Hearing for disappeared labor activist starts almost a year after filing
“Where is the swift judicial remedy to enforced disappearance through the writ of amparo?”
Hearing for disappeared labor activist starts almost a year after filing
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Braving trauma, survivor Eco Dangla appeals court denial of protection
Braving trauma, survivor Eco Dangla appeals court denial of protection
“To admit the crime but shield the culprits is to side with the oppressor. This is not justice—it is the normalization of impunity.”
A year after husband’s disappearance, Corazon finds more questions than answers
A year after husband’s disappearance, Corazon finds more questions than answers
For Cora, the loss is most acute in the everyday details.
Court scores gov’t failure to probe, surface missing activist Felix Salaveria Jr.
Court scores gov’t failure to probe, surface missing activist Felix Salaveria Jr.
The Court found that the Philippine National Police (PNP) failed to properly investigate the case and did not exercise the required extraordinary diligence, making them responsible and accountable for Salaveria's continuing disappearance.
SC issues protective writs in favor of abducted environmental activist
SC issues protective writs in favor of abducted environmental activist
"Each day that they remain missing is torture for their loved ones. James and Felix did not commit any crime. James is an activist, who served the workers. Felix is a cyclist, and an environmental defender," the leaflet of two missing activists read.
Kin of disappeared activists welcome SC temporary protection order
Kin of disappeared activists welcome SC temporary protection order
“The issuance of Writs of Habeas Data and Amparo from the Supreme Court is important in our ongoing legal battle to know the truth, achieve justice, and to surface Dexter [Capuyan] and Bazoo [De Jesus],” the parents said in Filipino.
What an abduction and torture survivor is asking the Supreme Court
What an abduction and torture survivor is asking the Supreme Court
“The trauma from his ordeal has rendered him unable to perform his usual day-to-day activities as he remains apprehensive about potential retaliation from his torturers,” the petition read.
Court’s denial of protection to 2 environmental activists perpetuates impunity, rights groups say
Court’s denial of protection to 2 environmental activists perpetuates impunity, rights groups say
“Its claim of insufficient evidence to support the allegations of state-sponsored abduction contradicts the broader documented pattern of state attacks against environmental defenders."
Progressive groups welcome SC’s ruling on red-tagging
Progressive groups welcome SC’s ruling on red-tagging
MANILA — Progressive groups welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling on the petition filed by former Bayan Muna representative Siegfred D. Deduro, declaring that red-tagging, labeling, and guilt by association threaten a person's right to life, liberty or security. In a...
Rights group pushes for amendments to protective writ
Rights group pushes for amendments to protective writ
In a statement, Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said that there have been many occasions that the courts dismissed writ of amparo petitions despite clear threats on their life, security and liberty.
Cordillera activists turn to SC for protection
Cordillera activists turn to SC for protection
"We ask the Supreme Court not to wait for red-tagging and death threats to materialize into extrajudicial killings, or detention, trumped-up charges and even abductions to become enforced disappearances."
High courts grants plea of missing labor organizers’ kin
High courts grants plea of missing labor organizers’ kin
The SC also granted a temporary protection order and “prohibited the respondents from going within a radius of one kilometer of the petitioners and their immediate family.”
In search of missing activists, groups seek high court’s help
In search of missing activists, groups seek high court’s help
“We will continue fighting until the armed forces of Marcos Jr. surface our fellow human rights defenders. We will seek all legal actions and remedies to secure Loi and Ador’s rights and freedom, and to hold their criminal violators accountable."
Rights group calls on high court to protect rights defenders
Rights group calls on high court to protect rights defenders
In its second manifestation, the group stressed that the SC should revisit the CA ruling as their leaders and members continue to experience judicial harassment, threats, and red-tagging by military and police authorities, including those perpetrated by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson and Southern Luzon Command chief Antonio Parlade Jr.
Youth groups, lawyer decry ‘harassment case’
Youth groups, lawyer decry ‘harassment case’
The National Union of Peoples Lawyers (NUPL), counsel for Anakbayan, lambasted the NTF-ELCAC “for capitalizing on a familial conflict and turning it into a witch-hunt for members of Anakbayan and the Kabataan Partylist, which are legitimate organizations advancing the Filipino youth’s aspirations for national democracy.”
How the legal system is used to attack political dissenters
How the legal system is used to attack political dissenters
"The police and military have mastered the art of preparing false documents to justify the filing of fabricated charges.”
Human rights lawyers to SC: ‘How many more lives, your Honor?’
Human rights lawyers to SC: ‘How many more lives, your Honor?’
At least 40 lawyers have been killed under President Duterte alone according to the NUPL.
Rights groups ask SC to overturn CA’s denial of plea for protection
Rights groups ask SC to overturn CA’s denial of plea for protection
“We maintain that our petition is urgent amid the spate of intensified red-tagging, illegal arrests, and killings perpetrated against us by this government.”
Court junks rights lawyers’ plea for protection
Court junks rights lawyers’ plea for protection
"How many more lawyers and human rights defenders need to be killed, vilified, harassed, threatened and labelled before the dots are connected?"
Parlade, other respondents no show at CA hearing on lawyers’ plea for protection
Parlade, other respondents no show at CA hearing on lawyers’ plea for protection
"From Day 1, the respondents only issued general denials, resorting to technicalities instead of answering our petition."
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