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[Press Release] CLIMATE WALK: People’s Walk for Climate Justice, 40-day Climate Walk to Tacloban kicks off in Luneta

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CLIMATE WALK: People’s Walk for Climate Justice 40-day Climate Walk to Tacloban kicks off in Luneta MANILA, Philippines, 2 October 2014 — Climate change advocates from various sectors urged world governments to “walk their climate talk” as they launched the Climate Walk, dubbed as “A People’s Walk for Climate Justice.” From the starting point at “Kilometer Zero” in Rizal Park,

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[Press Release] Dakila walks the talk for climate justice

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Dakila walks the talk for climate justice It is believed that a flutter of a butterfly’s wings on one part of the planet may cause a tsunami on the other. When former world leaders did not bat an eyelash about scientists’ warnings about climate change years ago, they allowed for unimaginable consequences, which lashed more at developing countries with little

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[Featured video] March 8, 2013 International Women’s Day by ClydieCandy

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March 8, 2013 International Women’s Day by clydiecandy A feminist flashmob organized by World March of Women-Philippines, participated by Women Human Rights Defenders from different NGOs in the Philippines. Iboto ang iyong #HRPinduterosChoice para sa HR VIDEOS. Ang botohan ay magsisimula ngayon hanggang sa 11:59 ng Nov 15, 2013. Ikaw para kanino ka pipindot? Simple lang bumoto: • pindutin ang inyong

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[Event] Love is…Freedom from Violence!

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Love is…Freedom from Violence! On the 14th of February 2013, we join a global strike to demand an end to violence against women or VAW. This is our independent contribution to the campaign, led by the World March of Women – Pilipinas and organizations who participated in the first flashmob (Dec. 10, 2012) – Alliance of Progressive Labor – Women,

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[People] Top ten issues for human rights in 2012 by Harry Roque

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Top ten issues for human rights in 2012 Harry Roque’s blog Thoughts of an activist lawyer Here’s my choice for the top ten most important developments for Human Rights in the Philippines for 2012: 1. Passage of the Anti-Enforced Disappearance Law. Unfortunately, the passage of this law was overshadowed by the passage of the Reproductive Health Law. I say unfortunate

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[People] Aquino Needs Fewer Words, More Action by Dr. Renato Mabunga

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Aquino Needs Fewer Words, More Action by Dr. Renato Mabunga FREE ZONE http://renatomabunga.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/aquino-needs-fewer-words-more-action/ In 2010 President Benigno Aquino said the process of providing “true and complete justice for all” has begun. Two years later, human rights groups documented 13 cases of summary executions. The latest victim of the assassins was Dutch missionary Wilhelmus Geertman, a Church worker who opted to

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[People] Coal and Mining – The Killing Industries by Fr. Shay Cullen

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Coal and Mining – The Killing Industries by Fr. Shay Cullen Death came swiftly suddenly but not it was not unexpected. One day in October 2011the motor bike pulled into the open entrance in front of the church rectory of Italian missionary, environmentalist and human rights defender Father Fausto Tentorio. When he came out of the rectory the killer pulled

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[Blogger] Social Discourse: The Question of the Right of the People to Peaceably Assemble and the Right to Association by Jose Mario Dolor De Vega

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Social Discourse: The Question of the Right of the People to Peaceably Assemble and the Right to Association by Jose Mario Dolor De Vega The right of the people to peaceably assembled for purposes of petitioning the Government for a redress, of calling the attention of the same with regard to the people’s demand and to air their collective grievances

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