Various organizations staged protests on July 11 at the Commission on Human Rights to condemn the Anti-Terrorism Council’s (ATC) arbitrary designation of six individuals as “terrorists” under the Anti-Terrorism Law (ATL). They demanded the repeal of the draconian law. The six are Windel Bolinget, Sarah Abellon-Alikes, Jen Awingan, and Steve Tauli, all leaders of the […]

Three individuals were arrested by state forces on fabricated charges on July 12 in Quezon and Romblon provinces. Meanwhile, cases of harassment against peasant associations and local media were recorded in Negros and Leyte in the past week. Two activists were arrested by the 85th IB on charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives […]

Urban poor communities opposed two demolition operations this month. In Barangay Veinte Reales in Valenzuela, residents of Block 6 defended their barricades on July 12 against the combined forces of the PNP and Valenzuela local government who carried out a violent demolition of more or less 400 houses in the area. Some residents and their […]

Billions of pesos in Filipino people’s money have been cornered by the Elbit Systems, an Israeli company, which is one of the main weapons suppliers for the supposed “modernization” of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The latest contract includes two old ATR 72-600, commercial planes that will be refurbished for surveillance and combat […]

  Stop the bombings. Human rights, peasant and national minority groups protested in front of Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on July 17 to condemn and demand a stop to the aerial bombardment of their communities. Such bombings accompany countryside militarization that worsens the plight of farmers and indigenous people. Imminent RITM layoffs, opposed. Health […]