Separated by Covid: Inmates struggle to save relationships, mental health amid ban on visits
June 21, 2021
The ban on in-person visits was imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19. No one thought the set up would last so long, however.
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It’s Filipino Fathers’ Day every day in terms of household tasks, survey reveals
June 20, 2021
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic forcing fathers to spend more time at home, the women still bear the brunt of unpaid care work with 13 hours compared to only eight hours for men.
Massacre victims possibly raped, tortured
June 17, 2021
“Gibastos gyud ang iyang lawas, gi-rape, gihilabtan, guba kaayo ang atubangan,” the relative said. (They defiled her body, she was raped, her genitals torn apart.)
Latest Lianga massacre was 25th under Duterte, Karapatan reports
June 17, 2021
Relatives of the victims belied the government’s claim the victims were NPA members and said those killed were simply on their way to Lianga town proper to buy rice after harvesting abaca hemp at their farm.
LIANGA MASSACRE 2: Karapatan reports military killed 3 Lumad-Manobo
June 16, 2021
Angel was 12 years old and a Grade 6 student of the Lumad school Tribal Filipino Program of Surigao del Sur while Willy and Lenie were members of the Lumad organization Malahutayong Pakigbisog Alang sa Sumusunod (MAPASU).
‘MAGSASAKA, BUTIHING AMA’: Who was Jesus Alegre and why he did not deserve a single day in prison
June 16, 2021
On September 8, 1994, according to Karapatan, hired goons assaulted the Alegres, killing their son Romeo. It was fortunate that the rest of the family was able to escape the attack. Despite the death of their son, the Alegres stood firm in keeping their land from which they derived their livelihood with dignity and peace.
ICC asked to proceed with investigations on Duterte gov’t’s war on drugs
June 16, 2021
“Following a thorough preliminary examination process, the available information indicates that members of the Philippine National Police, and others acting in concert with them, have unlawfully killed between several thousand and tens of thousands of civilians [between 2016 and 2019],” ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said.
2nd oldest political prisoner dies in detention
June 16, 2021
Kapatid demanded an investigation into Alegre’s death “to ascertain the responsibility and accountability of government agencies in looking after the health and safety of persons deprived of liberty.”
Bicol NDF says Masbate ‘clash’ another police canard
June 16, 2021
The group said the three massacre victims were civilians and not communist guerrillas.
NDFP: AFP blurs distinction between banned and allowable landmines
June 14, 2021
“There are the tendentious, misinformed and even maliciously distorted claims of the GRP (Government of the Republic of the Philippines) and other entities on the issue of the legitimacy and acceptability of the use of certain types of landmines in warfare in the context of the present armed conflict and in accordance with an accurate reading of international humanitarian law and instruments on the matter,” the NDFP said.
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