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Salugpongan leaders slam red-tagging
The Salugpongan Council denied on Tuesday that it has links with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA).
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Stop targeting community journalists
Last December 11, posters vilifying 41 individuals—mostly local civic leaders as well as activists in legal mass organizations, but also including lawyers and community journalists—appeared in Iloilo City. They were branded as “henchmen” of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front, and accused of being “terrorists” and “extortionists,” terms the military often…
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Davao City Council okays 30 quarry applications
The Davao City Council has approved 30 commercial sand and gravel applications after the Davao City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) assured that these quarry operations doesn’t harm the environment.
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Human Rights Day 2018: Paano nilabag ang iyong karapatan?
Tinanong namin ang ilan sa mga taga-Mindanao na dumalo sa kilos-protesta noong Disyembre 10, International Human Rights Day, sa Mendiola: Paano nilabag ng administrasyong Duterte ang inyong karapatang pantao? Jamcy Pinatugao, asawa ni Pina Pinatugao, pinatay na Lumad Pinatay nila ang asawa ko…Pagdating ng martial law mas nagkaroon ng lakas ng loob yung paramilitary sa…
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Activists express incredulity at Casambres’ arrest
The morning after couple Rey and Cora Casambre were arrested by elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippine National Police, activists trooped to Camp Crame in Quezon City to demand their immediate release. In their protest rally, the activists expressed incredulity in the brazenness of the police officers in presenting trumped-up…
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NUJP on the 70th anniversary of the International Human Rights Day
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is terribly unfortunate that seven decades since this landmark document was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, this day is marked not so much in celebration as in noting how people continue to be deprived of these rights or see these…
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Third political prisoner dies under Duterte
Another political prisoner died, bringing to three the number of activist detainees who failed to gain freedom despite repeated promises of freedom by Rodrigo Duterte earlier in his presidency. Alex Arias, 63 years old, was declared dead on arrival at the Rizal Medical Center in Pasig City at about 7:30 Sunday night due to a…
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On International Human Rights Day 2018: Stop the Attacks! Defend People’s Rights! Resist Dictatorship!
“The Duterte regime is a government that willfully violates people’s rights; it is not a government for the people. It has merely strengthened a system that only affords due process, justice, and privileges to the elite, leaving the rest of us as targets of rights abuses and spiraling poverty. As we mark International Human Rights…