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Bayan to Gibo: You will face accountability like Duterte who defended Tokhang carnage
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan likens Gibo Teodoro’s defense of the massacre committed by members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Toboso, Negros Occidental to the Tokhang propaganda of the Rodrigo Duterte administration. During the bloody “war on drugs,” Duterte and his subordinates insisted that those killed by the police were drug lords and drug…
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We stand with Bestang and the fight for truth and justice
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan expresses its solidarity with indigenous rights defender Sarah ‘Bestang’ Dekdeken, the secretary-general of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance, who continues to face state-backed attacks because of her activism. We join human rights advocates in asserting that Bestang’s work as an activist is a shining example of her commitment to truth and accountability.…
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Press Statement on trumped up charges vs. Karapatan’s Lubi and Apiag
Press Statement March 31, 2021 Trumped up charge vs. Karapatan’s Lubi and Apiag aims to cripple human rights advocacy in the Philippines The ridiculous attempted murder charge against Karapatan National Chairperson Elisa Lubi and its Southern Mindanao region Secretary General Jayvee Apiag is the latest attack on the country’s human rights movement and should not…
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Palayain si Paul Viuya
Sa kasagsagan ng COVID-19 pandemic, tuloy-tuloy pa rin ang pamamasista ng Rehimeng Duterte sa mga progresibong mga organisasyon. Ngayong araw ay iligal na inaresto si Paul Viuya, Tagapangulo ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Gitnang Luson (BAYAN GL) sa Anupul, Bamban, Tarlac. Gamit ang search warrant, ni-raid ng CIDP PNP Tarlac ang kanyang tinuluyang bahay at ayon…
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BAYAN Condemns Murder of Southern Tagalog Union Leader Dandy Miguel
We condemn in the strongest terms the murder or Southern Tagalog union leader Dandy Miguel. The killing comes three weeks after Bloody Sunday and less than a week after the SC spoke out on rights abuses in the country. The killers appear undeterred by growing domestic and international condemnation against human rights violations in the…
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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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Statement of PCPR – Promotion of Church People’s Response | February 17, 2021
Join the campaign to defend Boyette! Boyette Jurcales, Jr. faces a trumped-up murder charge, filed against him (and others) by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Tagum, Davao for an incident that occurred on March 22, 2018. Boyette is innocent of the charges against him; he has never been in the place of the said…
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Statement of AGHAM-Advocates of Science and Technology for the People | February 12, 2021
Defend our people’s scientist, drop the trumped-up charges against Boyette Jurcales Jr! We strongly condemn the harassment against one of AGHAM-Advocates of Science and Technology for the People’s Convenor, Engr. Boyette Jurcales Jr. We were aghast when we heard that Boyette, as we fondly call him, along with 10 other individuals have been filed with…