After the return of the Marcoses to power in the 2022 presidential election, there were grave concerns about the legacy of the EDSA People Power Revolution – the non-violent people’s… Continue reading "We must not allow the spirit of the People Power Revolution be hijacked by the Dutertes"
Having been cleared of her third and final fabricated narcotics case, former senator and prominent Duterte critic – Leila de Lima – has at last regained her unconditional freedom. The… Continue reading "Leila de Lima free at last; her mission now is to bring Duterte and his minions to justice for falsely imprisoning her"
In one of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s most notorious one-liners, he told soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in 2018 to, “shoot female rebels in the vagina”.… Continue reading "International Humanitarian Law: Why even wars have rules"
The Philippine National Police (PNP) have – at times – acted as the judge, jury, and executioner in President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against criminality. But when members of the Force… Continue reading "How President Duterte encouraged a culture of impunity within the Philippine National Police"
On the 21st of September 1972, Filipinos remember the declaration of martial law by then President Ferdinand Marcos. It is an occasion to remind ourselves of the brutality of the… Continue reading "We should never forget the horrors of Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship"
Further evidence of the Duterte administration’s desire to purge government critics is the bloody military operation known as “Oplan Kapayapaan” (OK; Operation Peace). Led by combat and intelligence agents of… Continue reading "War on human rights groups: Four activists killed in three days"
