Hidden Victims of the Pandemic: The Old Man, the Jail Aide, and the Convict
Three persons deprived of liberty describe how inhuman conditions in the country’s jails and prisons are placing them at greater risk amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Should Brown Filipinos Fight for Black Lives too?
Are Filipinos merely uneducated on institutional racism or are we, as a people historically inclined to serve White men, inherently racist?
Resist the further erosion of our rights
As grave as the implications the conviction of Ressa and Santos hold not only for the media but for every Filipino who uses the Internet and social media, we fear this complaint, if the State further perverts the law, could spell doom for freedom of expression online.
A full-blown dictatorship is made more palpable
“With the conviction of Ressa
and Santos, the shutdown of
ABS-CBN, the killings and
threats against journalists,
the numerous violations faced
by Filipinos on a daily basis
and the passage of the terror bill,
a full-blown dictatorship
is made more palpable.”
KAPATID calls on Supreme Court for the immediate release of vulnerable political detainees
Fides Lim, Spokesperson of KAPATID, said that they are hoping that the High Court would heed their call especially after Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta’s statement last week that the families’ petition can be decided yesterday, June 16.
Women join Grand Mañanita vs the anti-terror bill
She said the bill will worsen attacks on women, such as those implemented at checkpoints during the coronavirus lockdown where police officers solicit sexual favors before allowing women to pass.
Ressa, Santos’ cyberlibel conviction part of Duterte’s political vendetta, critics say
“I appeal to you, the journalists in this room, the Filipinos who are listening, to protect your rights. We are meant to be a cautionary tale, we are meant to make you afraid. So, I appeal again, don’t be afraid…We will fight,” Ressa said.
Juana Change impersonates NCRPO chief at ‘Grand Mañanita’
Performance artist Mae Paner, also known as Juana Change, impersonates Philippine National Police-National Capital Region Police Office chief Major General Debold Sinas at last Friday’s Grand Mañanita at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.
Checkpoints, rains fail to stop ‘Grand Mañanita’ vs Duterte’s anti-terror bill
Organized primarily by the group Movement Against Tyranny, the event may very well be the most creative protest action this year.
Video shows unidentified man intimidating household of Cebu engineer arrested for joining #JunkTerrorBill rally
“He was just arrested now, but next time, he might be exchanging fire with government troops, and that’s when you’ll say it’s too late, when he’s already in a coffin,” the man can be heard saying in Cebuano in the video obtained by FYT.