NEWS RELEASE6 March 2021Reference: Ms. Rochelle Porras, EILER Executive Director, +63 927 493 5747 BI’s final order to leave against missionary and labor researcher De Vries, unjust – EILER The Ecumenical Institute of Labor Education and Research (EILER) expresses dismay over the Order of the Bureau of Immigration in response to the Motion for Reconsideration […]
Subject: URGENT – PHILIPPINES: What do we know so far about the Bloody Sunday raids in Southern Luzon? What do we know so far about the Bloody Sunday raids in Southern Luzon? Timeline of events leading to the massacre and arrests of civilians in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, and Rizal. PNP-CIDG, the perpetrator of the killings,
https://www.rappler.com/nation/robredo-statement-bloody-sunday-calabarzon-activists-raids-killings Vice President Leni Robredo did not mince words against President Rodrigo Duterte’s government in the wake of the “Bloody Sunday” raids in Calabarzon that left at least 9 activists dead and 6 others arrested. In a statement late Monday night, March 8, the Philippine opposition leader said there is only one way to describe
Press Release9 March 2021 References:Cristina Palabay, Secretary General, +639173162831Karapatan Public Information Desk, +639189790580 Karapatan: Did Harry Roque just admit that the Duterte gov’t is committing war crimes? International humanitarian law does not make mass murder legal, human rights watchdog Karapatan asserted, as the group questioned Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque’s statement before the media yesterday, March
(from our Philippines section) Brutal government crackdown against activists must end now Brutal government crackdown against activists must end now – Amnesty Philippines Amnesty International Media Quote Responding to news that at least nine were killed and 6 others arrested in coordinated raids by the police and military against activist groups in various provinces in
HuffPost UK NEWS 12 April 2021 A reluctance to say no to overtime, crowded housing, and overrepresentation on the front line have left thousands at risk. By Aasma Day Filipino healthcare workers in the UK are disproportionately dying of Covid-19 as they are afraid to say no to extra shifts, campaigners have revealed. At least
Karapatan 11 April 2021 Dear friends, We are forwarding you this solidarity statement from Misun Woo, Regional Coordinator of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) denouncing the bogus attempted murder charge against Karapatan National Chairperson Elisa “Tita” Lubi, who was a governance member of the APWLD, having engaged in the network
KARAPATAN April 8, 2021 We have come together today to express our alarm, frustration and indignation at the ongoing human rights crisis in the Philippines. As the extrajudicial killing, illegal arrests and harassment of human and environmental rights defenders, development workers, trade unionists, lawyers, judges, journalists and opposition politicians continue unabated, we are living in
