Members of fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), together with climate advocates and various marginalized sectors, are set to mount a local climate strike to reiterate their calls for climate justice. (Photo courtesy of Pamalakaya) “, Filipino...
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Bangladeshi activists said Monday they briefed the visiting UN human rights chief on gross violations including extrajudicial killings and disappearances under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Armed Police Battalion personnel stand guard along a road at Kutupalong refugee camp in...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz There are perhaps only four remaining institutions or social forces that could be considered unmistakable champions of Filipino and Philippine languages, and it is quite tragic that the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino has reportedly targeted one of them. All three branches of...
An alliance of women in the Philippines, on Friday, Aug. 5, condemned the execution of four pro-democracy activists in Myanmar. (Gabriela / Facebook) “We stand in full solidarity with the peoples of Myanmar and all the peoples of the world in seeking social justice and true democracy. Fascist...
ILOILO CITY -- Activists and former political detainees re-inaugurated a monument in Iloilo City dedicated to the alleged victims of martial law. Activists attended a brief program that re-inaugurated a monument in Iloilo City dedicated to the martyrs of the martial law years. (Courtesy of Panay...
GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- A Mexican activist and mother of an autistic child has died after being set on fire, authorities said, sparking protests, condemnation and demands for justice on Thursday. People and relatives of activist Luz Raquel Padilla, who was set on fire by strangers, take part in a...
Nagkaisa, the broadest coalition of labor groups in the Philippines, called on the national government to immediately act on the recent disappearances of several labor and peasant activists in the country. (Nagkaisa) “We are alarmed by this report as it brings back memories of what has done...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Just a few weeks back, Vice President Leni Robredo’s supporters were adamant in urging the Makabayan coalition to endorse her. Other presidential candidates were also vying to be backed by the progressive movement. Happy reactions thus met Makabayan’s eventual decision to...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has welcomed the filing of murder charges against the 17 police officers over the killing of two of nine activists who were killed during the so-called “Bloody Sunday” operations in CALABARZON last March 2021. The detained senator, who is seeking a re-election...
Activists conducting demonstrations and protest rallies will not be treated as terrorists even if they condemn and go against the policies of the government in the same breath that press freedom will outmostly be respected by authorities. This was assured by Department of the Interior and Local...
The Cordillera Regional Peace and Order Council (CRPOC) is seeking a ‘tokhang'-type of campaign against activists and persons believed to be connected with the alleged front organizations of the communist rebels. In its resolution, the CRPOC reportedly sought law enforcement agencies, including...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Wednesday, July 28, a thorough investigation on the death of two activists who allegedly shot it out with local policemen after they were caught spay-painting anti-government slogan that calls for the ouster...
