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Search You Are Here:Home → 2020 → December → 11 → Yearender 2020 | Rights activists, truth-tellers living in precarious times Yearender 2020 | Rights activists, truth-tellers living in precarious times December 11, 2020 By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL MANILA – Human rights defenders in the Philippines are facing the worst of times. This is evident in the recent report of international rights monitor Civicus, which reclassified the civic space in the Philippines from “obstructed” to “repressed.” According to Civicus, top violations include detention of protesters, censorship and attacks on journalists. Freedoms of speech, association and peaceful assembly have also deteriorated during the pandemic, the report said. “This is after the literal blow by blow attack on civil societies exercise of basic rights and fundamental freedoms this 2020,” Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said during a webinar ....