Love is…Freedom from Violence! On the 14th of February 2013, we join a global strike to demand an end to violence against women or VAW. This is our independent contribution to the campaign, led by the World March of Women - Pilipinas and orga...
Nearly two years after my arrest, I am in high spirits as I return to the ranks of cultural workers and mass activists for national democracy. My incarceration brought me face to face with the grim conditions in prison, and the dismal state of...
Philippine Human Rights Defender in Danger: Human Rights Group asks German Parliamentarians to speak up for the safety of Cocoy Tulawie Cologne, 10.01.2013 – The German-based Action Network Human Rights –Philippines (AMP) commemorates the first a...
By Free Ericson Acosta on Dec 3, 2012 in:
Assata Shakur, jun cruz reyes, Aung San Suu Kyi, pussy riot, PEN International, Nelson Mandela, Ericson Acosta, Artists, Alan Jazmines, Statement, Amnesty International
by Ericson AcostaPolitical PrisonerDespite the grim reality of imprisonment, I have not, as of yet, been condemned to a total state of ignorance as far as current efforts of various committed art and cultural groups and alliances are concerned. Thank...
By Free Ericson Acosta on Dec 3, 2012 in:
Assata Shakur, jun cruz reyes, Aung San Suu Kyi, pussy riot, PEN International, Nelson Mandela, Ericson Acosta, Artists, Alan Jazmines, Statement, Amnesty International
by Ericson AcostaToday, December 3, is the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners. From my tiny cell here at the Calbayog sub-provincial jail in Samar Island, and from the penal colony called the Philippines, one raised and cl...
By Human Rights Online Philippines on Nov 25, 2012 in:
Statement, AICHR, Amnesty International, ASEAN, Asean Intergovernmental Human Rights Commission, ASEAN member States, Asia, Declaration, Human Rights, HumanRights, Phnom Penh
Civil society rejects flawed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration Phnom Penh, Cambodia — 62 grassroots, national, regional, and international civil society groups are calling upon ASEAN Member States to postpone the adoption of the ASEAN Human Rights...
Maid abuses and human exploitation: the highest form of dehumanization and barbarism by Jose Mario De Vega I refer to “‘Slaves at home’, really extended family” by Frankie D’Cruz, The Malay Mail, Being Frank, October 31. D’Cruz has once a...