By a Transport Union Activist 17th September 2024 On 23 August 2024, James Jazmines attended the 66th birthday dinner of his friend Felix Salaveria Jr. at a restaurant in Tabaco in Alabay Province, in the Philippines along with other members of Cycling Advocates (CYCAD) a cycling club which promotes bicycle riding and supports environmental campaigning… Continue reading Philippines’ Marcos is overseeing an era of terror
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International People’s Tribunal: US, Marcos & Duterte Guilty of Massive War Crimes
Press StatementMay 18, 2024 Brussels, Belgium (May 17-18) – The International People’s Tribunal in Brussels heard harrowing testimony from victims and experts detailing widespread human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law committed by the Philippine government and its military forces under the Marcos and Duterte Regimes and backed by the U.S. government. “The International Coalition… Continue reading International People’s Tribunal: US, Marcos & Duterte Guilty of Massive War Crimes
Philippines Supreme Court Rejects ‘Red-Tagging’
HRW’s Week In Rights WeekInRights@takeaction.hrw.org May 10, 2024 The Philippine Supreme Court issued a major ruling this week declaring “red-tagging” – accusing individuals and groups of supporting the country’s communist insurgency – a threat to people’s life, liberty, and security. Rights groups, including HRW, have long pointed out how the government uses red-tagging to harass, threaten, and… Continue reading Philippines Supreme Court Rejects ‘Red-Tagging’
KARAPATAN scores new cases vs activists using twin terror laws
3 May 2024 Reference: Cristina Palabay, Karapatan Secretary General, +63917-3162831 Karapatan Public Information Desk, +63918-9790580 KARAPATAN scores new cases vs activists using twin terror laws KARAPATAN deplores the latest examples of the Marcos Jr. regime’s weaponization of the twin terror laws – Republic Act No. 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 and Republic… Continue reading KARAPATAN scores new cases vs activists using twin terror laws
Kalikasan PNE condemns charges against ‘Ansie’ and other activists
REFERENCE: Danilova Molintas +639602315340 PRESS RELEASE May 3, 2024 Kalikasan PNE condemns fabricated charges against anti-reclamation environmental defender ‘Ansie,’ other activists Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, May 3, 2024 — A militant national network of grassroots environmental groups denounced the trumped-up charges filed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against environmental defender Anasusa “Ansie”… Continue reading Kalikasan PNE condemns charges against ‘Ansie’ and other activists
Environmen-tal Defenders Face Trumped-Up Charges.
April 28, 2024 Environmental Defenders Face Trumped-Up Financing Terrorism Charges. Kalikasan PNE and ENVIDEFCON condemn this. In an alarming development, two young human rights defenders from Quezon are now facing trumped-up charges of financing terrorism. Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment and the Environmental Defenders Congress strongly condemns this unjust targeting. Tanggol Quezon Spokesperson Paul… Continue reading Environmen-tal Defenders Face Trumped-Up Charges.
A memoir of the Philippines
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
Stop bombing fragile Key Biodiversity Areas! Joint Statement
Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment and Environmental Defenders Congress April 6, 2024 REFERENCE: Danilova Molintas +639602315340 WhatsApp/Viber Stop bombing fragile Key Biodiversity Areas! Ban indiscriminate aerial strikes! Investigate the environmental impacts of military operations! Defend our environment! Defend our people! The Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment and the Environmental Defenders Congress decry the… Continue reading Stop bombing fragile Key Biodiversity Areas! Joint Statement
Environmental defenders abducted on March 24, released
Subject: Re: Alert: 2 Environmental Defenders in the Philippines abducted Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 12:14:59 +0800 From: ‘Jax Bongon’ via IBON International Climate Justice Mailing List <ii-climate-justice@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: jbongon@iboninternational.org Dear friends and comrades, The fact-finding mission team for Eco Dangla III and Jak Tiong, environmental defenders abducted on March 24, released an update saying both individuals… Continue reading Environmental defenders abducted on March 24, released
REJECT EU-PH FTA AS SERIOUS CONCERNS CONTINUE TO HOUND AMBITIOUS CORPORATE TRADE DEAL
https://focusweb.org/reject-eu-ph-fta-as-serious-concerns-continue-to-hound-ambitious-corporate-trade-deal Mar 25, 2024 PH, Germany agree to enhance trade, investments cooperation The Philippines and Germany have discussed ways on how to enhance the trade and investment cooperation of the two countries during the second day of the three-day working visit of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in Berlin. March 12, 2024. Photo release from… Continue reading REJECT EU-PH FTA AS SERIOUS CONCERNS CONTINUE TO HOUND AMBITIOUS CORPORATE TRADE DEAL