Pagpaslang sa mga mamamahayag sa ilalim ni Aquino, pinuna ng Human Rights Watch
Martsa patungong Mendiola sa ika-apat na taong anibersaryo ng Ampatuan masaker. Jaze Marco Bigo ang gobyerno ng Pilipinas na sundan ng makabuluhang aksiyon ang retorika nitong pagsuporta sa...
View ArticleKillings never stop as counter-insurgency program enters second phase
Julieto Lauron ‘s body (Kilab Multimedia) Human rights group Karapatan accused the Philippine military of trying to offset the failure of Oplan Bayanihan’s first phase by attacking civilians and...
View ArticleAppointment of ex-cop to martial law claims board an insult to victims,...
Martial Law victims denounce the appointment of former police general as head of the compensation board. (Contributed Photo/Selda) Human rights group Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensiyon at...
View ArticleMarcos victims urge Aquino to recall claims board chair
Martial law victims protest the appointment of former PNP Gen. Lina Sarmiento. Contibuted Photo/Selda Victims of the Marcos dictatorship led by Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensiyon at Aresto...
View ArticlePanggigipit sa Courage 2, nagpapatuloy
Nanawagan sa harapan ng DOJ ang mga kawani ng pamahalaan na palayain ang Courage2. Pher Pasion Nadismaya ang mga kawani sa pamahalaan, kasama ang Free Randy and Raul Movement, sa desisyon ng Camarines...
View ArticleUS report on PH rights abuses ‘hypocritical’— Karapatan
President Aquino and US Pres. Barack Obama. Malacanang Photo The United State Department’s2014 Human Rights drew flak from human rights group Karapatan, saying the report is “hypocritical” since the US...
View ArticleOn eve of Women’s Day, female political prisoner freed in Davao City
Vanessa delos Reyes, after her release. Bhong DelRosario A female hors d’combat and political prisoner, injured and in hospital arrest for almost three years at the Southern Philippines Medical...
View ArticleRights groups condemn ‘cover-up’ in massacre of indigenous family in Abra
Youth group Anakbayan condemns the killing of Ligiw family Contributed Photo Human rights groups belied the military’s claim that the killing of three family members of an indigenous people’s tribe in...
View ArticleRights group condemns killing of Bishop Capalla’s brother
Human rights group Karapatan condemned the killing of Romeo Capalla, a fair trade activist and younger brother of Davao Archbishop Emeritus Fernando Capalla. Romeo was shot early evening of March 15 in...
View ArticleRising number of extra-judicial killings in 2014 alarms rights group
Protesters placed symbolic “corpses” in front of the Justice Department office in Manila. Human rights groups condemned alleged military involvement and DOJ’s apparent disinterest in solving in 11...
View ArticleArrest of Benito Tiamzon, Wilma Austria, violates immunity pact, says NDFP
Photos of Wilma Austria and Benito Tiamzon released to media by the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The chief peace negotiator of the revolutionary umbrella group National Democratic Front of the...
View ArticleArrests, extra-judicial killing of activists intensify
Karapatan condemned the spate of killings and the arrests of revolutionaries and supposed sympathizers. PW File Photo / Macky Macaspac Human rights group Karapatan condemned the recent arrest of a...
View ArticleTHROWBACK | Revolutionaries in enemy hands
A scene from the film “The Guerrilla is a Poet” (2013), recreating the military torture of Jose Maria Sison in 1977. What happens after Philippine military and police forces arrest a leader of what it...
View ArticleRights groups slam trumped-up charges vs activists, peace consultants
Human rights groups call for the resumption of GPH-NDF peace talks. Macky Macaspac Human rights groups picketed the Manila Regional Trial Court to call for the junking of murder charges against former...
View ArticleKaanak nina Karen Empeno, Sherlyn Cadapan patuloy na ‘niloloko’ ng militar
Galit ang pamilya ng nawawalang mga estudyanteng sina Karen Empeño at Sherlyn Cadapan sa patuloy umanong “panloloko” ng militar. Nasa larawan: ang mag-asawang Cadapan, kasama si Concepcion Empeño, sa...
View ArticleLarawan | Mag-asawang Tiamzon, sinampahan ng bagong ‘gawa-gawang’ kaso
Ang mag-asawang Tiamzon sa sa sala ni Judge Madonna Echeverri.Macky Macaspac Sinampahan ng panibagong kasong kriminal sina Wilma Austria at Benito Tiamzon, mga lider ng rebolusyonaryong kilusan, sa...
View ArticleMga Lumad, lumikas dahil sa pambobomba ng militar, di dahil tinulak sila ng...
Mga bata ang ilan sa pinaka-apektado ng mga paglabag ng militar sa karapatang pantao. Niel Brene Lopez Dinepensahan ng mga Lumad ang progresibong mga grupo na tumutulong sa kanila sa evacuation camp sa...
View ArticleOpen letter to Aquino, on 7th year of Jonas Burgos’ abduction
Photo by JL Burgos April 27, 2014 Divine Mercy Sunday Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III The President of the Philippines Mr. President: Tomorrow, April 28, 2014, as we sadly commemorate the 7th anniversary...
View Article#DefendTalaingod: Alarming HR violations in Mindanao probed
Military soldiers encamped in civilian houses in Paquibato, Davao City. Kilab Multimedia Alarming human rights violations (HRVs) against indigenous peoples have prompted an ongoing national solidarity...
View ArticleInterview | Datu Guibang Apoga: Manobo resistance leader
Datu Guibang Apoga, fiesty and respected leader of the Talaingod Manobos, with Datu Doluman Dawsay, spokesman for Salugpungan ‘Ta Tanu Ikanugon. KR Guda It was the year 1993 when Datu Guibang Apoga...
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