By FRANCK DICK ROSETEBulatlat.com CAGAYAN DE ORO — Lawyers of detained journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and lay worker Marielle Domequil maintained that their clients are innocent, disagreeing with the court decision that was only based on testimonies from “rebel returnees” without supporting...
By JONAS ALPASANBulatlat.com MANILA – A Tagum court convicted a lawmaker, human rights activists and several volunteer Lumad teachers over child-trafficking case filed against them in 2018. The case stemmed from a solidarity mission that was aimed to bring food and...
By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — Activists from the Southern Tagalog region are appalled over the recent statement of the Philippine police chief, where he said that activists should avoid “inconveniencing” the public in the upcoming State of the...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – “Happy beyond words, I cannot express it enough,” said Gerardo Dela Peña in Filipino, the country’s oldest political prisoner at the age of 85, in an interview yesterday, July 1. Dela Peña was accompanied by his son, Melchor...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com MANILA – Different civil society organizations are not optimistic that Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s creation of the Special Committee on Human Rights Coordination will address the human rights abuses in the Philippines. In a joint...
Sidestory: A second look at the cases presented at the International Peoples Tribunal on the Philippines By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com MANILA – Progressive groups welcomed the handing of guilty verdict by the International Peoples Tribunal (IPT) last Saturday,...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA — Filipino fisherfolk under the banner of Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) asserted the political, historical, and legal rights of the Philippines over the West Philippine Sea amid the recent...
By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – A human rights group reported cases of harassment and surveillance on Cavite-based student Paolo Tarra. Karapatan Cavite reported that in February 2024, two people claiming to be members of the National Task Force...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – Prison visitation is becoming difficult for families of political prisoners as they suffer a degrading and traumatic strip search, prompting them to file a complaint at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on May 6. Gloria...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com CABANATUAN CITY — There are 98 activists, humanitarian and church workers who are facing charges of violations of Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 and Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012. Human rights group Karapatan...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – No words can effectively describe what the families left behind by the desaparecidos are going through. For Idda De Jesus, sister of disappeared activist Gene Roz De Jesus, rage is rapidly becoming her default emotion. “It is...
MANILA – Filipino-American activists protested Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s visit to the United States for the first trilateral U.S.-Japan-Philippines leaders’ summit on April 11. The national day of action was led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-US. Protests were...
A global research showed how more than 70 percent of industrial greenhouse gases have been linked to only 100 companies since 1988. By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – Labor groups are demanding stronger measures from the government and employers to address health...