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Bulatlat.com | Features | Nation | NewsHow redbaiting triggers the killing of activists in the Philippines
When is it acceptable to red tag an activist in the Philippines? Never, unless you are among the rabid state-backed forces advocating the prohibition of communist philosophy and the violent persecution of individuals and groups accused of advancing communist causes. It is politically-incorrect even if the intent is to ridicule the supposedly ‘obsolete’ politics of…
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A Manobo woman wails on the last night of Datu Kaylo Bontulan’s wake at the evacuation center inside the UCCP Haran Compound on Monday. Bontulan was among the leaders of the Lumad communities from Talaingod, Davao del Norte who fled their homes since 2015 due to militarization. He died on April 7 during a military…
Pandarahas sa mga manggagawa ng Pepmaco, kinundena ng Karapatan
Mariing kinukundena ng Karapatan ang tahasang paglabag sa karapatan ng mga manggagawa ng Peerless Products Manufacturing Corporation (Pepmaco) sa Laguna. Ang Pepmaco ang gumagawa ng mga sabong panlaba kagaya ng Champion at Calla, Systema toothpaste at Hana shampoo. read more
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Gov’t body to probe killings; can it ever deliver justice?
The Department of Justice has announced that an interagency body will investigate the extrajudicial killings, carried out one week apart this month, of peasant leader and peace consultant Randall Echanis, 71, and human rights cum health worker Zara Alvarez, 39, single mother of an 11-year-old girl. Echanis was murdered along with his neighbor inside his…
Rights groups in Hong Kong, Belgium stage protests vs Duterte’s fake terror list
In a show of solidarity with Filipino activists against the Duterte government’s attacks and political persecution of human rights defenders, human rights and people’s organizations in Hong Kong and Belgium staged symbolic actions to condemn Duterte’s fake terror list. “These acts of solidarity remind us that Filipinos and even foreigners in different parts of the…
