Tag: Human rights
Groups decry attempts to distort historical facts on martial law
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) criticized the Marcos Jr. government on its attempt at “rebranding”
‘State agents may be involved in the abduction of 2 envi...
It noted that authorities seemed to be “focused on investigating the victims’ background rather than helping to resolve the disappearance"
Gospel non-violence
These prophetic lives, these non-violent resilient “doves”, pose a threat to the powerful “wolves” by their mere survival and existence
Faith-based group joins calls to surface missing environmental defenders
“The pattern of abductions of environmental defenders... is deeply alarming and demands urgent attention from authorities"
Broadcast journo files P2M civil case against red-taggers
Altermidya, a network of independent and progressive media outfits, said that it stands with Araullo in full solidarity
Martial law survivors oppose DepEd’s whitewashing of Marcos dictatorship
The group of martial law survivors said the recently launched Matatag curriculum is “historical distortion and mass disinformation".
BALIK-TANAW: Bearing witness to truth
The nature of truth is that it always belongs to the people who suffer and not the powerful... Truth is allowing suffering to speak.
Philippine court acquits priests, activists of sedition charges
The court ruled that the prosecution had failed to establish their guilt in the conspiracy to commit sedition case
Sri Lanka Catholics seek foreign probe into Easter bombings
Islamist extremists targeted churches and hotels in the 2019 suicide bomb attacks against Christian worshippers and foreign travelers
Progressive groups air concerns on CBCP’s joining NTF-ELCAC
“Church’s prophetic voice and mission will be better heard and appreciated outside the NTF-ELCAC, among the ranks of our oppressed and suffering people”


















