Protecting Women from Enforced Disappearance Women everywhere are deeply affected by the global scourge of enforced disappearance. They are the wives, mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters who are in the abysmal state of uncertainty and in pe...
By Human Rights Online Philippines on Feb 26, 2013 in:
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PAHRA STATEMENT: NEW COMPENSATION LAW, (Republic Act 10368) FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS: RIGHT STEP BUT NOT ENOUGH TO END MARCOS IMPUNITY On January 23, 1977, the newspaper Bulletin Today bannered this headline: “One-sided press reports...
Urban poor to ERC: Not so fast March power hike to cost a kilo of rice a month, says activist group Ortigas, Pasig City – An urban poor group led by Sanlakas and the Kongreso ng Pagkakaisa ng Maralitang Tagalungsod (KPML) trooped in front of the En...
New IP law to ‘liberalize’ right to personal use, not remove it –IPOPHL Marc Jayson Cayabyab, GMA News February 20, 2013 Recent amendments to the Intellectual Property (IP) Rights Law would actually allow Filipinos to bring home more co...
By Human Rights Online Philippines on Feb 20, 2013 in:
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MEDIA ADVISORY Multi-Stakeholders Forum-Workshop on the “Effective Implementation of Republic Act No. 10353: A Collective Endeavor” Dear Friends from the Media: The Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND), the International Coalit...
By Human Rights Online Philippines on Feb 12, 2013 in:
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Forum on Effective Implementation of Republic Act No. 10353: A Collective Endeavor Dear firends, Warmest greetings! After 16 long years of a hard-fought struggle to criminalize enforced disappearance in the country, we finally have the first national...
By Human Rights Online Philippines on Feb 4, 2013 in:
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Amended petition vs. cybercrime law contests cybersex, regular libel Mark MERUEÑAS, GMA News February 4, 2013 A group of petitioners against the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 has amended their complaint, asking the Supreme Court to also declare...