“This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice, ” wrote Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif on April 6, four months before he was martyred.
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A duck trying to survive by drinking from a garbage-clogged creek in Barangay Tatalon, Quezon City. With water barely flowing and trash piling up, how long until this turns into a bigger problem?
Even as more Filipino people tolerate the LGBTQIA+ community according to studies, the landscape of public acceptance remains complex with ongoing challenges—particularly with the significant discrimination in educational institutions.
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#Philippines: Women Press Freedom strongly condemns the threats and harassment directed at Manila Today journalist @_roybarbosa. The journalist was targeted for their gender identity and work wile covering protest against the country's rehashed terror law. We demand immediate accountability and urge the Filipino government to ensure safety of women and LGBTQI journalists. This blatant targeting is a violation of press freedom and is unacceptable.
Journalism is not a crime!
On the eve of Manila Today’s decade-long fulfilment of its mandate to tell the true stories of the people, we reiterate our call to wage a worthwhile struggle against forces that attempt to silence community journalists and mediaworkers
Take this from Katkat Dalon, a Lumad student: When there are military personnel in the communities, the children are not safe, the women are not safe, the entire community is not safe.
While there is an undeniable presence of the NPA in the hinterlands, it is unjust to forcibly evacuate, bomb, set up encampments, and threaten indigenous peoples like the Lumad Manobo in their ancestral lands.
Today, various groups troop to the Commission on Human Rights to denounce the conviction against 14 rights defenders, including Rep. Castro and Ka Satur.
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