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Delay on the cases of Bloody Sunday victims, an injustice - rights group


By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – Two months into the killing of nine activists in the Calabarzon region and still there is no progress on their case.
Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan, said that two months is already too long since the Department of Justice’s Administrative Order No. 35 (AO 35) Committee has pledged to investigate the killings of the nine activists.
On March 7, nine activists in four provinces of Calabarzon (Cavite-Laguna-Batangas-Rizal-Quezon) were killed in what is now known as “Bloody Sunday”.
Palabay added that the families of the victims are also experiencing harassment by state forces. She urged Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to step up and talk to members of the AO 35 to stop harassing witnesses. ....

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Youth activists face threats on the frontline of climate change


Young climate activists taking part in a demonstration called by youth for a true law on climate, in Nantes, western France, in March 2021. AFP
JUST weeks after security forces allegedly killed her friend and fellow human rights defender Melvin Dasigao and eight other campaigners, Filipina activist Mitzi Jonelle Tan was back on the streets protesting.
Stop funding our destruction, the 23-year-old shouted outside British bank Standard Chartered at a demonstration in Manila last month against the financing of coal plants.
As critical UN climate negotiations loom, young activists from countries already feeling the impact of the accelerating destruction of nature are rising above the challenges of living in remote areas – and even threats to their lives – to sound the alarm. ....

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Youth advocates face threats on the front line of climate change


Youth advocates face threats on the front line of climate change
Intimidation by state actors in the Global South has not diminished young environmental advocates’ vigor, despite threats to their lives
By Eleonore Hughes / AFP, PARIS
Just weeks after Philippine security forces allegedly killed her friend and fellow human rights defender Melvin Dasigao and eight other campaigners, environmental advocate Mitzi Jonelle Tan was back on the streets protesting.
“Stop funding our destruction,” the 23-year-old shouted outside a branch office of British bank Standard Chartered at a demonstration against the financing of coal plants in Manila last month.
As critical UN climate negotiations loom, young advocates from countries already feeling the effects of the accelerating destruction of nature are rising above the challenges of living in remote areas and even threats to their lives to sound the alarm. ....

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