Category: Philippines
Former Senator Leila De Lima, former Congressman Walden Bello and support groups join criminalized farmers in a press conference assailing the weaponization of the law. 5 November 2014. Quezon City. Photo by Joseph Purugganan.
Criminalized farmers present themselves to former Sen. De Lima and the public ahead of surrender to local court
QUEZON CITY – Eight farmer-leaders from the Samahang Nagkakaisang Mamamayan ng Barangay...
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TeduRISE. Valtimore “Bong” Fenis (center) shares his perspectives on the intersectionality of the struggles for indigenous peoples’ rights, self-determination, peace, and development during the Palestine Solidarity Session at the Mekong-ASEAN Environmental Week. Bangkok, Thailand. 2024 September 28. Photo by Galileo de Guzman Castillo.
SOLIDARITY FROM BELOW
By Valtimore “Bong” Fenis* Heard of Palestine genocide? Myanmar military rule? Victims of...
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Rhetoric And Realities: How Does Official Development Assistance Impact Non-Moro Indigenous Peoples In The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao?
Research/Analysis by Isaak Heller Political calls by LOYUKAN network Download the report in...
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Pablo Rosales, National Chairperson of Pangisda Pilipinas discussing the widespread impact of the oil spill in Manila Bay. Photo by Joseph Purugganan. 28 July 2024. Quezon City
Fishers demand urgent relief and accountability over oil spill tragedy
Closure of the bay would mean loss of livelihoods and hunger for over 100k fishers and their...
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Book Launch — The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism: Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions
Last 20 July 2024, the Global Working Group Beyond Development, UP Center for Integrative and...
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Book Launch: The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism
THE TIME FOR DENIAL IS OVER. Across the Global North, the question of how we should respond to the...
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On June 10th, members of the Save Agrarian Reform Alliance (SARA) joined a protest action in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform in commemoration of the 36th anniversary of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program. Photo: Isaak Heller.
On the Anniversary of Agrarian Reform Law, Farmers intensify their demand for distribution of agrarian lands, support for farmers, and an end to the criminalization of land rights struggles
By Isaak C. Heller On June 10th, members of the Save Agrarian Reform Alliance (SARA) joined a...
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RENE SAGUISAG: Human Rights Defender and Freedom Fighter
Focus on the Global South joins the nation in mourning the passing of one of the icons of the...
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PH, Germany agree to enhance trade, investments cooperation The Philippines and Germany have discussed ways on how to enhance the trade and investment cooperation of the two countries during the second day of the three-day working visit of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in Berlin. March 12, 2024. Photo release from Presidential Communications Office.
REJECT EU-PH FTA AS SERIOUS CONCERNS CONTINUE TO HOUND AMBITIOUS CORPORATE TRADE DEAL
Trade talks with the European Union that were suspended during the time of President Duterte...
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Power Dynamics and Progressive Movements: Lessons from Latin America to the Philippines
by Bianca Martinez Across the globe, peoples and communities continue to reel from the impacts of...
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LOYUKAN TO DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY: Protect Rights and Ensure Participation of Non-Moro Indigenous Peoples In Peace and Development Efforts In BARMM
by Joolia Demigillo (Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center), Isaak Heller (Focus On The Global...
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10 December 2023 — “March-Parade for Human Rights” in Quezon City led by the In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND)
KAGYAT NA TULONG PARA SA GAZA
#StopGazaStarvation Sa harap ng digmaang patayan ng lahi (genocide) na inilunsad sa pananakop ng...
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