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FREE LEILA DE LIMA NOW! JUSTICE FOR ALL THE VICTIMS OF DUTERTE-MARCOS’ WAR ON DRUGS!
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In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND) is elated, and congratulates former Senator Leila de Lima on beating the second case filed against her by the former Duterte administration. This is a vindication of her innocence of which she has never wavered in asserting throughout the past six years. De Lima, one of the country’s most prominent human rights defenders, is a staunch opponent of the bloody war on drugs.
Sigaw ng kababaihan: LUPA, KALIKASAN, KABUHAYAN!
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Pahayag ng iDEFEND sa Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihan
Sa pandaigdigang araw ng kababaihan ginugunita at binibigyang pugay ng iDEFEND ang makasaysayang pakikibaka ng kababaihan tungo sa kalayaan, kapayapaan at pagkakapantay-pantay. Nasaksihan natin kung paano ang bawat tagumpay sa laban ng kababaihan ay nag aangat sa lipunan sa mas mataas na antas ng kaunlaran at kagalingan, kung kaya’t ano mang pagbabagong ating hinahangad ay magiging makahulugan lamang kung nababago nito ang kalagayan ng kababaihan.
Statement on the HRD Protection Bill
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iDEFEND welcomes the approval of the House Committee on Human Rights of the consolidated version of the proposed Human Rights Defenders Protection Act (HRDPA) which would mandate the government to protect HRDs.
This is an important milestone in efforts to secure protection for rights defenders (HRDs) from threats and harassment as a result of their related activities. It is likewise an important pushback against shrinking civic spaces as a result of the government’s continuing war against dissent.
TANGAN NATIN ANG EDSA HANGGANG NGAYON
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Pahayag ng iDefend sa ika-37 anibersaryo ng 1986 EDSA People Power Uprising
Hindi lang minsan nagisnan ng ating kasaysayan ang pagkabuklod buklod ng mamamayan upang ipaglaban ang kalayaan at katarungan. Aral natin ang himagsik ng bayan laban sa dayuhang mananakop, ang pagtindig laban sa tiranya, ang pagtatanggol alang alang sa kapakanan ng bawat isa.