Soriano attributed the killing to President Rodrigo Duterte’s Memorandum Order No. 32 that targets human and land rights activists in the provinces of Samar, Negros, and the Bicol region.
Woman peasant leader killed in Samar
Tags: Memorandum Order No. 32
Black Friday Protest | Progressives vow to frustrate crackdown vs activists
MANILA – Progressive groups held Black Friday protest against what they call as “de facto martial law” under President Duterte’s administration. The groups gathered at the Boy Scout Circle in Quezon City on Nov. 15 carrying placards with their calls ranging, from “Stop the attacks,” Defend people’s rights” to “Junk memorandum 32.” The groups vow…
Progressives vow resistance amid crackdown vs activists
MANILA – Progressive groups trooped in front of the Philippine National Police headquarters on Monday, Nov. 4 to denounce the mass arrest of legal activists in Bacolod City, Escalante and Manila last week. Amid the crackdown against the legal activists, the progressives vowed stronger resistance amid the attacks on legal activists who were “merely exercise…
Child advocacy group urges UN member-countries to support probe on rights violations in PH
For the investigation to push through, the UN must garner at least 24 votes from the 47 member states.