“There are ways forward. But certainly, the international community has a role in attaining justice, especially [since] the domestic mechanisms are severely compromised,”
Day: October 3, 2020
‘Not enough,’ groups on UN body’s draft resolution on PH’s human rights
Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said the lack of substantive action from the proposed resolution might encourage more human rights violations in the country.
Court junks rebellion raps against community journalist
In a decision dated Sept. 17, Judge Corpuz Alzate of Bangued Regional Trial Court Branch 2 said that the “state had no evidence to present” against Sherwin De Vera.
Target: Obispo Ramento
Ilang mga Alberto Ramento na ang pinaslang ng mga iba’t ibang rehimen hanggang kasalukuyan kaugnay ng di matapos na red tagging, panggigipit at karahasan ng mga nasa kapangyarihan. Hanggang sa kasalukuyan, pinagbabantaan pa rin ang mga taong simbahan na kumakalinga sa karapatang pantao, sa nagsusulong ng makatarungang kapayapaan, at pambansang kararinlan sa kapuluan.
UN report reveals rise in reprisals versus rights victims, defenders
“Some of these communications to the UN were thought to be private, exposing the degree of surveillance and cracks in digital security that activists and journalists face,” the report revealed.