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Rights groups hit gov’t hypocrisy in hosting international humanitarian law confab

By Danielle DeloriaBulatlat.com MANILA — Progressive groups from the human rights and agricultural sectors criticized the Philippine government for hosting the 2025 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on International Humanitarian Law (IHL), the largest regional conference held from August 11 to 14 at the New World Makati Hotel. The groups said that the Philippines’ so-called legacy and consistent championing of IHL does not reflect the lived exper…Read Article

Families hope court ruling can help find Dexter and Bazoo

By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – For the kin of disappeared activists, the Court of Appeals’ (CA) decision to grant the privilege of writ of amparo to Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” De Jesus is a step forward to their call for justice and accountability. “The Writ of Amparo means a privilege for Bazoo, Dexter, and our families’ protection. This could also lead to the truth behind their abduction and disappearance and the perpet…Manila · Manila Read Article

Mindoro clash leaves 2 dead, rights groups decry summary killing, harassment of humanitarian mission

By Shan Kenshin Ecaldre Bulatlat.com ROXAS, Oriental Mindoro — A Mangyan-Hanunuo went to fetch water in the uplands of Barangay Happy Valley, Roxas, Oriental Mindoro on August 7, and hours later, was found dead. The woman was identified as Ising “Ka Mutya” Domingo by the Lucio de Guzman Command (LDGC) of the New People’s Army in Mindoro who, the NPA unit said in a statement to the media, was captured alive and unarmed. The NPA unit said that a…San Jose · San Jose Read Article

Right(s) Up: Poor investigation of disappeared activists as human rights violation

Context: In the hearings for the petitions of protective writs, multiple court rulings found poor investigation by state security forces on enforced disappearance cases. Human rights: Right to life, liberty and security; freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; protection from enforced disappearance Community impact: The pattern of poor investigation further worsens the climate of impunity in the Ph…Philippines · Philippines Read Article

Court slams again gov’t failure to find missing activists

MANILA — The Court of Appeals (CA) granted the privilege of writ of amparo to disappeared indigenous rights activists Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” De Jesus, along with their family, stressing that state actors had “egregious shortcomings” in conducting investigation and observing due diligence. A writ of amparo is a remedy available to any person whose right to life, liberty, and security has been violated or is threatened with viol…Taytay · Taytay Read Article

Honoring by remembering: Two daughters endure father’s disappearance

MANILA — For the two daughters of missing activist Felix Salaveria Jr., August is a cruel month. August 23 marks his 67th birthday and he remains missing. “For me, no days are ever the same. It is always the extremes. There are times that I am okay, and times that are completely bad, disoriented: Why is this happening?,” said Felicia Ferrer, eldest daughter of Felix, in an interview with Bulatlat. It was the first time that her father did not gr…Tabaco City · Tabaco City Read Article

Soldiers disrupt, harass fact-finding mission in Mindoro

By Helaena Rhyne PontillasBulatlat.com MANILA – Human rights group Karapatan-Southern Tagalog expressed condemnation over the harassment they experienced from Aug. 9 to 11 as they conducted a fact-finding mission in Roxas, Oriental Mindoro. The mission was conducted in response to the reports of militarization in rural and ancestral lands, and to document violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Instead, the mission team were subjec…Roxas · Roxas Read Article

Detained humanitarian worker’s sister harassed by state forces

MANILA – A sister of detained humanitarian worker Marielle Domequil was being harassed by the state forces. Domequil’s younger sister, Kyle, filed a complaint with the Commission on Human Rights Region 8 on Aug. 7. In a statement, Karapatan said Barangay Captain Edgar Cañeda, and a certain Lito Velarde went to her boarding house on Aug. 6 in Tacloban City and “invited” her to the barangay hall to talk to persons who claimed to be members of th…Eastern Visayas · Eastern Visayas Read Article

Indigenous peoples condemn land-grabbing, violence in the name of ’development’

The forum, organized by the Indigenous advocates and church groups, highlighted what they called the continuing plunder of ancestral lands under the Marcos Jr. administration, a policy they said is masked by the rhetoric of progress and modernization. By Helaena Rhyne PontillasBulatlat.com MANILA – “They call it development, but it means displacement.” said Almirah Lidasan of the Moro-Christian Peoples Alliance. Her statement reflects the sentim…Gaza · Gaza Read Article

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