It should be pointed out that these organizations are being targeted for the invaluable work they do – the defense of human rights of the poor and marginalized.
Demonizing the defense of human rights
Tags: attacks against human rights defenders
Attacks on lawyers: A threat to democracy
There have been 36 law practitioners killed in less than five years under President Aquino.
Rights worker in Visayas harassed by suspected military agents
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
President Benigno Aquino III’s excuse that cases of human rights violations being brought before it are mere “leftist propaganda’ is not only lame, it is dangerous as threats against human rights defenders intensify.