Rights groups say no to violence and martial law
Human rights defenders warn against a brewing dictatorship.
Tag Archives: Human rights
Killings in anti-drug campaign a public health issue – rights group
A human rights group has called attention to a more sinister outcome of the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.
Defending human rights online in the time of Duterte
“Ang nakakatakot iyong online, mag-offline na."
Killings of farmers on the rise under Duterte
Fifty-three-year-old Rodolfo Tagalog Sr. was harvesting coconuts when he heard and felt the shots. A bullet almost grazing his right shoulder, he fell instantly from the top of the tree and fractured his left shoulder.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PNA replaces its fake news that 95 states are convinced there are no EJKs in the country; no apology or reason given
Without explaining or apologizing, the state-run news agency replaced the headline and the entire text of what used to be an article entitled “95 nations in 3rd UPR convinced no EJKs in PHL.
Mourning the lack of collective outrage
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS EVERY Undas or All Souls Day (Nov. 2) when Filipinos troop to cemeteries to remember departed loved ones, I always think of the families of desaparecidos. Where do they go to offer flowers and light the candles for their dead whom they didn’t bury? I think of Edith Burgos,
