Human Rights

Read more about the article Red-tagged IFI bishop: We fear for our lives and liberty
Filipina Independiente Bishop Felixberto Calang along with more than a dozen persons and four groups were included in a list being distributed in Cagayan de Oro City red-tagging them as communists and supporters of the New People's Army. (Photo from Bishop Felixberto Calang's Facebook Account)

Red-tagged IFI bishop: We fear for our lives and liberty

"We fear for our lives and liberty, knowing that we are in this list being circulated after a national accompaniment mission that provided support to Lumad and peasant leaders wrongfully charged and detained by the state," Calang told Davao Today.

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Read more about the article Group decries spread of red-tagging lists, flyers in CDO
The flyers being distributed in Cagayan de Oro City tagged local church workers, lawyers, rights advocates and a journalist as "terrorist members of the New People’s Army and Communist Party of the Philippines." (davaotoday.com)

Group decries spread of red-tagging lists, flyers in CDO

The flyers tagged local church workers, lawyers, rights advocates and a journalist as "terrorist members of the New People’s Army and Communist Party of the Philippines."

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Read more about the article Desaparecidos to UN: Don’t believe Duterte’s HR claims
Photo from Desaparecidos' Facebook page.

Desaparecidos to UN: Don’t believe Duterte’s HR claims

Families of Desaparecidos have made an appeal to the United Nation (UN), particularly to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UN-WGEID) to keep open the 625 cases and look into more cases which have not been reported to the body.

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Read more about the article Threats raise latest ‘red flag’ to HR, educator, missionary workers in Mindanao

Threats raise latest ‘red flag’ to HR, educator, missionary workers in Mindanao

The recent threats and attacks that targeted a missionary worker, a volunteer teacher, and two human rights defenders has raised a serious concern over the safety of individuals working in progressive organizations that are critical to the government.

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Read more about the article Groups blast military for ‘illegally’ detaining 2 women HR workers

Groups blast military for ‘illegally’ detaining 2 women HR workers

A militant human rights group on Monday lambasted the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for allegedly detaining two women who were human rights workers in Cagayan de Oro City, in what they described as a sweeping crackdown against groups critical to the Duterte administration.

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