Progressive groups in Davao City hold a protest along Roxas Avenue to condemn the extension of martial law in Mindanao for one more year. In a joint session on Wednesday, December 13, the Congress approved the request of the Palace to extend the implementation of martial law until December 31, 2018. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/…
Women’s group Gabriela strongly condemned the removal of the comfort woman statue along Roxas Boulevard in Manila Friday, saying the move is a desecration of Filipino women’s dignity. Blaming Japan and the Rodrigo Duterte government for the statue’s removal, the group said the move casts a foul insult on hundreds of victims of sex slavery…
Naglabas ng petisyon ang Department of Justice na nais magpanukalang pormal nang tawaging grupong terrorista ang CPP-NPA. Pag-uusapan ni Dating BAYAN MUNA Representative Satur Ocampo ang implikasyon ng panukalang ito at kung bakit ito nakikita bilang “tokhang list” na nakatutok sa mga aktibista. Panoorin ang latest episode ng Alab Analysis kasama si Inday Espina-Varona! The…
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We strongly condemn the killing of Zara Alvarez, human rights activist, peasant organizer and ecumenical church worker. The full force of the Anti-Terror Law are now effecting despotic cleansing on human rights defenders and peace advocates. The state forces under Duterte’s command assassinated ‘Ka Zara’ in cold blood last night in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental,…
“If the government doesn’t want us to give services to victims of human rights violations, that is no justification to open us to attacks.” Read also: ‘Duterte acting treasonous on his vetted matrix from a foreign intelligence’ — Neri Colmenares BY MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — The matrix of personalities behind a purported “oust Duterte”…