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BAYAN CONDEMNS DEADLY CRACKDOWN OF ACTIVISTS IN SOUTHERN LUZON
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) condemns in the strongest possible terms the brutal and deadly crackdown on activists in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas and Rizal early morning today, March 7. The PNP has confirmed that 9 were arrested, six were killed, and six others “escaped” in simultaneous raids on offices and homes of the activists based…
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Statement condemning attempted murder of NUPL Lawyer Atty. Guillen
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan condemns. in the strongest terms possible, the attempted murder last night of our lawyer Atty. Angelo Karlo T. Guillen of the NUPL in Panay. Atty. Guillen is one of the NUPL Lawyers representing Bayan, Karapatan, Movement Against Tyranny and other groups opposing the Duterte government’s Terror Law before the Supreme Court. He…
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Pahayag ng BAYAN sa Ika-1 Taong Anibersaryo ng Quarantine at Lockdown
Singilin at panagutin ang inutil at pahirap na rehimeng Duterte para sa palpak na tugon sa pandemya Sa Marso 17 ang unang taong anibersaryo nang ilagay ang buong Luzon sa Enhanced Community Quarantine of lockdown dahil sa paglaganap ng COVID19. Ang lockdown ay ibinunsod ng kabiguan ng rehimen na pigilan ang local transmission dahil hindi…
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Hinggil sa pagsasailalim ng buong bansa sa MGCQ
Matagal na dapat na naresolba ng gobyerno ang usapin ng krisis sa ekonomiya at pandemya kung sineryoso lqng nito ang mga hakbang para tiyakin ang kalusugan ng mamamayan at kung naglaan ito ng sapat na ayuda sa mga nangangailangan. Ang napakahabang GCQ ay resulta ng palpak na pandemic response ng rehimen na kinatampukan ng militarized…
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Statement of BAYAN – In Solidarity with the people of Myanmar
Resist Dictatorship! BAYAN In Solidarity With the People of Myanmar February 15, 2020 We are one with the people of Myanmar/Burma who are bravely resisting the military junta that seized power on February 1 and detained democratically-elected government leaders from the National League for Democracy (NLD), including President Aung San Suu Kyi. The Tatmadaw (Burmese…
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BAYAN on inflation
Inflation is on a 2-year high, due mainly to the rising prices of pork and vegetables. The national government should address the drastically weakening purchasing power of the working people, even as it resolves the reasons for the price increase. 1. The poor need a bail-out due to rising prices of food, transportation, and unpaid…
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A message to the new AFP Chief of Staff
The new AFP chief of staff should understand that the regime will not be able to end the insurgency with lies, naked terror, fake surrenders, trumped-up charges, militarization, and more repression. These rights violations actually give rise to more resistance. These violations exist and have been well-documented. Past regimes have merely added fuel to the…
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Drop the trumped-up charges against Boyette, Windel and others
Activists are under attack through trumped-up charges that are meant to land them in jail. Last December 2020, the PNP in Tagum, Davao del Norte filed a trumped-up case of murder against 11 people from different parts of the Philippines, for a killing that happened in March 22, 2018. Bayan’s Lutgardo “Boyette” Jurcales, Jr, like…
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End red-tagging, Address the Roots of the Armed Conflict
It is time to end red-tagging and instead address the roots of the armed conflict. Red-tagging has become reckless and indiscriminate. It has included among its targets ordinary farmers, indigenous peoples and workers. Recently it has included lawyers, doctors, artists, church leaders and journalists. A lawyer and a doctor were killed in separate incidents after…
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Biden Called On to End US Wars, Aid to Tyrants
Trump leaves the White House in utter disgrace, the only president to be impeached twice, the only one shut out from social media and one who will likely face multiple charges after his term. We join the American people in bidding Trump “Good riddance!” We join their calls in holding Trump accountable for his many…