March 20, 2018
Church workers alarmed over ‘DOJ terror list’
The Ramento Project for Rights Defenders is alarmed over the inclusion of names of hundreds of progressive activists in the …
March 18, 2018
Church workers hail granting of bail to Bishop Carlo Morales
The Ramento Project for Rights Defenders hailed the granting of bail to Bishop Carlo Morales as a milestone in the …
March 8, 2018
Filipino women workers decry ‘mad dog-ong’ dictatorship
The heavy rain did not deter Filipino women workers and scores of advocates from commemorating the International Women’s Day, today, …
February 27, 2018
Looming dictatorship becomes more apparent as High Court ‘cracks’ over chief justice reported leave
The looming dictatorship in the Philippines is becoming more and more apparent with reports that the Supreme Court en banc …
February 20, 2018
Rights abuses in Mindanao continue unabated
The Philippine human rights community has expressed alarm over the series of human rights violations in various communities in Mindanao, …
February 16, 2018
‘Self-destructing’ Palparan redbaits rights groups in a desperate attempt to have abduction charges dropped
The infamous retired Gen. Jovito Palparan has red-tagged human rights organizations and human rights lawyers in a bid to drop …
February 13, 2018
Nothing funny in Duterte’s remark to have female guerrillas shot in their vaginas
In what appears to be his most demeaning statement against women yet, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is under fire over …
February 12, 2018
Duterte slammed over P20K offer to Lumad for every NPA killed
The Philippine human rights community is alarmed over President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent public pronouncement, offering P20,000 to Lumad for every …
February 1, 2018
NDFP peace consultant arrested
A consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines in the peace negotiations with the Philippine government was arrested …
January 29, 2018
Attempt to jail unionist teacher, a harassment, groups say
Just two days after President Rodrigo Duterte ranted against so-called front organizations of the New People’s Army (NPA), state security …
January 25, 2018
Church workers alarmed over illegal arrest, detention of local mine worker
The Ramento Project for Human Rights Defenders was alarmed over the forcible taking of a small-scale mine worker in Maco, …
January 23, 2018
Rights advocates question degrading strip search on women visitors of political prisoners
A human rights group has recently questioned the degrading strip search that visiting women relatives of political prisoners have to …
January 22, 2018
Church workers outraged over killing of Tagum farmer activist
The Ramento Project for Human Rights Defenders (RPRD) strongly denounced the killing of peasant activist James Flores who was shot …
January 19, 2018
Rearrest order of peace consultants hit
The legal consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines Negotiating Panel assailed the rearrest order of the three …