human rights abuses

LONG BEACH — Activists rallied for Chinese american human rights defender Brandon Lee, who was gunned down int he Philippines earlier this month. The incident isn’t the first time activists say its happened to one of their...

SAN FRANCISCO — From the east coast and now in the west, human rights advocate Cristina Palabay has been informing communities across the United States about what she calls the humanitarian crisis in the Philippines. Palabay is...

LOS ANGELES — This weekend marked the anniversary of the EDSA People Power Resolution, and as U.S.-based activists are continuing the fight. LA Filipinos marked the anniversary of the 1986 EDSA Revolution by holding a forum on...

Throughout northern and southern California, Filipinos raised awareness on U.S. and Philippine issues as it joined several actions. In San Mateo, members of the Filipino American Human Rights Alliance joined a multicultural celebration of the 70th...

by Krystle Alarcon, ABS-CBN News MONTREAL — A nanny in Montreal is owed more than $40,000 in compensation. She won her human rights case last year, but has yet to see a penny. Gelyn Dasoc-Hilot arrived in Montreal...

NEW YORK —  A revolution is brewin among these Filipino-American youths. They say President Duterte’s war on drugs and the alleged human rights violations in the Philippines have brought them together to form a solidarity movement called...

Over 130 community members and human rights advocates gathered to listen to stories of human rights violations and political repression from people who recently returned from the Philippines. Vice-chair of Bayan USA, Rhonda Ramiro, stressed the...

VANCOUVER, WA — This was a symbol of the blood on the hands of US President Donald Trump and Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. These are just some of the one hundred human rights leaders from dozens of...

The slapping of red hands on the face of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is to symbolize the blood he has spilled in his war against drugs and his call of martial law in Mindanao. Located right...

  by Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News When Human Rights Watch unveiled their report on extra-judicial killings in the Philippines — the findings came as no surprise to many Fil-Am communities. Fresh from a series of EDSA...