SC allows hero’s burial for Marcos
"Don't they know Marcos was a convicted plunderer and human rights violator?"
SC allows hero’s burial for Marcos
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‘Premeditated rubout,’ groups say of suspected druglord killing
‘Premeditated rubout,’ groups say of suspected druglord killing
"A search warrant in a government prison facility is unnecessary and appears to be a flaccid attempt to make the apparent rubout 'legal.'" -- NUPL
Replace members of Claims Board, martial law victims demand
Replace members of Claims Board, martial law victims demand
"The long and slow process is a violation of the law.”
Witness says military ordered digging of alleged mass graves twice
Witness says military ordered digging of alleged mass graves twice
“Skeletal remains were supposedly dug up in 2006 in Inopacan, Leyte and before that was another digging made in 2000.”
Central Luzon NGO decries harassment on dev’t staff
Central Luzon NGO decries harassment on dev’t staff
A humanitarian NGO had to cancel its relief operations after threats from soldiers in the community.
National minorities turn to GRP-NDFP human rights monitoring body over US Embassy dispersal
National minorities turn to GRP-NDFP human rights monitoring body over US Embassy dispersal
“We hope that our complaint filed before the GRP-NDFP JMC would raise the continuing state-sponsored violence against our people and ancestral lands as a flashpoint concern in the pursuit for a peace based on justice.” -- Piya Malayao
Use of force against protesters violates human rights, humanitarian law
Use of force against protesters violates human rights, humanitarian law
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) said it will not hesitate and is ready to assist those who were illegally arrested and injured in filing charges against those responsible for the violent dispersal.
Another Lumad killed in Compostela Valley
Another Lumad killed in Compostela Valley
This week, two Lumad from Compostela Valley have been gunned down.
Pull out soldiers from communities, Duterte urged
Pull out soldiers from communities, Duterte urged
Jimmy Saypan, 48, secretary-general of CFA, had been vocal against the operations of Agusan Petroleum and Minerals Corporation (Agpet).
Duterte’s #First100Days | Impunity still reigns
Duterte’s #First100Days | Impunity still reigns
“The struggle for meaningful and thoroughgoing change continues, as we continue to uphold and assert people’s rights.”
Groups reiterate call for release of all political prisoners
Groups reiterate call for release of all political prisoners
“The amnesty and release of all political prisoners is an act of righting the violations of the CARHRIHL and the Hernandez political offense doctrine.” – NDFP chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison
Challenges to human rights reporting in the Philippines cited
Challenges to human rights reporting in the Philippines cited
In a forum organized by Bulatlat, challenges to human rights reporting in the Philippines are presented by journalists Benjie Oliveros and Ilang-Ilang Quijano and Anne Ednalyn Dela Cruz, a faculty member of St. Scholastica's College.
‘Follow Duterte’s order, disband paramilitary groups,’ military told
‘Follow Duterte’s order, disband paramilitary groups,’ military told
From July 2010 to June 30, 2016, Karapatan documented 94 individuals killed by government-backed paramilitary troops.
Peasant groups assail killing of Palawan farmer
Peasant groups assail killing of Palawan farmer
Peasant groups assailed the killing of a farmer leader in the 39,000-disputed government-owned lands sprawling the towns of Coron and Busuanga in Palawan.
Cavite fisherfolk defend shelter, livelihood from corporate land grab
Cavite fisherfolk defend shelter, livelihood from corporate land grab
Small fishermen in Patungan, Maragondon, Cavite are being driven away by real estate developers to give way to a high-end resort and other commercial establishments.
#NeverAgain | Groups dare Duterte to remove ‘imprints of martial law’
#NeverAgain | Groups dare Duterte to remove ‘imprints of martial law’
“Martial Law may not exist today but the social conditions that gave rise to it remain.”
State security forces account for 71% of rights, humanitarian law violations
State security forces account for 71% of rights, humanitarian law violations
From 2004 to 2014 shows that majority of the reported violations were perpetrated by state security forces against civilians.
#MarcosBurial | SC justices stress reparation for martial law victims
#MarcosBurial | SC justices stress reparation for martial law victims
“The fact that it will reopen old wounds, isn’t it a continuity of impunity that the 1987 Constitution ended?” -- Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno
4 farmers dead, another wounded in land-related violence in N. Ecija
4 farmers dead, another wounded in land-related violence in N. Ecija
The KMP challenged the Duterte administration to give justice to the victims of the Fort Magsaysay carnage and hold the perpetrators accountable.
Martial law victims speak: ‘Do not forget our suffering’
Martial law victims speak: ‘Do not forget our suffering’
“Until now, we bear the trauma then we are told to forget about the past. What about us, the victims?”
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