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...
There is a pattern of disrespect to the rights of the human rights defenders accused of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses in Southern Luzon, human rights lawyers said on Friday, July 7.
Filipino rights defenders urged the United Nations (UN) anew to investigate violations in the Philippines at the ongoing 53rd Human Rights Council (HRC) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
Human rights group Karapatan denounced the recent reports of activists and human rights defenders being accused of trumped-up charges.
NDFP peace consultant Frank Fernandez and wife Cleofe Lagtapon were convicted of illegal possession of firearms by Branch 266 of the Taguig City Regional Trial Court (RTC), human rights group Karapatan reported.
Arestado ang apat na magsasakang kasapi ng Damayan nin Paraoma sa Camarines Sur (Dampa) sa Pili, Camarines Sur sa kasong cyberlibel noong Hunyo 19.
Activists in the Cordillera continue to push back against what they perceived as political persecution, this time suing police officials and a witness for a murder charge against a leader of the Cordillera People Alliance (CPA).
A human rights group in the Cordillera, with families and friends, are appealing to the government to surface two missing individuals they believe are being held by law enforcement authorities.
Nagprotesta ang mga manggagawa at iba't ibang grupo sa pangunguna ng All Philippine Trade Union ngayong Pandaigdigang Araw ng Paggawa sa Maynila. Sa paggunita ng unang Mayo Uno sa ilalim ng Marcos Jr. administration, nanawagan ang libo-libong manggagawa para sa...
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today confirmed Benito Tiamzon, chairman of its executive committee, and his wife, Wilma Austria Tiamzon, its secretary general, are dead.
“A woman’s place is in the struggle.”
Groups raised the alarm about the growing number of indigenous peoples’ rights activists facing criminal charges in Northern Luzon, saying the government has “weaponized the law” against those opposing destructive projects in their communities during the public forum ‘Asunto’ on March 28 in UP Diliman.
The local human rights situation has not improved under the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration.