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...
A group of Filipino human rights advocates are in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the ongoing 54th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and seek an evaluation of the United Nations Joint Program (UNJP) being implemented in the Philippines. A...
The CA further noted that there is no compelling reason for the OSG’s appeal based on utter lack of merit,
By SHERWIN DE VERAwww.nordis.net PASIG CITY — A lawyer and human rights groups have expressed concern over the military’s request for accomplishments and financial documents of groups in Baguio City, saying this violates civil and political rights. In an August 15...
Karina Dela Cerna was only 19 years old when she was arrested along with her father Albert in a series of raids in Bacolod in 2019.
By ABHIE GANADOBulatlat.com MANILA – Two human rights defenders from Southern Tagalog said that their trumped-up charges are evidence of how the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) is used to silence critical voices. “[O]ur state forces are weaponizing the [ATA] just to silence...
Farm workers condemned government’s new national security policy (NSP) they said would only worsen the culture of impunity in the country.
Agricultural workers commemorated the third death anniversary of murdered National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Randall Echanis, saying government policies that led to his assassination are still in place.
August 9, marks the 100th day since indigenous peoples’ rights advocates Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz De Jesus went missing.
Bagaman tinututulan ng pamahalaan ni Marcos Jr. ang desisyon ng ICC, hindi titigil ang mga pamilya ng mga biktima ng war on drugs ng nagdaang administrasyon na manawagan para sa katarungan.
The terrorist designation of four Cordillera activists by the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) of the Philippines has again sparked calls from national and international organizations to repeal Republic Act No. 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant and celebrated poet Ericson Acosta was shot both on his front and back, bolstering claims by various activist groups he and peasant leader Joseph Jimenez were actually killed execution-style by the military.
Human rights defender Cristina Palabay is asking the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court to dismiss the indirect contempt charges filed by Ferdinand Topacio against her and several others.