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'Do better': activists slam Tokyo 2020 successor choice

Andrew MCKIRDY, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 02:34 PM

Equality activists called for more radical reform by Tokyo Olympics organisers on Friday, as Games chiefs prepared to replace one octogenarian male president with another after a sexism row.   Read more »

NTF-ELCAC’s continued red-tagging makes AFP apology deceptive

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jan 31 11:38 PM

The AFP and DND Sec. Delfin Lorenzana’s promise to institute measures to ensure that such blunder will not happen again are not only inadequate but even deceptive because the TF-ELCAC continues its red-tagging spree of colleges and universities. Read more »

Dozens of Hong Kong opposition figures arrested under security law

Jerome Taylor, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 11:24 AM

As many as 50 Hong Kong opposition figures were arrested Wednesday under a new national security law in the largest operation yet against Beijing's critics, deepening a crackdown sweeping the financial hub. Read more »

Calls mount for probe on judge issuing 'questionable' search warrants vs activists

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 12:21 AM

Progressive groups in the Philippines see a suspicious pattern in the arrests made by authorities on International Human Rights Day last week.    Read more »

Frontline health workers, racial-justice organizers among TIME’s 2020 Guardians of the Year

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 12:58 PM

Frontline health workers and racial-justice organizers are among TIME’s 2020 Guardians of the Year, the magazine announced Friday. Read more »

Filipino activists mark world human rights day with protests

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 11:39 PM

Filipino activists marked International Human Rights Day with protests condemning extrajudicial killings and government's crackdown on dissent.   Read more »

Red-tagging, crackdown sa mga aktibista kinondena sa Human Rights Day protests

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 06:42 PM

Sa pagsira ng effigy ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte inilabas ng mga grupo ang kanilang mga reklamo sa pamahalaan.  Read more »

Activists demand release of community organizer Amanda Echanis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 12:58 AM

Activists are calling for the release of community organizer Amanda Echanis who was arrested on Wednesday. The national police chief defends the arrest while the government says it is willing to take care of Echanis' one-month-old son. Read more »

Activists say drug war fight not over, despite UNHRC 'letdown'

Karen Lema, Reuters
Posted at Oct 09 12:03 AM

MANILA - Activists and families of victims of the Philippines' bloody war on drugs on Thursday vowed to keep fighting for justice after the United Nations Human Rights Council opted to give technical assistance to a government accused of ignoring atrocities.   Read more »

Pinoy green advocates get creative for global climate strike amid COVID-19 pandemic

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 12:13 AM

Members of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines held what they called an “aerial art attack” at University of the Philippines on Friday. Read more »

Social media accounts na konektado sa militar, pulis, 'winalis' ng Facebook

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 07:01 PM

Nakatutok ang mga accounts sa balita, politika, mga aktibidad kontra terorismo, at pagbabatikos sa komunismo.  Read more »

Youth lawmaker confronts defense chief: Are government funds used in red-tagging?

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 05:41 PM

A lawmaker from the House of Representatives' progressive bloc confronted Tuesday the cabinet member overseeing the military, which she accused of "red tagging" activists and other government critics.  Read more »

DOJ, other agencies sign data-sharing pact with CHR to resolve political killings

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 02 04:33 PM

Several government agencies signed a pact Wednesday to "institutionalize" sharing of information and data related to political killings amid recent reports of activists slayed by alleged vigilantes. Read more »

‘I might be killed’: Karapatan shows SC slain activist Zara Alvarez's 2019 affidavit seeking protection

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 04:16 PM

Activist Zara Alvarez had feared for her life. She sought protection from harassment and red-tagging, supposedly by state agents, from the Supreme Court, but she was killed before the court could rule on her request.   Read more »

Kadamay files charges vs Bulacan cops tagged in 'illegal' raid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 04:18 PM

Urban poor group Kadamay on Friday filed several complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman against police officials in Pandi, Bulacan over alleged harassment.    Read more »

Manila bishop slams killing of rights activists, alleged drug addicts

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 23 02:34 PM

Manila's top bishop condemned Sunday the alleged continued extrajudicial killings in the country, citing the recent deaths of human rights activists and 6 people in a "fabricated" anti-drug operation in Bulacan.. Read more »

Palace denies Duterte ordered to withhold info on activist killings from rights commission

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 22 12:03 PM

MANILA - Malacanang on Saturday denied a report alleging President Rodrigo Duterte instructed police authorities to withold information on recent attacks against rights defenders and activists from the Commission on Human Rights.  Read more »

CHR: Peasant leader Echanis tortured to death

Jamaine Punzalan and Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 21 04:32 PM

Peasant leader Randall Echanis was tortured to death, the Commission on Human Rights said Friday, following a tug of war between the police and the slain activist’s family for his body.  Read more »

CHR: Duterte, pandemic stall probe into slay of 89 activists, rights defenders

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 21 06:13 PM

The Commission on Human Rights said Friday its investigation into the killing of 89 activists and rights defenders had stalled due to the coronavirus pandemic and President Rodrigo Duterte.  Read more »

Outcry over killings of activists boils over into day of street protests

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 10:36 PM

International groups are joining the call for accountability as they suspect state forces may be behind the activists' deaths. Read more »