Dark clouds over GPH-NDFP peace talks
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Bulatlat Contributors | Aug 2, 2016
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Trading away peace for ‘Vital Installations’
Trading away peace for ‘Vital Installations’
These so-called development projects that serve as the AFP’s loophole in their commander-in-chief’s ceasefire declaration are precisely the reasons why grassroots communities are denied of land, water, food, livelihood, and rights.
Prexy’s misstep
Prexy’s misstep
Against fantasies of demobilization and capitulation, the Peace Talks must be viewed for its real purpose. It is a venue for human rights and international humanitarian law to be revisited on account of the horrifying violations of the rules of war committed especially by government troops against guerrillas and civilians.
Kalibutan: A global front against OceanaGold is growing
Kalibutan: A global front against OceanaGold is growing
As the state of the environment under mining worsens, the people’s movement against large-scale and foreign mining will intensify.
On the Fringes | You failed to kill them
On the Fringes | You failed to kill them
Political detainees are behind bars because they dared to go against the status quo.
A show of political will or disregard for due process?
A show of political will or disregard for due process?
Since the beginning of his campaign for the presidency, Rodrigo Duterte has been accused of disregarding due process, especially with his endorsement of extrajudicial killings of suspected criminals by the so-called Davao death squad. His campaign promise of ending criminality and the drug menace within the first six months into his presidency stirred reactions of disbelief, on one hand, and fears that he would run roughshod on human rights on the other.
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