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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 5, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 03:00 AM

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

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 03:38 PM

Climate activists join residents of communities affected by pollution from coal-fired power plants as they picket in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Quezon City on Thursday, calling on the government to increase efforts in enforcing cleaner air amid reports on unhealthy air quality in the country. Read more »

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested on illegal assembly charges

Reuters
Posted at Feb 28 01:01 PM

HONG KONG - Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai, an outspoken critic of Beijing, and two other pro-democracy activists were arrested by police on Friday on charges of illegal assembly, local media reported. Read more »

Study: PH deadliest nation for farmers, indigenous people over land disputes

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Dec 11 06:38 PM

The Philippines was also ranked the deadliest nation for land rights activists last year by another human rights group, Britain-based Global Witness, which recorded 164 killings worldwide. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 10, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 01:07 AM

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

Palace urged to declare 'climate emergency' by environment, youth groups

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 08:50 PM

Advocacy group Greenpeace Philippines urged Duterte to enact an Executive Order declaring a climate emergency that will address the climate crisis and its impact on the country, and make it a government priority. Read more »

Mga lider ng leftist groups ipinasilip ang bahay para igiit na wala silang armas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 08:39 PM

Bintang kasi ng militar, ginagamit umano itong mga safehouse ng rebeldeng komunista. Read more »

Leftist leaders deny keeping guns in homes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 12:04 AM

Leftist leaders open their homes to the media to prove they are not keeping illegal firearms. Read more »

Aid group questions inclusion in military's list of 'communist fronts'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 11:44 PM

An aid group which works with the government in disaster response slammed its inclusion in the military's list of organizations allegedly serving as fronts for the communist movement. Read more »

Pag-aresto sa mga miyembro ng militanteng grupo, inalmahan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 01:00 AM

Mula noong isang linggo, nasa 60 na ang nahuli sa magkakahiwalay na search operation ng PNP at Army sa Negros Occidental at Metro Manila. Read more »

16 Ugandan LGBT activists given forced anal exams: rights group

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 25 12:41 AM

Sixteen Ugandan LGBT activists were subjected to forced anal examinations after being arrested, the country's leading gay rights organization said Thursday. Read more »

Palace hits Global Witness as source of lies after report on land activist murders

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 12:50 PM

Malacañang blasted Wednesday international rights watchdog Global Witness as a source of lies after the group published a report on the sharp increase of murders of environmental activists and land defenders in the Philippines under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Murders of land activists spike under Philippines' Duterte: watchdog

Cecil Morella, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 24 12:19 PM

MANILA - Murders of environmental activists and land defenders in the Philippines have risen sharply under President Rodrigo Duterte, an international rights watchdog said Tuesday, alleging his speeches and policies have "emboldened" the killers. Read more »

Thousands join Moscow opposition rally after crackdown

Romain Colas, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 10 09:51 PM

Thousands have attended street protests calling for free and fair elections after the exclusion of several opposition figures. Read more »

Hong Kong police fire tear gas during another weekend of protests

Clare Jim and Marius Zaharia, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 10 11:07 PM

Weeks of increasingly violent protests have plunged Hong Kong into its most serious political crisis for decades, posing a serious challenge to the central government in Beijing. Read more »

Philippines is world's deadliest nation for land rights: campaign group

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Updated as of Jul 30 02:24 PM

More than 3 people were murdered each week last year while protecting their land from encroaching industries, a human rights group said on Tuesday, with a 4-fold increase in killings related to conflicts over water. Read more »

Hong Kong protest anger targets symbols of China's rule

Elaine Yu, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 27 05:08 PM

HONG KONG - Seething unrest in Hong Kong is taking on a more stridently anti-Chinese tone, with the target of public anger shifting from the city's leaders to direct symbols of Beijing's rule and the huge influx of mainlanders. Read more »

Waiting for 'WakaSONA'

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 04:05 PM

Activists from different student organizations carry images of Filipino heroes during a press briefing at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) headquarters in Quezon City on Monday. Read more »

‘Unholy alliance’? Southeast Asian authorities accused of trading exiled activists

Kay Johnson and Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters
Posted at Jun 22 05:55 PM

UN envoys, in letters to Vietnam and Thailand, raised suspicion of an "enforced disappearance" and expressed "grave concern". Read more »

CHR condemns killings of human rights activists in Bicol

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 05:51 AM

MANILA - The Commission on Human Rights has condemned the recent killings of human rights activists Ryan Hubilla, Nelly Bagalasa and Neptali Morada in Bicol. Read more »

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