Church worker in UN reveals continuing rights violations in the PH
National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) program secretary for Faith, Witness and Service Mervin Sol Toquero reported before the international body that there had been 223 drug-related killings since July 2022, the start of the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration.
Don’t pressure journalists to sign drug inventories
Our role as journalists is the best way to act as witnesses to drug raids and other law enforcement operations without signing government affidavits and forms.
Groups welcome conviction of policeman in teeners’ killing
“The drug war and its consequences are not mere acts of one or two police personnel – there are government policies behind it and there are those who ordered, incited and encouraged these killings and human rights violations. For the thousands of victims in Duterte’s drug war, this recent conviction remains a drop in the bucket,” Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said.
I was Luis Teodoro’s student, and I took it for granted
His sun set under the rule of the same family that terrorized his generation. If we are headed for darker times, then his passing is a mercy to one who has fought battles long enough.
UN slams PH gov’t for failing to protect ‘comfort women’
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) based in Geneva, Switzerland in a decision said the country’s failure to fight for justice for the victims had essentially resulted in ongoing discrimination against them that continues to this day, nearly seven decades since the war ended in 1945.
Strike immobilizes jeepney routes in Metro Manila, regional centers nationwide
Despite threats of punishment by the government, the nationwide protest action against the phaseout of the iconic jeepney failed to deter drivers and small operators who also trooped to Mendiola in Manila to protest the government’s controversial modernization program of public utility vehicles.
Rights network to gov’t: Sovereignty does not mean running away from ICC
“The Marcos Jr. government should begin earnestly committing to full justice and complete accountability that would make the country respected in the eyes of the world. A State that runs away from justice and accountability is a pariah, deserving of being called out by the rest of the civilized, decent world,” the Philippine UPR Watch said.
Tinang farmers oppose new validation order
“We respectfully urge Sec. Estrella to clarify DAR’s position on the matter, fast-track the installation of Tinang ARBs on their 200-hectare land, and look into why MARO officials have been throwing farmers under the bus in favor of Villanueva,” Casilao said.
After 7 years, Cavite 4 walk free from ‘wrongful conviction’
The next thing they knew, the police approached them and ordered them to lie on the ground. They were beaten and dragged into a police vehicle.
Rights group denounces harassment of humanitarian mission to Bondoc Peninsula
“State forces and government agencies are in full connivance in violation of basic rights of persons to travel, for human rights groups to provide assistance, and worse, they are impeding assistance for the families of the dead,” Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said.