Filipino commuters have to contend with the sorry state of public transport every day. By GI MORI The post Inside a bus appeared first on Bulatlat.
Days after trumped-up charges against four leading activists were dismissed by the Regional Trial Court of Palayan City, activists marched to Mendiola, Manila to condemn the Rodrigo Duterte government for its political persecution of dissenters. Saying the government has revived Gloria Arroyo-era mechanisms to quell dissent on top of its own bloody record on human…
Members of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) denounce the red tagging of NUPL during its Bureau meeting held recently in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo courtesy of Edre Olalia) The IADL said that the military’s red tagging of NUPL contradicts Article 16 of the Basic Principles, which mandates governments to ensure that lawyers are able…
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MANILA — The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) denounced the arrest of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, branding it as “a shameless act of persecution by a bully government.” Ressa was arrested by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents around 5 p.m. today on cyber libel charges over a 2012 article published four…