By Focus on the Global South |
<p>Focus on the Global South condemn in the strongest terms the arrest of its founding director and co-chair of its Board, Dr Walden Bello, over libel and cyber libel charges filed by Jefry Tupas—former staff of current Vice President Sara Duterte.</p>
By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights |
<p>On 4th anniversary of detention, regional lawmakers renew call for release of Philippine Senator de Lima</p>
By Aquiles Zonio |
<div>AMPATUAN, Maguindanao – I get the same feeling of indignation and pain every time I set foot on the exact site where the 58 victims, including 32 journalists, were mercilessly mowed down at the Ampatuan massacre.</div>
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<div>It has become a recurring trauma.</div>
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<div>Many of the journalist victims were my close friends, having worked together for many years.</div>
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<div>How could I ever forget Alejandro “Bong” Reblando and Francisco “Ian” Subang?</div>
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By Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) |
<p>The massacre of 31 journalists in Maguindanao, the Philippines, on 23 November 2009, most graphically illustrates the violence and impunity that threaten journalists not only in the Philippines, but throughout the region.</p>
By FORUM-ASIA |
<p>(26 November 2009, Bangkok) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), a regional human rights organisation with 46 members across Asia, strongly condemns the recent massacre of civilians and journalists in Maguindanao, southern Philippines. We call on the government of the Philippines to conduct an independent investigation into this crime and hold its perpetrators accountable.</p>
By The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) |
<p>The clock is ticking fast, and the Senators are now facing judgment: Are they champions of the people's right to know?</p>
By Prime Sarmiento, IPS |
<p>MANILA, Oct 13 (IPS) - For Father Eduardo Vasquez, setting up 'Bahay Kalinga’ (House of Care) in the province of Maguindanao is one way of deepening his mission.</p>
<p>The centre specifically caters to women and children who were displaced by the ongoing conflict between government troops and Muslim rebels in Mindanao, southern Philippines. He has described it as "a shelter and safe place where pregnant women and children can get medical attention."</p>