Activists held a protest action in Quezon City last June 19 and asked motorists to honk their vehicle horns to show solidarity with 22 fishermen whose boat was rammed by a Chinese ship and President Rodrigo Duterte’s obvious pro-China stance in the controversy.
(Photo courtesy of Concerned Artists of the Philippines) Updated July 23, 9:16 p.m. By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA— Journalists, artists, and free expression advocates filed the 13th petition today, July 23, before the Supreme Court against RA 114979, or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. Joined by almost 40 individuals from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao,…
By Karlo Mongaya/Global Voices A group of Filipino professors, scholars, and students in the Philippines is leading a campaign against government steps to remove the mandatory teaching of Filipino language and Panitikan (literature) at the college level. Along with English, Filipino is one of the two official languages in the Philippines, where over 185 are spoken. It is the country’s…
The controversial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 took effect last July 18. According to human rights groups, this is the final piece in President Duterte’s de facto martial law. Human rights groups and advocates are steadfast in opposing the law since its filing in Congress. They said that it tramples upon the Constitutionally guaranteed rights of…
Human Rights group Karapatan urges the Department of Justice (DOJ) to recommend the veto of the Anti-Terrorism Bill which it is set to review before the president decides on the bill.
By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter, INQUIRER.net, November 27, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Spouses Benito and Wilma Tiamzon, who are members of the peace negotiating panel on the communist side, were deprived of a fair trial after witnesses who could have presented evidence in their favor were harassed, according to their lawyers. In a statement…