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Crackdown against journalist and activists mars Human Rights Day in the Philippines · Global Voices


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Journalist Lady Ann Salem, who was arrested by police along with six other activists on Human Rights Day. Photo by Manila Today, a content partner of Global Voices, used with permission.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has repeatedly expressed his scorn for human rights in his public speeches, calling rights activists ‘enemies of the state’ and threatening to allow the police to shoot them dead. As if to stress the Duterte government’s utter contempt for human rights, on International Human Rights Day, police operatives arrested a journalist and six labor union activists in their Metro Manila homes on allegedly trumped-up charges of possessing weapons. ....

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CNN This Is Life With Lisa Ling December 6, 2014 07:01:00

To 270 kilometres per hour. it s expected to make landful later today. our own eric van dam is standing by with the details. derek, this storm is packing quite a punch. we are starting to peace together all the facemasks. this is the latest information i can pass along to you. and there s few important components i want you to realize in that this storm is now moving due west and it s also slowed down. this is a concern for flooding. because as it finally makes its way inland across the central philippine, we re going to see excessive hateful, possibly pockets of 500 millimeters or more within a two-day period. and you can imagine with this mountainous terrain across this area, flooding and also the possibility of lands slides are a major con certain. now, this is what is called the path of uncertainty. anywhere under this dark shading of blue should be on high alert. ....

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