Archive of Human Rights

Assistant professor na nanindigan kasama ang mga estudyante ng UST, tuluyan nang sinipa
June 06, 2024

Tuluyan nang tinanggal ng administrasyon ng University of Sto. Tomas (UST) si College of Science Assistant Professor Vladimir Villegas, Ph. D. noong Mayo 30 nang tapusin nito ang kontrata ng guro sa unibersidad. Pinag-initan ng UST si Villegas nang suportahan niya ang laban ng kabataan at mga organisasyon sa unibersidad para sa demokratikong karapatan at […]

Democratic and rights groups call to disqualify judges issuing questionable search warrants from higher positions
June 06, 2024

Democratic and human rights groups trooped to the Supreme Court yesterday, June 5, to call for the disqualification of judges Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert and Jason Zapanta from positions in higher courts. Both are currently judges of regional trial courts. They are known for issuing questionable search warrants used in cases of political killings and arrests. Villavert’s […]

Mga huwes na naglabas ng mga kwestyunableng search warrant, pinadidiskwalipika sa mas mataas na pusisyon
June 06, 2024

Nagtungo sa Korte Suprema ang mga demokratikong grupo at grupo sa karapatang-tao kahapon, Hunyo 5, para ipanawagan na idiskwalipika ang mga huwes na sina Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert at Jason Zapanta sa mga pusisyon sa nakatataas na korte. Ang dalawa ay kasalukuyang huwes ng mga regional trial court. Kilala sila sa paglalabas ng kwestyunableng mandamyento o search […]

79th IB extrajudicially kills a farmer tending his carabao
June 05, 2024

Farmer Jigger Barotolo was killed by four bullet wounds on May 30 in the afternoon in Sityo Sangay, Barangay Hilub-ang, Calatrava, Negros Occidental. Barotolo was tendng to his carabao when 79th IB agents summoned him. A few minutes later, the villagers heard a series of gunshots. Even before the incident, state forces had repeatedly summoned […]

Magsasakang nag-aasikaso ng kalabaw, pinaslang ng 79th IB
June 05, 2024

Apat na tama ng bala ang pumatay sa magsasakang si Jigger Barotolo noong Mayo 30 ng hapon sa Sityo Sangay, Barangay Hilub-ang, Calatrava, Negros Occidental. Binaril siya ng mga ahente ng 79th IB na nagpanggap na mga mandirigma ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB)-Northern Negros (Roselyn Jean Pelle Command). Sa isang pahayag, inilinaw ng BHB-Northern Negros […]

Students denounce expulsion of student leader by Cavite university
June 05, 2024

Students of De la Salle University (DLSU)-Dasmariñas protested at its campus in Cavite on May 31 to condemn the administration’s dismissal of student leader Paolo Tarra. Tarra was sanctioned with “non re-admission” due to his alleged violation of the university’s handbook that prohibits joining and encouraging to join “unrecognized organizations” on campus. Tarra is currently […]

Pagpapatalsik sa unibersidad sa lider-estudyante sa Cavite, tinuligsa
June 05, 2024

Nagprotesta ang mga estudyante ng De la Salle University (DLSU)-Dasmariñas sa kampus nito sa Cavite noong Mayo 31 para batikusin ang pagpapatalsik ng administrasyon sa lider-estudynate na si Paolo Tarra. Ipinataw kay Tarra ang “non re-admission” dahil sa diumanoy paglabag niya sa handbook ng unibersidad na nagbabawal sumali at maghikayat na sumali sa mga “hindi […]

Newly deployed AFP artillery platoon in Northern Samar will bring additional aggravation
June 05, 2024

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) deployed an artillery platoon from the 3rd Field Artillery Battery to Northern Samar on May 31. As in the past, this unit will only bring further aggravation and intensified military terrorism to the peasant masses and ordinary citizens of Northern Samar. The platoon was previously deployed in Capiz […]

Bagong pakat na platung pang-artileri ng AFP sa Northern Samar, maghahatid ng dagdag na perwisyo
June 05, 2024

Ipinadala ng Armed Forces of the Philippinse (AFP) sa Northern Samar noong Mayo 31 ang isang platung pang-artileri mula sa 3rd Field Artillery Battery. Tulad sa nakaraan, walang ibang hatid sa masang magsasaka at karaniwang mamamayan ng Northern Samar ang yunit na ito kundi karagdagang perwisyo at pag-ibayo ng terorismong militar. Ang platun ay dating […]

International organizations defend CERNET
June 05, 2024

Aktionsbündnis Menschenrechte – Philippines (AMP or Action Network Human Rights Philippines) strongly condemned the the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) for bringing fabricated charges against new and former members of the Community Empowerment Resource Network (CERNET) after baselessly implicating them in “terrorism financing.” The charges filed are “unsubstantiated, seemingly designed to tarnish CERNET’s reputation and to […]