Human Rights

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Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) union region president for Northern Mindanao Ophelia Tabacon (second from left) leads other educators in demanding for increase in salary of educators during a recently protest action held in Plaza Divisoria, Cagayan de Oro City. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davatoday.com)

ACT Teachers reps condemn cases vs union leader

Legislators belonging to the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) have condemned what they called as “fabricated cases” filed against leaders of different rights organizations including ACT Union regional president for Northern Mindanao Ophelia Tabacon.

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(Photo courtesy of Karapatan)

3 more groups ask SC for protection against red-tagging

Human rights group Karapatan, Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, and GABRIELA also filed a petition for a writ of Amparo and habeas data before the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday, May 6, citing “threats to life, liberty, and security” amid accusations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that their organizations are communist fronts.

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Read more about the article Families hope for conviction of suspects in Maguindanao massacre
Families of the victims of Maguindanao massacre, along with the members of Mindanao-based media light candles in General Santos City on Tuesday, April 23, to commemorate the killing of the 32 journalists in Ampatuan, Maguindanao almost nine years ago, known as the infamous Ampatuan Massacre. Every 23rd of the month, journalists and families hold an activity as the massacre marks its 10th year anniversary this November. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

Families hope for conviction of suspects in Maguindanao massacre

The families of the victims of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre have called on the government to hasten the delivery of justice, saying more than enough time has passed to rest the case.

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