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Kenya LGBTQ rights activist killed, suspect arrested

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 11:25 AM

Kenyan police said they had arrested a suspect in the killing of an LGBTQ rights campaigner whose body was discovered stuffed in a metal trunk, a grisly crime that has sparked national outrage. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 23, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 11:44 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Nasino visits baby River's tomb

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 05:42 PM

Reina Mae Nasino puts a candle on the grave of her 3-month old daughter River at the Manila North Cemetery Friday, a day after being released on bail Read more »

Manila court allows 3 detained activists to post bail

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 10:28 PM

Temporary freedom remains elusive for Reina Mae Nasino, the detained Filipino activist whose infant girl died three months after she was born in prison. Read more »

Court grants bail to Baby River’s mother, 2 other detainees

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 13 11:53 AM

For over two years, activist Reina Mae Nasino clung to a promise she made when she laid her 3-month-old baby, River, to rest in October 2020. Read more »

CA voids search warrants vs Baby River’s mother, 2 others

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 09 04:10 PM

Three detained activists, including the mother of a baby who died months after birth, are set to walk free after the Court of Appeals voided 2 warrants. Read more »

'Humanitarian release' for martial law survivor sought

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 01:48 PM

The family of Adora Faye de Vera is appealing for her "humanitarian release" and immediate return to Manila due to security and health issues. Read more »

Myanmar junta executes 2 pro-democracy rivals

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 25 04:09 PM

Myanmar's junta has executed a former lawmaker from Suu Kyi's party and a prominent activist, in its first use of capital punishment in decades. Read more »

Hong Kong jails terminally ill activist

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 12 04:18 PM

A Hong Kong activist with terminal cancer was jailed Tuesday for attempted sedition over a planned protest against Beijing's Winter Olympics that was foiled by a pre-emptive arrest. Read more »

Pag-aresto kay Macapanpan posibleng konektado sa Ahunan project: abogado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 04:41 PM

Posibleng konektado sa pagkontra ng environmental activist na si Vertudez 'Daisy' Macapanpan sa Ahunan project sa Pakil, Laguna ang naging pagkakaaresto sa kaniya, ayon sa abogado nito. Read more »

Groups call for release of green activist in Laguna

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 02:47 PM

Human rights groups are calling for the release of Daisy Macapanpan, who was arrested in Pakil, Laguna last week over rebellion charges in 2008. Read more »

Activists protest near US Embassy

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 04:05 PM

Protesters scuffle with members of the Manila Police District (MPD) during a protest near the US Embassy in Manila on Saturday. Read more »

Hong Konger gets 15 years in prison after biting off activist's ear

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 19 05:03 PM

A man was jailed for nearly 15 years after biting off the ear of an activist and attacking 3 others at the height of Hong Kong protests in 2019. Read more »

2 soldiers sentenced to 40 years in prison over murder of activist

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 18 09:54 PM

A Bacolod court has convicted 2 military personnel of murder over the 2010 killing of an activist in Negros Occidental. Read more »

Activist-doctor freed as court cites lapses in arrest, detention

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 09:49 PM

The Philippine justice department vowed to look into possible lapses in the arrest and detention of activist Dr. Naty Castro who was ordered released by the court on Wednesday because of procedural missteps. Read more »

Dr. Naty Castro nakalaya at nakauwi na ng NCR

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 08:21 PM

Nakalaya at nakauwi na sa NCR ang inarestong community doctor at activist na si Dr. Naty Castro. Read more »

PNP mulls appealing dismissed case vs community doctor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 05:37 PM

The PNP is mulling a motion for reconsideration on the dismissal of the kidnapping case against a doctor, who was accused of being a rebel leader. Read more »

Doc Naty freed; Judges urged to 'follow judicial ethics'

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 31 12:41 PM

The case against Dr. Natividad Castro was dismissed on March 25 due to due process violation and lack of probable cause. Read more »

Court junks kidnap case vs community doctor-activist

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 12:43 AM

A Bayugan City court has junked the kidnapping and serious illegal detention charge against community doctor and activist Dr. Natividad Castro. Read more »

Lumad school teacher Chad Booc laid to rest

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 11:18 PM

Lumad school teacher Chad Booc, who was killed in what the military said was an encounter in Davao de Oro last Feb. 24, was 'planted' at his final resting place in Cebu City on Wednesday. Read more »