“Given the present-day realities, is EDSA still worth celebrating?” In February 1986, the Filipinos booted out of power the dictatorship of Marcos by staging a bloodless revolt. The revolt effectively ended the 20-year dictatorial rule by the Marcos regime characterized by excesses, suppression of human rights, and plunder of the economy. (Editor’s Note: Marcos, was …
Tag Archives: Human Rights
The poet as agitator for social justice
“Artists love deeply, and so when they find themselves amongst the masses, the masses inevitably become their muse” November 30, the birthday of revolutionary Andres Bonifacio, has always been a day of both celebration and grievance. It is joyful as we commemorate the meaning of resistance, and angry as we still struggle against oppression. This …
Three brave women and the state
“A new layer of cruelty is added when we look at three women activists who were arrested recently despite their old age and illnesses.”
The CHR Report: A Climate Justice Victory
‘It is a victory to witness human rights institutions acknowledge this important – and fundamental – truth’ Co-written with Joy Reyes and Yla Paras Seven years since its filing, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) finally released its report on the National Inquiry on Climate Change filed by petitioners to urge the Commission to look …
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Duterte, Aquino, and the ICC
“Contrary to official claims, many of the killings by law enforcement were not justified.” One of the best foreign policy decisions that former President Benigno S. Aquino III did was to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ten years ago, in 2011. The Senate subsequently concurred with that ratification, thus putting …
Pag-atake sa Paaralang Lumad
Isinulat ni Tony La Viña. Isinalin sa Filipino ni Jayvy Gamboa. Original Article (Manila Standard); Noong ika-26 ng Mayo, nagpatawag ng pagdinig ang Committee on Human Rights ng House of Representatives upang imbestigahan ang raid at mass arrest ng kapulisan at militar laban sa mga Lumad-bakwit na pansamantalang naninirahan sa Talamban, Cebu. Hiniling ni Deputy …
Ang Katotohanan ukol sa mga Paaralang Lumad
Isinulat ni Tony La Viña. Isinalin sa Tagalog ni Jayvy Gamboa Original Article (Manila Standard); Miyerkules, ika-26 ng May, ay isang mabuting araw. Sa wakas, lumabas na ang katotohanan ukol sa mga paaralang Lumad – at saan pa ito mas angkop mangyari kundi sa bulwagan ng Kongreso kung saan nagsagawa ng pagdinig ang House of Representatives …
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Pagdedepensa sa mga paaralang Lumad
Isinulat nina Tony La Viña at Vanessa Vergara. Isinalin sa Filipino ni Jayvy Gamboa. Original Article (Rappler); Bisaya Translation Noong ika-26 ng Mayo, nagsagawa ng pagdinig ang Committee on Human Rights ng House of Representatives ukol sa raid at mass arrest ng mga Lumad bakwit noong ika-15 ng Pebrero sa Talamban, Cebu. Sa kahabaan ng …
The Truth about the Lumad Schools
“There was no need for a rescue.” Wednesday, May 26, was a good day. Finally, the truth about the lumad schools came out – and what better place for that to happen but in the hallowed halls of Congress where the House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights conducted a hearing via Zoom on the …
In Defense of the Lumad Schools
Co-Authored with Vanessa Vergara ‘[Students of Lumad schools] are taught to be intelligent, independent, peace-loving, and productive members of society’ The following piece is Part 1 of a two-part series. You may read Part 2 here. On May 26, the House of Representatives’ Committee on Human Rights conducted an inquiry into the February 15 raid and mass …
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