“This is a clear violation of human rights, especially since the police clearly stated that their actions were for the upcoming anniversary of the EDSA uprising anniversary. Their posturing value of ‘public safety’ is a direct attack on the right to express calls against moves to amend the Constitution, which is the theme of the EDSA anniversary mobilization,” said BAYAN Southern Tagalog.
Category: Human Rights – Front
Journalists, human rights defenders welcome UN expert recommendations
“The Philippine government will become a laughing stock in the international community if it does not heed SR Khan’s findings.”
UN expert calls for abolition of NTF-ELCAC, tolerance of PH gov’t to dissent
“The whole concept of freedom of expression is to be able to say what you want even if it offends the other side. The government should encourage a greater culture of tolerance.” — Special Rapporteur on Free Expression and Opinion Irene Khan
Rights defenders welcome perjury dismissal
Rights groups stressed that the perjury case filed by former National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. in July 2019 was a retaliation for the writ of amparo and habeas data they filed to seek protection from the relentless state-sponsored red-tagging.
What happened since the collapse of peace talks under Duterte
In the last six years since former President Rodrigo Duterte terminated the peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, their peace consultants, including those who publicly participated in the peace process, were subjected to a series of bloody and vicious attacks.
Sisters of abducted farmers demand their brothers’ release
Sisters of two farmers who were abducted in a farming community in Nueva Ecija are still looking for their loved one. Their alleged abduction brings to 11 the total number of disappearances in a span of 16 months under the Marcos Jr. administration.
Remembering the disappeared
Families of the disappeared gathered on Nov. 2 at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani to remember their loved ones who are believed to have been abducted by state forces.
Campus journos, youth activists in Naga decry red-tagging, surveillance
“They [soldiers] should be the ones protecting our youth who speak up, not the ones repressing our rights to speak out.” – Aila Joy Esperida, editor-in-chief of The Democrat.
Ombudsman absolves cops, jail officers in Baby River Nasino case
“Reprimands against few government officials charged in the said cases can be viewed as mere slaps on the wrists, considering the sufferings endured by Nasino and NUPL and the gravity of the offenses. Full accountability for those responsible in violating their rights can be hardly gleaned from these decisions.” – Karapatan
No to rebranding | Progressives fight historical revisionism, expose rights violations on 51st anniversary of martial law
“From the regime of the dictator-father to that of the son, we have endured and fought against tyranny.”
Ombudsman reprimands red-taggers Parlade, Badoy
NUPL Chairperson Edre Olalia said that while they did not achieve full legal redress, the decision “can be viewed as a loud warning shot, as it were.”