Rights defenders unsafe under Marcos Jr. admin
There have been 1,240 documented cases of red-tagging in 2025 which is double the amount of red-tagging incidents in 2024.
Mar
2026
7
Economic insecurity of women workers worsen
Grassroots organizing, collective action, and advocacy remain crucial in addressing structural inequalities that shape women’s labor conditions.
Mar
2026
7
Kowloon workers decry offer of P10 salary hike
“The company of Kowloon would not generate P25 million if not for the blood and sweat of workers."
Mar
2026
6
Aldeem Yañez: Church worker ‘armed with guitar, not pistol’
"The mission of the church and civil society to serve, protect, and uplift the marginalized is not a threat to the state but a contribution to justice, peace, and the common good."
Mar
2026
6
A law for everyone except the United States
International institutions never held the United States accountable for its repeated acts of aggression against Iran or, for that matter, any of the other countries that suffered from US attacks.
Mar
2026
6
Negros lawyer, human rights worker seek Supreme Court protection
“The threats against Gorgonio and PDG workers are not isolated incidents but part of a systematic campaign of intimidation and red-tagging against political dissenters, human rights lawyers and development workers."
Mar
2026
6
UN experts express alarm over conviction of Cumpio, Domequil
"Cumpio and Domequil deserve to be free to fight for justice.”
Mar
2026
4
Terrorism financing cases vs. Tacloban NGO leader dismissed
The prosecution is precluded from seeking a review of the dismissal and from filing more financing terrorism charges based on the same set of facts.
Mar
2026
4
Independent foreign policy pushed amid US-Israel aggression vs. Iran, Venezuela
“The continued presence of US military forces and facilities on Philippine soil, far from contributing to genuine national security, exposes the Filipino people to grave and escalating security risks by entangling the country in US military adventurism and making the Philippines a potential target of retaliatory action by nations against whom the US wages war.”
Mar
2026
4
Solons, progressive groups seek disciplinary action vs. Suntay over sexist remarks
“These remarks contribute to the culture of impunity against women."
Mar
2026
4
Anti-dynasty bill passed by House panel criticized: ‘Prohibit, not regulate’
“Any enabling law that falls short of outright prohibition is not reform—it is a mockery of the Constitution, and we refuse to be party to it."
Mar
2026
4
Environmentalists demand repeal of Philippine Mining Act of 1995
For environmentalists, the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 only enabled both foreign and local corporations to plunder natural resources through large scale-mining, displaced Indigenous and farmer communities while having no significant contributions to the national economy.
Mar
2026
3
UP fisheries students push for exclusive waters for small-scale fishers
The study of aquatic resources cannot be divorced from the communities whose survival depends on them.
Mar
2026
3
Right(s) Up: US–Israel violates UN Charter, international law in strikes on Iran
The military aggression of US and Israel across Iran has triggered widespread instability across West Asia and a threat to the international human rights law.
Mar
2026
3
Agri workers reject oil palm plantation expansion plan in Mindanao
The group called it a “terrible” policy.
Mar
2026
3
No rule violated in filing impeachment raps vs Sara Duterte – Makabayan
“That is the effect of the constant changing of the SC's decision just to junk the impeachment.”
