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(Hong Kong, November 21, 2013) In her second poem, Myrna Reblando explains what inspires her to continue in her demand for justice on behalf of her husband, Alejandro “Bong” Reblando, and ...

(Hong Kong, November 20, 2013) Myrna Reblando, widow of Alejandro “Bong” Reblando, one of the journalists killed in the November 23, 2009 Maguindanao massacre, writes a poem to pay tribute...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information from local organizations who are involved in relief efforts in the Visayas. While relief and aid assistance from...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you an appeal regarding the murder of a female land rights activist in San Andres, Quezon province. The victim and her family ha...

Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) assailed the judge for the military’s acquittal over the slaying of the couple Bacar and Carmen Japalali during a military operation headed by Sgt....

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is sharing with you the following information on who to contact and where you can make your donations, in cash or in goods, for the typhoon victi...

On November 1, 2010, Andaman Mokiding Binago was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in a lodging house in Davao City. The NBI claimed that he and the actual accused, Danny Mokidi...

In July 2013, public prosecutors in General Santos City wrote to the Supreme Court asking for the transfer of the venue of a murder trial. The trial concerns two persons described as “suspecte...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform that the police tortured, planted evidence of illegal drugs and falsely charged a man who was returning a mobile telephone that ...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about the overt surveillance being carried out on a nun and her group in Iligan City. The victim’s group actively works fo...

Dear friends,  We wish to share with you the following statement from the Free Zara Alvarez Movement. Asian Human Rights Commission  Hong Kong ————- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHR...

He is Jejhon Macalinsal. To those who know him he was a young activist, those that did not would fear him. In April 2002, he and two others were arrested, tortured and detained after the police illega...

While inside a bookstore in a city in southern Mindanao, I saw a booklet containing the biographies of modern Filipino heroes. Their names are not new to Filipinos. In fact, their photographs and thei...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you an appeal from the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) about the torture of a 16-year-old boy. The boy was arrest...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about the disappearance of a labour leader in Laguna. The victim disappeared on 27 August 2013 and his whereabouts remain un...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that the court hearing of Fernando Obedencio, an activist who has been held for nearly eight years over fabricated charges, ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that an activist in Davao del Sur is facing threats. Military elements and the village council want to control and limit the...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a pastor of the United of Church in Christ (UCCP) in Laguna is the subject of renewed surveillance by military agents. ...

Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, a program partner of the International Civil society Action Network  Tel: 1 212 729 1062  355 Lexington Avenue, 3rd Floor New York 10017 USA  www.gnwp.org A P...

In the name of peace, for the sake of humanity and in behalf of the innocent civilians who are again bearing the brunt of violence and atrocities, I am appealing to Chairman Nur Misuari and all my bro...