Subject: My review of “Some People Need Killing” Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 16:29:03 +0000 (UTC) From: Walden Bello (via aepf Mailing List) <aepf@lists.riseup.net> Reply-To: waldenbello@yahoo.com Hi friends: Attached is my review of Patricia Evangelista’s bloody blockbuster “Some People Need Killing,” an account of genocide during the Duterte years in the Philippines. A Memoir of Murder… Continue reading A memoir of the Philippines
Tag: Duterte legacy
UN Special Rapporteur urged to act on Marcos Jr repression of freedom of Expression in Philippines and Overseas
UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan urged to act on Marcos Jr. repression of Freedom of Expression in the Philippines and Overseas UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan urged to act on Marcos Jr. repression of Freedom of Expression in the Philippines and Overseas Press ReleaseJanuary 30, 2024 The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines… Continue reading UN Special Rapporteur urged to act on Marcos Jr repression of freedom of Expression in Philippines and Overseas
Human Rights Watch World Report 2024
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/philippines Human Rights Watch report on the state of human rights across the world at the end of 2023 includes an assessment of the continuing plight of pro-rights groups in the Philippines: “The human rights situation in the Philippines remains dire amid extrajudicialkillings, attacks against political activists and journalists, and abuses committed during the armed… Continue reading Human Rights Watch World Report 2024
Abolish controversial Philippines anti-insurgency programme that targets environmental defenders: UN special rapporteur Ian Fry
The environmental law expert tells Eco-Business after his 10-day visit to the country why the anti-insurgency task force should be disbanded, and why it is crucial for President Marcos, Jr to attend the upcoming COP28 climate talks. By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez https://www.eco-business.com/news/abolish-controversial-philippines-anti-insurgency-programme-that-targets-environmental-defenders-un-special-rapporteur-ian-fry/ Nov. 21, 2023 Australian environmental law and policy expert Ian Fry last visited… Continue reading Abolish controversial Philippines anti-insurgency programme that targets environmental defenders: UN special rapporteur Ian Fry
SUMKAD for land, life, and honor!
Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information CommissionCENTRAL STATEMENTon the 39th Peoples Cordillera DayWe mark the 39th Peoples’ Cordillera Day with a united battle cry- SUMKAD for land, life, and honor! Sumkad, meaning to rise, resist, defend, is a word with an all-too-familiar meaning in our history of struggle as Cordillera Peoples. In the 70s and 80s, the… Continue reading SUMKAD for land, life, and honor!