Archive of Human Rights

Development worker in Ilocos hit with "terrorism financing" charges
October 20, 2024

State forces recently charged development worker Lenville Salvador with “terrorism financing” or violation of the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act (TFPSA) of 2012. According to the Ilocos Center for Research, Empowerment and Development (ICRED), the Department of Justice subpoenaed the ICRED former chairperson on October 17, ordering him to answer the complaint filed against […]

Manggagawang pangkaunlaran sa Ilocos, sinampahan ng reklamong "terrorism financing"
October 20, 2024

Tinarget ng reklamong “terrorism financing” o paglabag sa Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act (TFPSA) of 2012 ng mga pwersa ng estado ang manggagawang pangkaunlaran na si Lenville Salvador. Ayon sa Ilocos Center for Research, Empowerment and Development (ICRED), nakatanggap si Salvador, dating tagapangulo nito, ng subpeona o pagpapatawag mula sa Deparment of Justice hinggil […]

Filipinos in the US call for justice for Jennifer Laude
October 20, 2024

Filipino migrant groups in Lakewood, Washington, USA, marched and hung a large streamer on October 12 to call for justice on the 10th anniversary of Jennifer Laude’s murder. Laude was killed by US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton in Olongapo City on October 11, 2014. Pemberton was then in the Philippines to participate in a war […]

Mga Pilipino sa US, nagprotesta para sa hustisya kay Jennifer Laude
October 20, 2024

Nagmartsa at nagsabit ng isang malaking balatengga ang mga grupo ng migranteng Pilipino sa Lakewood, Washington, sa United States noong Oktubre 12 para manawagan ng hustisya sa okasyon ng ika-10 taong anibersaryo ng pagpaslang kay Jennifer Laude. Si Laude ay pinatay ng US Marine na si Joseph Scott Pemberton sa Olongapo City noong Oktubre 11, […]

Harassment of Hacienda Luisita farmers reescalates
October 20, 2024

Amid activities and protests for Peasant Month, state forces have escalated its harassment against Hacienda Luisita farmers in recent days. They target the Alyansa ng mga Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (AMBALA) members. On October 18 at 9pm, four (4) suspected 31st Mechanized Infantry Battalion soldiers raided the home of AMBALA chairperson Francisco Dizon in […]

Panggigipit sa mga magsasaka sa Hacienda Luisita, muling tumitindi
October 20, 2024

Muli na namang tumitindi ang panggigipit ng mga pwersa ng estado sa mga magsasaka ng Hacienda Luisita sa nagdaang mga araw sa gitna ng mga pagkilos at aktibidad para sa Buwan ng Magsasaka. Target ng mga ito ang mga kasapi ng Alyansa ng mga Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (AMBALA). Noong Oktubre 18 ng alas-9 […]

State forces arrest 29 Mangyans defending ancestral land
October 20, 2024

A combined force of police, private guards, and goons arrested at least 29 Mangyan-Iraya residents of Hacienda Almeda in Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro, on October 18. According to the Mindoro Youth for Environment and Nation, those arrested included 17 elderly individuals and 12 minors. To date, families of the victims have not been able […]

29 Mangyan, inaresto sa pagtatanggol sa lupang ninuno
October 20, 2024

Dinakip ng pinagsanib na pwersa ng pulis at mga pribadong tauhan at maton ng Hacienda Almeda ang di bababa 29 Mangyan-Iraya na mga residente ng asyenda sa Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro noong Oktubre 18. Ayon sa ulat ng Mindoro Youth for Environment and Nation, kabilang sa mga inaresto ang 17 matanda at 12 na […]

Alpeche on 303rd IBde's operations against "NPA-allied organizations": Reprehensible and desperate!
October 19, 2024 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-Central Negros (Leonardo Panaligan Command) | Kanor Alpeche | Deputy Spokesperson |

Reprehensible and desperate—this is how Ka Kanor Alpeche, deputy spokesperson of Leonardo Panaligan Command-New People’s Army (LPC-NPA), described the 303rd IBde’s effort in “countering urban operations of NPA-allied organizations.” The 303rd IBDe exposes the innate warmongering character of the AFP in serving the joint class dictatorship of the landlords and big comprador bourgeoisies. “There is […]

End political accommodation, push Marcos to hold Dutertes liable for corruption and crimes
October 19, 2024 | Communist Party of the Philippines | Marco Valbuena | Chief Information Officer |

Sara Duterte launched a verbal barrage yesterday against Marcos in a desperate attempt to deflect attention away from her mounting criminal liabilities stemming from the outright misuse of hundreds of millions of pesos of public funds. She is making it appear that investigations into corruption and plunder against her are “politically motivated” in an attempt […]