The National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) Panay-Law Students, Kabataan Partylist Panay and University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas University Student Council condemned agents of the Philippine Army for Red-tagging and surveilling youth activists Thea Kryshna Dayata and Audrey Eurielle Dayata. On June 22, state agents approached a relative of the Dayata sisters to purportedly […]
Nagpahayag ng ng pagkundena ang National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) Panay -Law Students, Kabataan Partylist Panay (KPL) at University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas University Student Council sa Red-tagging at paniniktik ng mga ahente ng Philippine Army kina Thea Kryshna Dayata and Audrey Eurielle Dayata, mga kabataang aktibista. Noong Hunyo 22, isang kamag-anak nina […]
On July 3, human rights groups and democratic sectors gathered to condemn the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), five years after it took effect. The ATA is a repressive law enacted at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. They condemned the weaponization of the law to suppress critics, activists, and thousands of farmers and indigenous […]
Nagtipon ngayong araw, Hulyo 3, ang mga grupo sa karapatang-tao at mga demokratikong sektor para batikusin ang Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), limang taon mula nang ito’y nagkabisa. Ang ATA ay isang mapanupil na batas na pinagtibay sa kasagsagan ng pandemyang Covid-19 noong 2020. Kinundena nila ang paggamit ng batas para supilin ang mga kritiko, aktibista at […]
On June 27-28, the event “Pagtatanim: Sowing Seeds of Faith Solidarity for the Filipino People’s Struggle for Peace” was held in Rome, Italy with the participation of more than 70 representatives from various faiths and human rights groups from 13 countries. The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP), the International Interfaith Network […]
Ginanap sa Rome, Italy noong Hunyo 27-28 ang Pagtatanim: Sowing Seeds of Faith Solidarity for the Filipino People’s Struggle for Peace (Paghahasik ng Punla ng Nagkakaisang Pananalig para sa sa Pakikibaka ng Sambayanang Pilipino para sa Kapayapaan), isang pagtitipon ng higit 70 kinatawan ng iba’t ibang pananampalataya at mga grupo sa karapatang-tao mula sa 13 […]
The Baguio City council approved a resolution on June 23 endorsing the reports of United Nations Special Rapporteur Irene Khan and urging congress to amend the abused provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). The resolution’s author Councilor Jose Molintas said specific provisions that constitute a serious threat to free expression and peaceful protest must be […]
Inaprubahan ng konseho ng Baguio City ang isang resolusyon noong Hunyo 23 na nag-eendorso sa mga ulat ni United Nations Special Rapporteur Irene Khan at nagtutulak sa kongreso na amyendahan ang mga probisyon sa Anti-Terrorisn Act (ATA) na naabuso. Ayon kay konsehal Jose Molintas, may akda ng resolusyon, may mga partikular na probisyon na maituturing […]
State forces shot and killed 25-year-old civilian Joey Oas in Barangay San Carlos, Palanas, Masbate on June 29 at 2 p.m. They accused him of “resisting arrest.” The victim left behind his wife and two children. A combined force of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU), Military Intelligence and Civil […]
Niratrat ng bala at napatay ng mga pwersa ng estado ang 25-taong gulang na sibilyang si Joey Oas sa Barangay San Carlos, Palanas, Masbate noong Hunyo 29 ng alas-2 ng hapon. Pinaratangan siyang na “nanlaban.” Naulila ng biktima ang kanyang asawa at dalawang anak. Ayon sa ulat, sinugod at pinalibutan ng pinagsanib na pwersa ng […]