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f danger in my security as i usually attend court hearings of several political prisoners and leading quick response teams whenever there are reported cases of rights abuses in various communities we serve said apiag in a message sent to davao today the group said the law will only embolden authorities to commit more human rights violations with more impunity under the ata suspected individuals can be arrested without a court warrant and they can be detained for a maximum of 24 days without charges being filed against them apiag said that the intensified terror tagging on the onset of the implementation of ata refutes the claims of officials that activists and their right to expression and advocacies are safeguarded what this show is the clear purpose of the law and that is to silence critics and dissenters and even citizens who want to raise their valid complaints to the government it does send a warning but we are not backing off we will not choose silence apiag added kilusang mayo uno smr secretary general carlo olalo slammed the incident as a desperate act of the state to quell the growing dissent of the public for the government s incompetent response to the health crisis instead of addressing the real problems aggravated by the pandemic such as unemployment and economic crisis the government through its armed forces has more time in silencing its critics olalo said in a phone interview olalo added that they have already sought help from their counsels for appropriate legal actions the youth group anakbayan smr also denounced the smear campaign and assailed that the government should have instead allocated its resources to implement mass testing and financial assistance for those affected by the pandemic the group also urged residents to document and voluntarily remove any malicious materials vilifying legitimate organizations that can be seen in davao city davaotoday com posted by ontario committee for human rights in the philippines july 27 2020 posted in uncategorized 1 comment on police terrorist gallery targets activists in davao report card on duterte s 2020 sona ontario committee for human rights in the philippines ochrp report card on duterte s 2020 sona july 27 2020 this is the 5 th state of the nation address of the duterte government a number of us from canada were present at the 1 st sona of duterte back in 2016 it was a time of hope when it seemed after decades of war peace was a real possibility progressive activists were given cabinet posts it was a time when it appeared there was the possibility of real and open negotiation with the national democratic movement now five years later the tyrannical duterte regime stands on a mountain of corpses a product of its war on drugs war on the poor and war on dissent we can grade the duterte regimes performance over the past five year an increasingly fascist regime cabinet positions are given primarily to ex police and military officers it is a military junta in all but name grade fail on an independent judiciary duterte impeached the chief justice of the supreme court because he was uncomfortable with some of her positions in the war on drugs grade fail he also had human rights lawyers including atty benjamin ramos in negros murdered by the military the ongoing denegation of the legal system and attacks on the judiciary can only be graded double fail on freedom of the press more journalists have been murdered than under any other philippine regime prominent journalists such as maria resa have been arrested multiple times the largest opposition tv network was closed down by the duterte regime this judicial and political harassment of the press merits a fail on political prisoners the duterte regime has imprisoned more than 300 political activists and currently 610 political prisoners languish in philippine prisons for ongoing abuse of the judicial system to harass regime opponents duterte gets a fail on political space every day the duterte regime becomes more tyrannical killings of activists peace negotiators indigenous peoples environmental activists journalists lawyers labour organizers and many other sectors have become commonplace in his dirty war on the defenders of people s rights negros has been particularly hard hit with 3 killing cycles of activists in the last year graded a fail on creation of political space and toleration of dissent recently the duterte regime doubled down on repression passing its draconian anti terror legislation so that it can further harass and murder opponents with impunity grade double fail on the war on drugs 27 000 dead no one is held accountable suspects are killed by the police and military with impunity earning a massive fail for a grade further the un commissioner for human rights recent report further condemned the culture of murder and impunity in the police and military double fail on the health front the duterte regime has resorted to a military solution to combat the virus their strategy of no testing and lock down has not stopped the pandemic which now rages across the country fail on the peace process the duterte regime suspended peace negotiations with the ndfp and tore up nearly 25 years of agreements it subsequently unleashed a reign of murder and terror across the central philippines trying to snuff out people s resistance it murdered peace negotiator randy malayo in february of last year and arrested more than a dozen peace negotiators in violation of agreements it has previously signed fail on the war on islam duterte destroyed marawi the largest islamic city in the philippines in 2017 up to 1 000 civilians were killed since then more than 250 000 residents have been living as refugees with no right of return their homes bulldozed for its abuse of the muslim minority population duterte is graded a fail as human rights advocates we want president duterte to stop the lockdowns start universal and free mass testing and mass tracing to combat the corona virus and provide adequate ppe to all health workers stop the war on drugs duterte s alleged war on drugs is a war on the poor end impunity stop the killings stop the slaughter end defacto martial law and restart peace talks with the ndfp address the roots of social conflict in the philippines end landlessness joblessness poverty and human rights violations in the philippines stop the tyranny and stop the killings of those who are defending our rights and peoples rights reverse the anti terror legislation and stop the mass terror against the filipino people posted by ontario committee for human rights in the philippines july 26 2020 posted in uncategorized 1 comment on report card on duterte s 2020 sona council of global unions statement on the suppression of democratic rights in the philippines 21 07 2020 human and trade union rights philippines right to strike countries at risk democracies for people change the rules covid 19 pandemic news from unions peace democracy and rights we register alarm over the passage of republic act 11479 or the anti terrorism act of 2020 this law could easily be abused while human security the supposed aim of the anti terrorism act is a real concern the same should not be pursued through undemocratic means the act undermines due process as it empowers the executive branch to identify terrorist individuals or groups and to conduct warrantless arrests for at least fourteen 14 days with its deplorable record of human rights violations in the past four years in its war on drugs the philippines does not need another legal instrument to legitimize illegal arrests and extrajudicial killings we support the initiative of nagkaisa united coalition federation of free workers ffw kilusang mayo uno kmu sentro and other labor groups to petition the philippine supreme court to stop the implementation of this law for being inimical to workers interests and for being unconstitutional in the ituc report of 2020 the philippines is included in the top 10 most dangerous countries in the world for workers the philippine trade union movement can attest to the alarming level of repression of workers rights in the country there have been too many unexplained disappearances and killings of labor leaders and members moreover in its attempt to silence dissident labor leaders the philippine government has resorted to red tagging this tactic has not only jeopardized the lives of labor leaders it has also undermined efforts of trade unions to hold employers and government accountable for anti labor actions since these efforts are always maliciously exposed as bearing communist sentiments the united nations and the ilo committee of experts on the application of conventions and recommendations have on several occasions expressed disquiet about government s use of anti terror and other public order legislation to suppress human rights the anti terrorism act is a violation of ilo convention 87 on freedom of association and other international human rights obligations in the context of covid 19 the situation of filipino workers has worsened the philippine government itself projects that some 10 million filipinos will be out of jobs by the end of this year hundreds of thousands of overseas filipino workers ofws are also expected to return to the country due to job loss the health pandemic has also been used as a pretext by many employers to cut costs and further labor flexibility the department of labor and employment dole has bolstered employers efforts to circumvent existing labor standards by issuing advisories that allow employers to negotiate new terms of work under labor advisory no 17 issued may 16 for example employers are allowed to do the following transfer employees to another branch or outlet of the same employer assign employees to another function or position in the same office or branch reduce normal working hours rotate jobs and partially shutdown some units while continuing work in other units needless to say employers have been given the elbow room to negotiate reduction of pay along with these flexible work arrangements the pandemic has also been used by some to justify or deliberately conduct union busting activities for example at coca cola philippines three union leaders who were asserting the right of their members to a safe workplace were terminated for economic sabotage the government is also using the pandemic to attack informal sector workers who are most vulnerable denying them the right to livelihood the government is attempting to phase out jeepneys a move that would deny the livelihood of more than 500 000 transport workers around the country on top of this economic situation the philippines now has the second highest number of covid 19 positive cases in southeast asia yet the actions of government do not reflect the worsening situation instead of focusing on boosting its public health system and planning for economic recovery the philippine government has focused its energies on self serving political agendas such as the anti terrorism law and the closure of the abs cbn the largest tv network in the country the latter has resulted in the firing of at least 11 000 workers and the government does not seem to be disturbed by this massive job loss displaced workers of abs cbn have thus very little chances of finding new jobs ever since the congressional rejection of the abs cbn franchise renewal on july 10 trade unions have been rallying the philippine government to provide assistance and safety nets to displaced abs cbn workers the government s denial to renew its permit to operate after rappler editor maria ressa was convicted of libel is clearly an attack on freedom of expression and freedom of the press the situation of workers in the philippines is beyond appalling the attacks on the jobs and lives of workers must stop we call on the philippine government to rethink its current priorities and to focus instead on measures that will contain the pandemic and alleviate the lives of those severely affected especially those of displaced filipino workers in the country and overseas we remain in solidarity with the philippine trade union movement in its fight against increasing authoritarianism we pledge our continued support for the efforts of filipino unions and workers to restore democracy and peace in the country https www ituc csi org council of global unions statement philippines posted by ontario committee for human rights in the philippines july 22 2020 posted in uncategorized leave a comment on council of global unions statement on the suppression of democratic rights in the philippines filipina activist named one of world s young outstanding politicians jul 18 2020 ken e cagula davao today davao city philippines kabataan party list kp rep sarah elago is the lone filipino to be named one of the outstanding young politicians from across the world this 2020 the 30 year old lawmaker is among the five young leaders to receive the one young world politician of the year an award given annually to young politicians between 18 to 35 years old for using their positions to have a positive impact on young people in their communities and countries philippines and kabataan represent malugod na ibinabahagi ng kabataanpl ang pagkilala na ito sa lahat ng kabataan na nagsusulong ng bagong pulitika ng pag asa pagkilos at pagbabago na naglilingkod sa sambayanan nang buong husay at katapatan elago wrote in her facebook post other awardees are erik marquardt from germany joanah mamombe from zimbabwe michael tubbs from the united states and zarifa ghafari from afghanistan they will be presented with the award at the one young world 2021 summit in munich germany on april 23 26 next year elago is on her second term as representative of kp which is also a member of the progressive makabayan bloc she was the youngest female legislator of the philippine congress during her first term at the age of 26 the one young world a uk based non profit organization noted that elago is the principal author of the comprehensive free public higher education bill in 2017 working along with various youth organizations for the passage of a landmark law benefiting around two million college students each year since 2018 the group also recognized elago as the youngest of the board of trustees of the philippine legislators committee on population and development a member of the asean parliamentarians for human rights and as an ambassador for various non profit organizations elago is also the poorest member of the house of representatives with a net worth of php 85 400 based on her 2018 statement of assets liabilities and net worth davaotoday com posted by ontario committee for human rights in the philippines july 20 2020 posted in uncategorized leave a comment on filipina activist named one of world s young outstanding politicians open letter to minister of foreign affairs from concerned canadians july 17 2020 the honourable françois philippe 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