Contributed photo “We do not want a repeat of the injustice against our fisher folk. The owner and captain of the the Chinese ship must be held into account for ramming them and for their violation of the rights of our Filipino fisher folk in our own seas.” By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Kodao Productions A…
Video grabbed from video footage by Tudla Productions. “The authorities cannot violently disperse it and forcefully arrest the protesters, when the said protest action is held peacefully and, now with proper observance of health protocols under the COVID-19 pandemic.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – A group of human rights lawyers said there…
Photo from Altermidya “The arrest of #Pride20 directly goes against the Philippine government’s pledge of commitment to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women’s (CEDAW).” By AARON MACARAEG Bulatlat.com MANILA– An international women’s group condemned arrest of 20 members of LGBTQIA+ and their supporters, also known as #Pride20, while holding…
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Ni JHIO JAN A. NAVARRO Yanig at nginig ng isla’y hiwatig Ng hapis ng Kanlaon, ng muhi Na pinagningas ng pangangamkam Ng lupa’t labis na danak ng dugo. Kislap ng luhang nangingilid Ang andap sa tuktok Sa tuwinang ili-ili ay inaawit upang Aluin ang mga sanggol na sa dulo Ng kuwarenta y cinco’y pinagkaitan Ng…
BY REIN TARINAY Bulatlat.com MANILA— With palms wide open. This is how jeepney drivers reach for our fare, but the palms then used for reaching payment and giving back change are now being used to beg for alms. Thousands of jeepney drivers find it difficult to cope with the three-month lockdown as they have been…
“The advancement of broad, vague and overly abrasive definition and legislation relating to terrorism can have the opposite of the intended effect which is that by silencing voices, by cracking down on civil society, by weakening the due process and protections offered by the criminal justice system that doesn’t strengthen the States by rather weakening…
“Whether they like it or not, the government is responsible for human rights. Not the UN Special Rapporteurs, the civil society. This is the responsibility that they all (States) have signed.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Philippine government has an obligation to protect and uphold the human rights of its citizen,…