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Activists in Canada mourn death of slain Panay activist
Bayan Muna Party-list Iloilo City Coordinator Jory Porquia. (Photo courtesy of Panay Today) By DELFIN DEL ROSARIO Bulatlat.com ALBERTA, Canada – Admiration for the life lived by slain activist Jory Porquia has crossed borders in Canada. Jose Reynaldo Porquia, or Jory, is described as a “tireless defender of the rights of the poor” in a…
Media groups, journ educators back AlterMidya amid red-tagging
(Philstar.com) – December 7, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Different media groups and journalism educators on Monday backed alternative media network AlterMidya amid baseless red-tagging of an official of the government’s anti-communist task force. Eleven Philippine press groups and journalism professors condemned the “callous, dangerous and evidence-less” red-tagging of AlterMidya network by the executive director of…
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UN experts call for independent probe on killings of rights defenders
Different groups calling for justice for killed activists in the country. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan/BULATLAT) “We are saddened and appalled by the ongoing violence and threats against human rights defenders in the Philippines, including the killing of two human rights defenders over the past two weeks.” — UN spokesperson By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com…
Opinion: Not another Marcos: People Power and ongoing resistance in the Philippines
by: Lea Luciano, Myka Jaymalin Introduction This year marks the 36th Anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, a historical uprising of the masses who ousted the late Ferdinand Marcos’ longstanding dictatorship and restored democracy to the Filipino people. On February 25, 1986, days after Marcos’ controversial win during the 1986 Snap Election, millions of…
