Ending tobacco use globally is not just a compelling public health imperative but is also key for social justice and corporate accountability. Let us not forget that each of the diseases caused by tobacco could have been prevented, and every tobacco-related .
“Everyone is trying to apply the human rights lens. But unfortunately on key matters of equity, a lot many communities right now are in the rear-view mirror and not being observed through the lens of equity and human rights. This pandemic is uneven around the world and uneven in its impact. It has peeled away the bandages from old wounds of our society and it has also revealed and driven new equities. We are not doing a good job in ensuring that the basic human rights approaches are being upheld- right to access to health, right to personal dignity. In some cases Covid-19 has been used as a means of denying people their rights. Yes, we have seen great examples of community resilience and people and CSOs coming together in solidarity to fight this epidemic. But, if we are to give grades on how we are doing in leaving no one behind right now we get an F” said
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“We call on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to
launch an investigation on the trumped-up
case and shoot-to-kill order against Windel Bolinget, an
Igorot leader and human rights defender belonging to the
Bontok-Kankaey Indigenous People (IP) known for actively
defending IP lands and communities against rampant plunder
and militarization,” International Indigenous Peoples
Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL) said
in a statement.
On Monday, the International IPMSDL
joined Bayan, Katribu, Karapatan, and other organizations in
a dialogue with the CHR regarding the trumped-up charges
against Bolinget, Bayan’s Lutgardo “Boyette” Jurcales,
Jr. and others.
IPMSDL Campaign Officer Carlo
Beverly L. Longid is the Global Coordinator of International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL). Beverly is an indigenous Igorot belonging to the Bontok-Kankanaeys tribe from Sagada, Mountain Province in the Philippines. She is also the International Officer of Katribu – National Alliance of Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines, and Co-Chair of CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness. The IPMSDL Global Secretariat is currently based in Quezon City, Philippines.
Indigenous Peoples, advocates and members of IPMSDL call for continuing struggle for self-determination to combat imperialist plunder and state-terror. Credit: Carlo Manalansan, International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL)