Environmental activists Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro on Tuesday asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to reconsider its resolution that indicted them for grave oral defamation over their claim that they were abducted by government forces.
Progressive groups in Southern Mindanao stage protest rally in Davao City to raise concerns over 795 political prisoners in the country, including elderly, women, and those in poor health. The rally, held on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, also highlighted issues such as the Anti-Terrorism Act and the fate of political prisoners. Join the call to stop political repression and free all political prisoners. #HumanRightsDay #PoliticalPrisoners #HumanRights
Cordillera activists have run to the Supreme Court to seek the issuance of a protection writ against perceived danger on their lives, liberty and security that stem from red-tagging of some government agencies such as the police, army and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.
n ecumenical youth group has sounded the alarm on the apparent string of disappearances of rights activists under the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., saying that several of those who suffered “utterly disturbing and horrifying” abductions were tortured or killed.
Families of missing activists Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” De Jesus and Dexter Capuyan have called on authorities to surface the indigenous peoples’ rights advocates nearly two weeks after they went missing in Rizal.