Anakpawis is calling for justice for the victims of the Philbest bombing in General Santos City that killed an 11-year old child and injured 29 others, mostly workers of the…
Gabriela solon Luz Ilagan cited the evacuation of 12 lumad communities in November last year due to military operations intended to protect mining explorations around the Andap Valley complex, the second largest coal deposit in the country, where Chinese mining corporations have investments.
The province of Compostela Valley (ComVal) is gearing to become the next jewelry capital of the Philippines as the provincial government makes jewelry-making its One Town One Product (OTOP), replacing…
AN OPEN LETTER Sagip hits Talaingod officials for denying the evacuation of lumads An open letter on the evacuation, displacement and human rights abuses committed against the Ata-Manobo lumads of…
?We plan to take our case to the United Nations Human Rights Committee and eventually have the libel laws of the country declared a violation of the International Covenant on Civil-Political Rights (ICCPR),? said Lex Adonis's lawyer Harry Roque. ?Once the UN body makes such declaration, lawyers could ask the Philippine Supreme Court to rule outright that jail terms for libel violates the country's treaty obligations.?