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NEW JERSEY — After the ABS-CBN 25-year franchise renewal was denied by the Duterte administration on July 10, Filipinos and international journalists reacted to the news. The news has made headlines around the globe, many critics...

Just hours after Philippine lawmakers approved an anti-terrorism bill that critics said would allow warrantless arrests and wiretapping of government “suspected terrorists” – the United Nations Human Rights Office released a scathing report that details what...

SAN JOSE, CA — For these Filipino American activists, these lighted candles represent the thousands of lives snuffed out by President Rodrigo Duterte’s alleged drug war and from other human rights abuses in the Philippines. They sent...

LOS ANGELES — Different countries, similar struggles in honor of International Human Rights Day this week. Some 200 activists representing 29 organizations marched through a busy stretch of Wilshire Boulevard, making stops at several consulate offices. Filipino...

REDWOOD CITY, CA — Democratic Congresswoman Jackie Speier hosted a town hall meeting attended by hundreds. Speier said that due to recent mass shootings, stricter gun control measures must be passed. She said the Democratic-controlled House...

SAN FRANCISCO — Many supporters of Brandon Lee are long-time friends who are angry and upset, that his life hangs in the balance — because they say he was a target of an extra-judicial assassination attempt...

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...

Ambassador Petronila Garcia came under fire from Canadian human right groups after her comment to a Globe and Mail article was published, in response to an article written by contributor Carlos Conde. The report alleged that...

NEW YORK — Nine years ago, when they were just investigating then-Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Human Rights Watch warned that “when a government, local or national, throws the rule of law under the bus, and decides certain segments...

BATASANG PAMBANSA, PHILIPPINES — “Genuine change is what this country truly needs. I believed then, as I believe still, that progress and development will sputter if criminals, illegal drugs, illegal users of drugs… are allowed to...