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According to KPL’s statement, four unidentified self-proclaimed Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) personnels barged into the boarding house. The non-uniformed personnels inquired about Franco's whereabouts and claimed that the student-activist is an NPA recruiter.
"By honoring its legacy, we integrate its lessons into our daily lives. Meaning, we empower ourselves to stand up against injustices, as it is our right as youth."
“Our fight does not end with EDSA. The EDSA did not start on February 22 to 25. It started even before the martial law declaration of Ferdinand Marcos Sr. We can trace the revolutionary roots of our struggle in the fight of our ancestors against the colonizers. Even now, we continue this tradition."
"If this space is threatened, this raises the alarm for civil society and peoples’ organisations for their democratic participation in these multilateral spaces."
A memorandum issued by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Regional Field Unit based in La Union province reveals the existence of “Project ‘Exit the Greylist.’” It directly links the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) process to at least one terrorist financing case against an activist.
“NTF-ELCAC’s reason for being has always been to target open, legal organizations it accuses of being ‘communist fronts.’”
“The brutal and senseless killing of a trans woman, Shalani (37), in Brgy. 176, Bagong Silang, Caloocan is a horrific act of violence that underscores the dangers that LGBTQ+ individuals continue to face,” said Bahaghari in a statement.
Red-tagging, the practice of labeling individuals and organizations as communists or terrorists without due process, creates a foreboding environment, which may compromise the safety of candidates as well as their supporters and voters.
After the dismissal of charges against the Bulacan peasant leader, farmers' groups vowed to continue fighting against human rights abuses.
In a letter addressed to Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Catapang and Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, support group Kapatid said that the political prisoners are the only group in the NBP without these basic amenities.
“Why did they attack activists in Cagayan Valley? Why was I included in trumped-up charges? Like Frenchie Mae, I witnessed the problems in the society. An attack on journalists is an attack on the core of democracy.”
“We demand full transparency on this incident and a halt to all U.S. military operations on Philippine soil.”
For 17 years, Edita Burgos has been searching for her son, who was forcibly disappeared in the Philippines.
Solidarity and support calling for the protection of student publications and accountability from authorities poured in from different campus publications and university councils in the Bicol region against Villafuerte who is running for governor.
“Student publications play a significant role in representing the youth and amplifying their voices on issues that matter.”
Fisherfolk groups, coalitions, and institutions held the National Assembly of Fisherfolk at the University of the Philippines College of Social Work and Community Development (UP-CSWCD), February 4, to echo the call to uphold small-scale fishers’ preferential rights within municipal waters.
"Each day that they remain missing is torture for their loved ones. James and Felix did not commit any crime. James is an activist, who served the workers. Felix is a cyclist, and an environmental defender," the leaflet of two missing activists read.
Indigenous peoples’ rights activist Myrna Cruz-Abraham was released on bail on February 4, after spending eight days in detention following what rights groups described as her illegal arrest in San Rafael, Bulacan.
The Office of the Prosecutor of Manila dismissed the illegal assembly charges against the 10 senatorial candidates of the Makabayan bloc, and other progressive leaders.
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