QCPD violates rule on firearms during rallies
While the police personnel were forming a line to block the protesters, an officer was heard shouting, “O, ang mga baril!” He did not order the firearms collected and brought back to the camp however. His troops just un-holstered the guns and tucked them in their pants where they remained throughout the rally.
Why Illegal Possession of Firearms and Explosives is the Usual Charge Against Activists
It demonizes legal activists as plain criminals who are armed and dangerous and not fighting for a legitimate cause and issues of public interest through non-armed means and fora.
Paglaban sa terorismo ng estado, sigaw sa protesta sa Mendiola
Pangunahin nilang sigaw ang paglaban sa terorismo ng estado. Ayon sa Karapatan, sa ika-limang taong panunugkulan ni Pangulong Duterte ay lalong tumindi ang paglabag sa karapatang pantao at pinalala pa ito kamakailan ng red-tagging sa mga aktibista at human rights defenders.
Journalist, 6 trade union organizers arrested in police raids on human rights day
Human rights and media groups are organizing an online rally at 7PM tonight to demand for Salem, Velasco’s and the unnamed activist’s release.
Duterte red-tags late mother in yet another invective-laced rant
“Ang hindi ko alam, ‘yung nanay ko, may pagka-aktibista…Every weekend makita ko sila sa bahay, doon sa terrace. May mga madre, ganoon. Nagmi-meeting. Akala ko, nagdadasal ang mga y***. Iyon pala p***** i**!” Duterte said.
Media groups rally behind AlterMidya; condemn ‘callous, dangerous, evidence-less red-tagging’
“We strongly condemn the NTF-ELCAC’s callous, dangerous, and evidence-less red-tagging of the Altermidya network,” media organizations including the Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University, the University of the Philippines Department of Journalism, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, the Consortium on Democracy and Disinformation, the Foundation for Media Alternatives, MindaNews, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, and the Philippine Press Institute as well as media outfits Rappler and VERA Files said.
Court acquits PISTON leader vs LTFRB charge
“This should be considered a victory for the right of PUV drivers, small operators and the people to peaceably and militantly assemble to air their legitimate grievances and aspirations,” San Mateo said.
High Court orders transfer of Casambre’s trial
“[This is] due to the cost, burden and stresses on Rey and his kin, counsels, and friends of seeing the very remote Davao case through. Partial transfer requires Rey to waive his right to physically appear and defend himself should any case proceeding transpire in Davao,” Casambre’s family said.
Lawyer: Police harassing Amanda Echanis in detention
“May we remind the CIDG Region 2 to refrain from ‘interviewing or attempting to interview’ our client,” Atty. Luz Perez said in a statement. “The case is now pending before the court. Hands off Amanda!” Perez added, revealing the police intelligence agents’ attempts to interrogate the political detainee.
For two mothers, justice harder to reach amid pandemic
Women already carry the outsized share of the responsibility of taking care and raising children. For mothers whose children are in jail, the pandemic has only compounded problems as they navigate the criminal justice system.