently concluded UN Universal Periodic Review in Geneva. The UPR’s report on the Philippines has been received by the government, which has until September to respond formally to the…
May 17, 2016 Sa mga Human Rights Defenders at mga organisasyon na bumubuo ng human rights community dito sa Pilipinas, Maiinit na pagbati mula sa Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA)! Nahaharap na naman ang Human Rights community sa mga dati at mga bagong hamon ng panahon. Ilan sa mga ito ay ang pagtityak…
Immediately remove CHR Commissioners “Midnight” Appointment!-PAHRA April 20, 2015 Vote for this article for the 5th HR Pinduteros’ Choice Awards… The Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), after judiciously discerning received reliable information, calls for the immediate removal of CHR Chairperson Etta Rosales, Commissioners Ma. Victoria Cardona and Norberto dela Cruz for committing a…
Below was the letter to the Editor of Mr. Max De Mesa of the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), published last March 27, 2015 in the Philippine Daily Inquirer and the scanned copy of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHRP) answer. Read on… Stop corruption, human rights violations inside CHRP. Calling all…
Asian Human Rights Defenders face increasing challenges and threats (Quezon City, 6 December 2014) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), together with its members the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) and the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) reiterated their call to Asian governments, as well as national,…
#HUSGAngBAYAN PARA SA KARAPATANG PANTAO Vote for this campaign for the 5th HR Pinduteros’ Choice Awards… Gobyernong Pnoy: Pamamahala At Kaunlaran Sa Iilan, Disgrasya Sa Karapatan Ng Mas Maraming Mamamayan! Sa ika-5 taon ng pamumuno ni Pangulong Aquino ay sapat na ang ating nakita at naranasan upang makapagbigay ng ating pananaw at husga kung paanong…
PNoy urged to extend deadline for the Martial Law victims’ claim The Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), a coalition of human rights groups, is urging Pres. Noynoy Aquino to immediately act and certify as urgent a Joint Resolution for the extension of filing of Martial Law victims’ claim. Under the Senate Joint Resolution…
PAHRA STATEMENT, July 28, 2014 on the Day of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of the President Sa Matuwid na Daan, Mga Karapatan Patungo Saan, Kung Pati CHRP Ay Di na Maaasahan? After four years as Chief Executive and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), President Benigno S. Aquino…
Pahayag sa Okasyon ng 2014 State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Presidente Benigno Aquin0 III. Isulong ang Karapatang Pantao, Bagong Pulitika, Bagong Ekonomiya, Bagong Sistema Bulok at Huwad ang “Tuwid na Daan” Muling nagigising ang buong bayan samapanlinlang na panunungkulan ng gobyernong Aquino. Bulok at huwad ang “Tuwid na Daan.”Bigo ang masang Pilipinong makaahon…
Prolonging Displacement Until Mid-2015 is an Assault on Human Dignity It is Killing IDP Victims of Displacement Day by Day! Each day that an IDP dies at the Grandstand (Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex) and at Cawa-cawa Boulevard, our humanity is assaulted. Today, death toll is 104, and our humanity is affronted by the fact…
