Progressive labour groups in the Davao region poured into the streets on August 27 to join colleagues nationwide to demand accountability of the Duterte administration over what they said were unfulfilled promises to labor, notably in protecting the rights of workers and better working condition.
Isa sa kakaibang pagtingin ng mga mananakop ukol sa mga katutubo pagdating nila sa kapuluan ang patungkol sa kakaibang paniniwala ng mga ito. Dahil hindi tugma sa kanilang kinagisnang Katolisismo sa Europa, laging tinitingnan na higit na mababa, hindi sibilisado at likha ng diablo ang mga paniniwala ng mga katutubo. Dahil nasa gitna ng diwa…
Bella Perez-Rubio (Philstar.com) – December 17, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A coalition of civil society groups has been formed to conduct an inquiry into alleged human rights violations in the Philippines in response to what they characterize as a severe escalation of abuses in the country. The Independent International Commission of Investigation into Human Rights Violations…
“This alleged destabilization plot is an underhanded move to justify further repression and rights violations against organizations and personalities considered as critics of the Duterte government. Concocting lies and fantastic conspiracy theories is natural for insecure and fascist governments . If October passes without much ado, we are almost sure “Red November”, Red December”, and…
Human rights watchdog Karapatan reasserted its call for an independent investigation of international human rights bodies into the Duterte administration’s “worsening human rights violations and deplorable crimes against humanity” as it assailed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) creation of a so-called inter-agency panel to investigate the thousands of deaths in the government’s sham drug war….
“We call on all member states of the UN Human Rights Council to be seized of the seriousness of the human rights situation in the Philippines and to adopt all the recommendations in your June 30 report on the human rights situation in the Philippines,” ICHRP Chairperson Peter Murphy said in his letter to Bachelet….