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PG County HS Students Planned Action in Solidarity with Filipino Teachers
Posted on March 20, 2012 | No CommentsOn March 1st, the National Student Day of Action, students at Northwestern High School in Prince George’s County, Md. were ready to stand up for their right to a decent... -
Photos from the “War on Terror” in the Philippines
Posted on October 6, 2011 | No CommentsAljazeera.com hosts some incredible photography documenting the continuing “War on Terror” in the Philippines and its effects on the lives of everyday people. -
Anti-Wall Street Protests Spread | Balitang America
Posted on October 5, 2011 | No CommentsBy Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America Bureau October 4, 2011 NEW YORK– Filipino American activists rallied yesterday to protest the New York Police Department’s mass arrest last Saturday of nearly... -
Foreign teachers’ American dreams vanish in a flash
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsBy Miranda Leitsinger DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. — As teacher Maria Ursula Raymundo stared out at the desert landscape bouncing past, she found herself thinking about where she would have been if her life... -
Kin of political prisoners form group, call for unconditional amnesty
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No Commentsby Ronalyn V. Olea Relatives and friends of political prisoners in Southern Mindanao formed their organization to call for release of all political prisoners through a general, unconditional and omnibus... -
Group to Obama: Arroyo on ‘wrong side of history’
Posted on July 28, 2009 | No CommentsMANILA – A US -based human rights group has announced the launching of protest actions in Washington DC to coincide with the visit of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to US President... -
Fil-Am activist’s abduction raises howl in Washington
Posted on June 9, 2009 | No CommentsWASHINGTON D.C. – The alleged detention and torture of Fil-Am activist Melissa Roxas is fueling efforts by militant groups to again catch the eye of US lawmakers on human rights... -
FilAm activist accuses military of torture
Posted on June 2, 2009 | No CommentsI was having a streaming thought that I was going to die there and then, they held my feet and my hands down and doubled up plastic bags were pulled down on my head and face and closed on my neck and I started to suffocate... -
Disappearances, abuse rise in Central Mindanao
Posted on May 29, 2009 | No CommentsDATU PIANG, Philippines – Sahid Makmud was waiting for a Red Cross truck, which delivered food for hundreds of displaced families in the southern Philippines, when armed men in military... -
Emergency Human Rights Summit on the Philippines
Posted on May 10, 2009 | No CommentsProposed Collaboration: Emergency Human Rights Summit on the Philippines Location: Washington, DC Date: June 6, 2009 DOCUMENTS Program (PDF) Invitation letter to the Human Rights Summit (PDF) Co-sponsorship form for... -
Mindanao nuns’ group hits ‘persecution’ in arrest of nun, 3 others
Posted on February 16, 2009 | No CommentsMANILA, Philippines – Davao-based nuns accused the military Saturday of “persecuting” church people for their work with the poor and for the environment. The Sisters Association of Mindanao (Samin) questioned... -
US Congress told RP fails US military aid conditions
Posted on February 10, 2009 | No CommentsMANILA, Philippines – The administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has failed to meet three conditions set by the United States Congress for the partial release of military aid to the...