KODAO TO PREMIERE FILM ON BABY RIVER
In partnership with human rights groups Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights and Kapatid, Kodao Productions will premiere a film based on the events surrounding Baby River’s death and burial. It will be held next Saturday, October 16, at four o’clock in the afternoon.
Pinoys in Europe urge UN to press investigations into Duterte’s human rights violations
“We appeal to International organizations and community to help us put an immediate stop to the criminalization and attacks against activists, lawyers and journalists, which has continued over the year, with impunity, despite the fact that the UNHRC has adopted the resolution extending technical assistance and capacity-building to the Philippine government,” the protesters said.
Teachers demand unpaid benefits, protest repression on World Teachers’ Day 2021
World Teachers’ Day is our day, and we are again presenting our dire situation and just demands on this day. We call on the Department of Education (DepEd) and the rest of the Duterte administration: spare us your empty messages of gratitude for teachers this year. This year, we urge you to simply listen and act on our just demands,” the Alliance of Concerned Teachers said.
A Call to the Philippine Army: Respect for Press Freedom in Word and Deed
Since the military by its function is not a repository of democratic values, we call on our soldiers to cease forthwith this insidious campaign to silence media and its members; to limit citizen access to views and perspectives that may differ from those held by the government in power.
REPORT: Philippine Army source of cyber-attacks vs. media outfits
CERT-PH of the DICT said its analysis and investigation revealed that IP address 202.90.137[.].42 that conducted unauthorized vulnerability scans on Bulatlat and Altermidya’s websites, was assigned to the Philippine Army.
Int’l community urged to press investigations on PH rights violations
The 52 drug war cases investigated by the Department of Justice only comprise .9% of the 5,655 cases of drug-related killings it admitted before the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2020.
Prisoners’ support group asks poll body to extend voters’ registration
“There are over 148,000 votes out there in jail facilities, and count in the votes too of their eligible family members. If they can all cast their ballots in May 2022 and vote for ‘worthy’ candidates, along with their relatives, they can make a difference,” Kapatid spokesperson Fides Lim said.
NDFP peace consultant Suaybaguio walks free
Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 219 judge Janet Abegos-Samar acquitted the women’s rights advocate of charges stemming from a search warrant issued by controversial QC executive judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert in 2019.
NDFP demands Loida Magpatoc’s release
National Democratic Front of the Philippines Negotiating Panel interim chairperson Julie De Lima said Loida Magpatoc is an expert on land reform and rural development who helped draft their version of the Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms with fellow peace consultant Randall Echanis and others.
Lawyers, activists hail ICC decision to investigate Duterte’s war on drugs
“This ICC decision to investigate the EJKs in the Philippines is a major step to justice! The families of thousands of EJK victims have long asked for the accountability of the killers. Malapit na po!” human rights lawyer Neri Colmenares said.