More than 60,000 civilians have been displaced in Zamboanga City from the intense attacks of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) troops reportedly under MNLF founding chairman Nur Misuari. This despite military reports that about 70 percent of areas in Zamboanga City, as of this writing, have been cleared […]
The human rights group Karapatan protested the arrest and detention of a 24-year-old Canadian student and activist as she passed through immigration last night, September 13, at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for her 7:10 PM flight to Hong Kong. As of this writing, the Canadian student, Kim Chatillon-Meunier, is being detained at the BI […]
In light of the pork barrel scandal rocking the country today, Pinoy Weekly launches a series examining the proposed 2014 national budget. Here we look at how pork barrel is maintained, but also how public funds may be misused, misallocated or denied from social services needed by impoverished Filipinos. First in the series: On the […]
Nagsampa ng kaso ang security guard na si Rolly Panesa laban sa mga militar at pulis na ilegal na umaresto, nagkulong at nagtortyur sa kanya, sa loob ng 11-buwang pagkakakulong sa akusasyong lider-rebelde siya. Kasama ng mga abogado mula sa National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) at grupong pangkarapatang pantao na Karapatan, nagtungo sa Department […]
Families and human rights defenders remembered those who were disappeared for years through poems, songs, dances and other cultural performances in Palma hall of the University of the Philippines-Diliman – the home school of two students Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan. This was the first time families of desaparecidos commemorated the International Day of the […]
Residents of Nueva Vizcaya and indigenous people’s organizations expressed alarm over heavy military presence in their barangays where mining operations exists. They also condemned the alleged abduction of a staunch anti-mining activist in the area. “The people of Nueva Vizcaya have maintained barricade for years to prevent mining operations in their lands, and this resistance […]
Former detainees and victims of the Marcos dictatorship urged the government to immediately implement the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013, as they pay tribute to two anti-dictatorship activists who recently died. The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Selda) said the Aquino administration still has to form a claims […]
Isang hakbang para sa pagpapalaya ng “Courage 2”, o dalawang organisador sa hanay ng mga kawani ng gobyerno na sina Randy Vegas at Raul Camposano, ang pagbasura sa mandamyento de aresto laban sa kanila at dalawa pang aktibista kaugnay ng kaso ng pag-atake ng mga rebeldeng gerilya sa Tinoc, Ifugao noong Abril 25, 2012. Ikinatuwa […]
Note: Dutch activist Thomas Van Beersum has been in the eye of a media storm for the past two weeks. After the story on the policeman who cried in the middle of the violent dispersal of protesters during President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) came out, dominant media personalities and commentators immediately pointed […]
Human rights group Karapatan today called for the resignation of Etta Rosales as chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), saying that Rosales has been remiss in her duty as chair of the commission by virtually acting as a spokesperson of police and military institutions. Karapatan cited the latest remarks of Rosales in media reports blaming protesters in […]
