As President Rodrigo Duterte reaches the halfway mark of his regime, he does so within the context of a Philippines struggling to sustain its foothold on its identity as a free, democratic, and peace-loving country. Within three years, the Duterte administration has managed to skew the population’s moral compass, by Read more…
This blog was written by Sonnie Santos, one of the participants of FMA’s Digital Rights Camp held on May 2019. Believing in digital (human) rights is one thing, defending it is another. I am not new in the world of activism. I was a political activist in the early part Read more…
During the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland on 24 June – 12 July 2019, Iceland proposed a resolution for the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) to report on the human rights situation in the Philippines and for the Read more…
In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND) welcomes the resolution filed by Iceland at the 41st UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva, seeking a comprehensive report by the High Commissioner, on the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines pursuant to the government’s war on drugs. The draft resolution Read more…
This blog was written by Angelo Lorenzo, one of the participants of FMA’s Digital Rights Camp held in May 2019. Being selected as a participant in the Foundation of Media Alternatives’ Digital Rights Camp in May this year was one of the many things that I am grateful for. I Read more…
This blog was written by JC Marquez, one of the participants of FMA’s Digital Rights Camp held on May 2019. In the last week of May 2019, Foundation for Media Alternatives called for human rights defenders, advocates, and technologists to gather for a three-day camp to empower one another with Read more…
This blog was written by Archill Niña F. Capistrano, one of the participants of FMA’s Digital Rights Camp held on May 2019. The air that pervaded the event denoted deft security: from the application, to the invite, to the venue arrangements, to the modes of communication, to taking pictures and posting Read more…
The 16th of June is International Domestic Workers’ Day and marks the eight year anniversary of the International Labour Organisation’s Convention 189 on the rights of domestic workers (‘C-189’). This was a seminal date in the history of a sector marked by devaluation of work and a lack of labour Read more…
This blog was written by Dianne Olivan, one of the participants of FMA’s Digital Rights Camp held on May 2019. From May 28 to June 1, 2019, the Foundation for Media Alternatives organized a gathering of journalists, artists, activists, and human rights defenders to reach out and introduce digital rights Read more…
Through our mass actions, public gatherings, and different forms of protest, we are commemorating this year’s International Women’s Day as an occasion to celebrate the victories that we have won and to affirm our continuing fight against forces that set us back in our hard-won struggles—forces of patriarchy, of misogyny, Read more…