Archive of Ang Bayan

"Activists, not terrorists"
July 07, 2020

  Around 1,500 activists converged at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City last July 4, a day after Rodrigo Duterte signed the Republic Act 11479 called the anti-terror bill law. The Movement Against Tyranny and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan spearheaded the protest along with other national democratic organizations. The rallyists stood in solidarity […]

50 militias finish military training in Samar
July 07, 2020

Fifty members of the people’s militia finished the basic political-military course in a guerrilla zone in Samar last April. They comprised the majority of the 82 trainees. The other 32 are regular Red fighters. The militia members who underwent the 7-day training are re­sidents of five barrios. They had six instructors. The training was safely […]

8 farmers killed in 8 eight days
July 07, 2020

  Eight farmers were successively killed by armed state agents in a span of just eight days. All of the victims were maliciously tagged as members of or related to the New People’s Army (NPA). State agents killed Jose Jerry Catalogo, an official of the National Federation of Sugar Workers, at around 5:00 a.m. last […]

9 UN rapporteurs oppose terror bill
July 07, 2020

  NINE SPECIAL COMMITTEES and rapporteurs of the United Nations (UN) wrote to Rodrigo Duterte on June 29 to express their expert opinion and opposition to the Anti-Terror Bill (now the Anti-Terror Law). They said that the law violates the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and, as well as the Universal Declaration of […]

Mother and 2-day old child brought back to jail
July 07, 2020

  POLITICAL DETAINEE Reina Mae Nasino and her newborn child were cruelly brought back to the Manila City Jail Female Dorm last July 2, two days after giving birth. The newborn is underweight and needs continued medical attention. Nasino was among the leaders of progressive organizations who were arrested in Tondo, Manila and slapped with […]

Focused military operations in Leyte
July 07, 2020

  The 802nd IBde has used various ways to make it appear that it has ended the New People’s Army (NPA) in Leyte. It has launched successive focused military operations from March to April. Simultaneously, it has spread disinformation such as fake operations, encounters and surrenders. The 78th IB mounted operations in at least 11 […]

Human rights violations report
July 07, 2020

BASED ON THE tally of Ang Bayan, there have been at least 24,638 (or 135 per day) victims of various human rights violations from January 1 to June 30 this year. The figure excludes the tens of thousands of civilians whose rights were arbitrarily violated for purportedly violating lockdown protocols imposed during the pandemic. Within […]

Expect more atrocities from the butcher 901st IBde in Caraga
July 07, 2020

  Caraganons are bound to suffer more atrocities and human rights violations with the transfer of the butcher 901st IBde, under the command of Brig. Gen. Gabriel Viray, to the 4th d. The deployment was announced by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday, which was made in line with Duterte’s target to […]

History of Black slavery
July 07, 2020

  Massive protests of the Black Lives Matter movement continue to gain traction across the US for more than a month already. The protests seek to advance not only the rights and welfare of Black Americans but also to rectify the centuries-long oppression and exploitation against them in the US. Africans first arrived in the […]

Inter-imperialist tensions escalate in SCS
July 07, 2020

Tensions are escalating as China and the US have set on intensifying their aggressions in the South China Sea (SCS). China launched a series of war games near the Paracel Islands from July 1-5 in an attempt to display its imperialist might. The Paracel Islands is a territory being claimed by Vietnam. A day earlier, […]