Neri Colmenares wins international human rights award
Neri Colmenares, one of the country’s most prominent public interest lawyers, is this year’s awardee for outstanding contribution to human rights by the foremost organization for international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies.
‘Rouge Gallery’: Men wear red lipstick vs red-tagging
Men took up actor Angel Locsin’s challenge to wear red lipstick to protest the of Armed Forces of the Philippines Southern Luzon Command commander Lt. General Antonio Parlade Jr.’s latest red-tagging spree against government critics.
IBON opens to gov’t inspection days before anti-terrorism law effectivity
“This is an important contribution to IBON asserting its character as a legitimate organization that does not, never has, and never will have the guns, explosives, and other illegal items that are wont to be planted to justify spurious search warrants and bogus charges against activists and human rights defenders,” IBON executive director Sonny Africa said.
Joint statement: Stand with ABS-CBN, Defend Free Expression
At a time when millions are standing up and speaking out about the abuses of the Duterte administration, state agents respond with a patently unconstitutional crackdown on the media sector.