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Beinte Singko: Celebrating human rights in honor of the 25th year of peoples’ victory against Martial Law |
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011 20:03 |
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Photos by Rommel Yamzon
Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) celebrated the International Human Rights day 2011 in December 9 at the 70’s Bistro, Anonas, Quezon City. The celebration was a Night of Memories about the heroism of human rights defenders and peoples’ victory against Martial Law and combined with the creativity of the new generation through photography, poetry, music, dances and videos.
The Night was the culmination of a Four-Month long festival entitled Beinte Singko: Festival of Memories, Creation of New Stories that went around different campuses in Metro Manila. It aimed to help raise awareness among the youth about human rights through exhibits (online and in campuses) of 25 photos and poems coming from TFDP’s Museum of Courage and Resistance and 25 finalists of Tinamaan ka ng Lente! 2011 and Berso sa Kalsada, Tula ng Paglaya. It was also composed of several forums and film showings in campuses organized through Youth for Rights (Y4R).
It was also a night to remember for the human rights community since for the first time from a very long time Gary Granada, Noel Cabangon, Cookie Chua and Bayang Barrios shared the stage for human rights celebration.
The event was also highlighted by performances from Miko Pepito, Tondo Tribe, Ka Levy Balgos De La Cruz, Samahan ng mga Anak ng Desaparecidos (SAD) and the Collective Arts of Students and Thespians (CAST) of University of Makati.
Beinte Singko was co-sponsored by the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), Asian Federation Against Enforced Disappearance (AFAD) and Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND).
Members of Collective Arts of Students and Thespians (CAST) from the University of Makati.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 20:58 |
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Tinamaan Ka ng Lente! 2011 - 15 Finalists - Students' entries |
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Tuesday, 22 November 2011 13:08 |
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 How to vote?
1. Visit and like Task Force Detainees of the Philippines in Facebook
2. Click the photos icon and open the album – Tinamaan ka ng lente! 2011
3. Click the Like button and share the photos to your friends
4. Deadline of voting November 30, 2011
Tinamaan Ka ng Lente! 2011 - 15 Finalists - Students' entries
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 November 2011 13:56 |
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ASEAN Summit issues are ASEAN Peoples’ concerns: Uphold, assert and protect ASEAN Peoples’ human rights |
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Tuesday, 22 November 2011 13:02 |
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ASEAN SUMMIT ISSUES ARE ASEAN PEOPLES’ CONCERNS:
UPHOLD, ASSERT AND PROTECT ASEAN PEOPLES’ HUMAN RIGHTS
 The Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) believes that issues discussed in ASEAN Summits are the concerns of the ASEAN peoples individually and collectively as members of ASEAN. It is for this reason that civil society organizations coming from the member countries engage ASEAN both on the national and regional levels as issues emerging from the three pillars of ASEAN cannot be insulated, much less severed from human rights concerns. Peoples’ experiences of gross human rights violations in the economic, civil, cultural, political and social arenas in the regional level which are consequent, directly and indirectly, of ASEAN policies must be discussed and resolved on the same level. It should not to be solely the concern of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). Human rights are to permeate the framework and workings of the three pillars of ASEAN.
Last November 18, Indonesian and Filipino activists for climate justice wanted to engage the ASEAN Summit so that the ASEAN leaders address resolutely the negative impact of actions taken since the ASEAN Joint Statement on Climate Change to the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) up until before the recently concluded Summit. Seven activists, 3 Indonesians and 4 Filipinos, have been arrested and detained.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 November 2011 13:07 |
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The message of the death of Fr. Tentorio is clear, PNoy must declare war against EJK and the culture of impunity NOW! |
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Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:31 |
We in the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP), a mission partner of the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP), strongly condemn the killing of Fr. Fausto Tentorio of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Mission (PIME) in Mindanao.
We call on government to swiftly act on this case or it will just add up to the long list of unsolved killings in the country and encourage more commissions of violations and abuses against our human rights.
The death of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, an anti-mining advocate and defender of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, once again stresses the need for Government to once and for all seriously face the continuing violations against human rights defenders.
Fr. Fausto Tentorio’s murder establishes a pattern that continuous killings of human rights defenders still persist even under the new administration. It is not enough to say that the perpetrators will go to jail, it is imperative for government to demonstrate its ability to protect and defend its people especially those that have chosen to serve the most vulnerable and marginalized.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:32 |
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