Human rights group Karapatan urged the governments of Germany and the Czech Republic to raise concerns on the “dire lack of accountability and the continuing killings in the Philippines” as Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is on a state visit in the said countries.
Category: International
Int’l rights groups condemn detention, deportation of Dutch-Filipino activist
According to Migrante-Netherlands, Marikit Saturay was not allowed to talk to her lawyers and her relatives. A uniformed agent was also assigned to guard her during the entire detention period.
Progressives commemorate Filipino-American war, call for a stop to US military intervention
Filipino activists marked the 125th anniversary of the Filipino-American War with a protest against the expansion of US military bases and the US role in genocide in Palestine, Feb. 4.
‘Prevent acts of Genocide in Gaza,’ int’l court tells Israel
“This is a landmark ruling, though short of an actual ceasefire order, that places the burden on Israel and the entire world, to ensure that genocide is not committed.”
Muslim Filipinos call for ceasefire in Gaza, Palestine
“The Western media and the allies of Israel and its main backer the US government keep saying Hamas is a terrorist group attacking Israel and Israeli settlers, but they consistently ignore the crimes of Israel against the people of Palestine. For 75 years and counting since the 1948 Nakba (catastrophe) when the US and the United Nations created Israel on Palestinian land, the agony Palestinians have been facing has been continuous and unending.”
Solidarity protests for Palestine growing
People all over the world calling for a ceasefire on the attacks in Gaza is a victory for the Palestinian people.
Relentless resistance against APEC
The “shutdown APEC” protests in San Francisco, California gathered more than a thousand people who shared testimonies about how APEC impoverished a generation, displaced Indigenous peoples, and undermined the rights of workers.
Filipino activists condemn US gov’t hand in Israel’s aggression in Palestine
“The US has provided unqualified support for the war crimes committed by Israel and has refused even the most basic call for a ceasefire.”
News in Pictures | Filipinos in the US march in support of Palestine
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-USA said the action was the largest mobilization for Palestine in US history where at least 300,000 individuals reportedly joined.
Progressives assail PH gov’t abstention from UN reso for humanitarian truce
“No amount of explanation can bury the fact that the Philippines refused to support a humanitarian resolution and legitimized genocide as a form of so-called right to self-defense of an imperialist-backed occupation state.”
‘Stop enabling genocide’ – groups to PH gov’t
“We are linked by a common fight against US imperialism which is the main backer of Zionism.”