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In a symbolic action in Manila on Sept. 19, members of urban poor group Kadamay and artists' group Resbak portrayed themselves as victims of Duterte's war on drugs and burn an effigy of the president depicted as 'Night King.'
In her speech during the #BlackFriday protest at the Rizal Park, Nov. 25, Mrs. Edita Burgos, then business manager of We Forum, an anti-Marcos dictatorship publication and wife of the late press freedom icon Jose Burgos Jr., speaks about the struggle for press freedom and civil liberties. She calls on the youth and the public to act now and never allow anyone to take away the rights fought for by the nation's heroes
Trinidad Herrera Repuno, an urban poor leader during the time of Ferdinand Marcos, recounts the torture she underwent in the hands of military captors. She vows to continue seeking for justice.
In a ceremony, leaders of Sandugo, an alliance of national minorities, express their gratitude to peace consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) for upholding their rights in the peace negotiations with the government.
Leaders of national minorities from different regions in the country dance during the launch of Sandugo.
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.
Every year, Negrenses reenact the massacre that claimed the lives of 20 farmers in Escalante, Negros Occidental.
On Sunday afternoon, Oslo time, negotiating panels of both the GRP and the NDFP arrive at Scandic Holmenkollen Park in Oslo, Norway.
In a protest action, Feb. 12, dialysis patients decry the scrapping of 80 percent discount for charity patients at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute.
Do the lump sum allocations in the 2016 national budget have a "special purpose?"
Even in death, their Tatay still unites and inspires them for their revolution.
Last June 12, members of progressive groups held a protest action in front of the Chinese and US embassy. "We will not be caught in the claws of the Dragon nor the Eagle,” Bayan said in its statement.
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