A national fact-finding mission said the Philippine Army committed serious violations of international humanitarian law in the killing of 19 people in Toboso, Negros Occidental, including nine civilians, disputing the military’s claim that all those killed were armed communist rebels.
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#SONA2026 | Filipino progressive groups in the US protest on July 27 against the Marcos Jr. administration’s human rights violations, military defense deals and lack of support for Filipinos facing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention and deportation.
capitalists will really tell u green spaces like these are ‘empty’ and ‘idle’ and ‘unproductive’ bec value can only mean utility and money, never mind the life-devouring extractions and displacements
Hasn't been brought up much, but the GOP frontrunner for Florida Governor, Byron Donalds, is one of five dozen cosponsors of an advancing US House bill that seeks to block OSHA from finalizing a proposed rule to protect workers from extreme heat on the job https://t.co/VdJqzJj87I
C&H Sugar Refinery workers with ILWU local 6 in Crockett, CA are collecting funds to sustain their strike. Scabs have been brought in to unload the sugar which workers refused to unload due to its connection to the massacre of 19 people in the Philippines. https://t.co/xdFJacEZ5o
“Lyle was fighting to tell the stories of regular farmers and the majority of Filipino people who suffer daily."
On April 19, the Philippine Armed Forces killed 19 people and displaced 168 families in Negros Occidental, Philippines, in an operation that can only be described as a massacre.
Among the dead were two U.S. citizens: Kai Sorem and Lyle Prijoles. Prijoles’s family and friends gathered on May 8 in San Francisco to mourn his passing and celebrate his commitment to fighting for Filipino people.
Groups such as @malaya_movement and @bayan_usa have been organizing community vigils to demand justice for for the Negros 19. They are calling for an end to U.S. funding, support, and cooperation with the Philippine Armed Forces.
“Lyle was fighting to tell the stories of regular farmers and the majority of Filipino people who suffer daily."
On April 19, the Philippine Armed Forces killed 19 people and displaced 168 families in Negros Occidental, Philippines, in an operation that can only be described as a massacre.
Among the dead were two U.S. citizens: Kai Sorem and Lyle Prijoles. Prijoles’s family and friends gathered on May 8 in San Francisco to mourn his passing and celebrate his commitment to fighting for Filipino people.
Groups such as @malaya_movement and @bayan_usa have been organizing community vigils to demand justice for for the Negros 19. They are calling for an end to U.S. funding, support, and cooperation with the Philippine Armed Forces.