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As the 32nd anniversary of the EDSA People Power was expected to be commemorated with prayers and protests, more human rights violations were reported. On February 22, international rights organization Amnesty International likened President Rodrigo Duterte to other world leaders ushering “a new era of human rights regression”. The historic People Power uprising on February…
Editorial cartoon: In defense of the nation
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IADL RESOLUTION Calling on the Philippine Government to stop the attacks on lawyers
WHEREAS, it has come to our attention that 35 members of the legal profession have been killed in the Philippines since Mr. Rodrigo Duterte became President 29 months ago; WHEREAS, 4 of those killed are judges, 9 are public prosecutors, and 22 are lawyers; WHEREAS, the killings of our colleagues appear to be work-related and…
Bulatlat.com | Features | Nation | NewsKarapatan to Duterte: ‘Allow UN independent probe on rights violations in PH’
(Photo by Carlo Manalansan / Bulatlat.com) “If the Duterte government has nothing to hide, it should be open and receptive to these forms of investigations, instead of being the foremost impediment to justice and accountability.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Human rights group Karapatan dared the government to allow the United Nations…
OVERCOME CYBER-MARTIAL LAW
POOLED EDITORIAL: March 12 is World Day against Cyber Censorship, when advocates around the globe call for an Internet that is not only accessible to all, but also free from restrictions on free speech. It is specially relevant to us today, when our nation is practically under cyber martial law and another tyranny. The Duterte…
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From Negros to the Academe and back
When the Spaniards came to Buglas in April 1565, they saw dark-skinned natives and ironically cut them off from the act of naming one’s land after one’s labor. Buglas in Hiligaynon is precisely the act of cutting off. The Spanish conquerors, needy and exploitative as they were, re-named the land Negros to naturalize a violent…