MANILA, Philippines (Updated 4:56 p.m.) — The number of activists charged with illegal possession of firearms and of explosives continues to rise with the arrest of six trade union organizers and a journalist on Thursday, on the International Human Rights… Continue Reading →
MANILA, Philippines — No less than President Rodrigo Duterte, has been accused of red-tagging — the practice of labeling dissenters and activists as rebels, terrorists or enemies of the state that he the government prefers to call “truth tagging.”
Two mothers share how it feels to be prisoners of misery. On top of the uncertainties brought by the Covid-19 pandemic, Marites Asis agonizes over how the justice system has treated her daughter and her late granddaughter, baby River, while… Continue Reading →
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In June 2020 at the University of the Philippines campus in Cebu, police arrested eight individuals who were participating in a rally against the anti-terrorism bill.
MANILA, Philippines — Senators have repeatedly promised that they would be quick to act if the widely opposed and reviled Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 leads to the abuses that its critics fear.
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