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By Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Labor Commission | December 22, 2020 Read more articles in Philippines We strongly condemn the repression that has been unleashed against leading trade unionists in the Philippines and stand in solidarity with the militant labor federation Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) / May First Movement. On Human Rights Day, December 10, the Philippine National Police raided the homes and jailed Dennise Velasco of Defend Jobs Philippines; Romina Astudillo, Deputy Secretary-General of Kilusang Mayo Uno-Metro Manila; Mark Ryan Cruz, Regional Executive Committ...

Share this: Read this post in Italiano, Español Journalist Lady Ann Salem, who was arrested by police along with six other activists on Human Rights Day. Photo by Manila Today, a content partner of Global Voices, used with permission. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has repeatedly expressed his scorn for human rights in his public speeches, calling rights activists ‘enemies of the state’ and threatening to allow the police to shoot them dead. As if to stress the Duterte government’s utter contempt for human rights, on International Human Rights Day, police operatives arrested a...

(Photo from Karapatan) The HRD 7 were arrested on Human Rights Day last December 10 for illegal possession of firearms and explosives, which they claimed were merely planted by police. Rallyists from Kilusang Mayo Uno, Bayan Muna, Anakpawis, and Pamalakaya, among other groups, gathered at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Quezon City to hold the “Global Day of Action” protest. Joining them were the families of detained labor organizers Dennise Velasco, Rodrigo Esparago, Romina Astudillo, Mark Ryan Cruz, Joel Demate, Jaymie Gregorio, and journalist Lady Ann Salem of the Manila Today....

Published December 17, 2020, 1:19 PM The Philippine Bar Association (PBA) has expressed concern over judges becoming “warrant factories” amid the spate of arrests against persons who have alleged links with communist groups. “The Philippine Bar Association, the oldest voluntary national organization of lawyers in the Philippines established in 1891, expresses its concerns that certain courts are reportedly turning into ‘warrant factories.’ Public reports create the impression that one particular court is single-handedly responsible for issuing tens of search warrants targeting a par...

Makabayan bloc seeks probe on 'irregular' warrants vs activists, progressive groups enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 16) — The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives has filed a resolution which seeks to look into the "irregular" issuance of search warrants that resulted in the arrests and filing of "trumped-up" charges against red-tagged activists and members of progressive organizations. The coalition on Tuesday filed House Resolution 1427 urging the House Justice Committee to conduct an investigation, in aid of legislation, on the warrant...