By KIMBERLIE QUITASOLwww.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The City Government of Baguio, together with the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), recognized human rights defenders and advocates during the flag ceremony at the Baguio City Hall today, Feb. 26, a day after the anniversary of the EDSA People...
For Filipino human rights defender Cristina Palabay, eating threats for breakfast has been so real in the past five years.
May pag-abante sa kaso ng pagpaslang sa mga lider-manggagawa noong nakaraang Marso 7 na tinaguriang Bloody Sunday massacre.
The Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional two provisions of Republic Act No. 1174, the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020, in an En Banc session last Tuesday.
Two days before the International Human Rights Day, various human rights groups remembered the victims of extrajudicial killings under President Rodrigo Duterte, with their families and fellow human rights activists bringing with them potted plants to symbolize how they remain steadfast in their fight for justice.
Matapos ang 2 taong pagkakakulong dulot ng search warrant na inilabas ni Quezon City Executive Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert, nakalaya na ang mag-asawang Cora Agovida at Michael Bartolome.
Vice President Leni Robredo’s change of stance on the government’s controversial anti-communist task force prompted a teacher from Caraga to write her about how she was arrested and harassed by this group.
Hangarin ni Steve Abua, 35, na mapabuti ang kondisyon na dinaranas ng mga nasa laylayan ng lipunan, gaya ng mga magsasaka, manggagawang bukid, at pambansang minorya.
The Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 19 through Presiding Judge Marlo Magdoza-Malagar found major inconsistencies and irregularities in the implementation of the search warrants against activist couple Cora Agovida and Michael Tan Bartolome arrested last October 31, 2019.
“We strongly call on our lawmakers to pass the Human Rights Defenders Protection Act — and upholding human rights should be at the top of the legislative agenda of those running for a seat in Congress in the upcoming elections.”
Farmers’ organization Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) reported the abduction of a peasant and indigenous peoples organizer in Pampanga province on Saturday, November 6.
“Hustisya para kay Baby River, Palayain si Reina Mae Nasino!” Ito ang panawagan ng pamilya at ibang progresibong grupo sa paggunita sa unang taong pagkamatay ni Baby River.
By KIMBERLIE QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Family, friends, church groups, private riders club, and other civic organizations in Conner, Apayao province staged a motorcade on July 31 to demand justice for the murder of Prosecutor Victor Begtang, Jr. More than...