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Wanneer: 04/05/2018 - 09:50

Since Rodrigo Duterte began his term as the 16th president of the Philippines in 30 June 2016, Filipinos and the international community have watched in horror at accounts of dead bodies found nightly in the country’s streets, linked to extra-judicial killings (EJKs). Lees meer...

Wanneer: 26/10/2017 - 09:35

This is the statement of a seven-member delegation of the Progressive Alliance (PA) and the Party of European Socialists (PES) that have visited Manila this week to assess the situation and to demonstrate solidarity in support for democracy in the Philippines. The delegation was hosted by Akbayan Party, a member of Progressive Alliance. Lees meer...

Wanneer: 28/03/2017 - 06:22

Once, when Rodrigo Duterte got to talking about his anti-drug campaign, he mused about murdering his children. If his son used drugs, he said in April, he would kill him himself. Lees meer...

'Like the anti-Marcos resistance 4 decades back, the only certainty members of the anti-fascist front can count on is that they’re doing the right thing. And that, for some, is a certainty worth dying for' Lees meer of Begin discussie...

Wanneer: 03/12/2016 - 04:03

Akbayan joins the rest of the country in denouncing the unilateral, treacherous burial of the dictator Marcos as a hero. Lees meer...

Wanneer: 20/11/2016 - 11:30

The burial of Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB - Heroes Cemetery) was hurriedly and secretively carried out, with military-style logistical support. A military helicopter brought the body from Ilocos Norte, where the former dictator’s body was displayed in the Marcos Museum, to the LNMB. The marines and the police were mobilized to encircle the perimeter of the cemetery. They were placed on ‘red alert’. Lees meer...

Wanneer: 31/05/2016 - 15:10

De nieuwe Filippijnse president Rodrigo Duterte noemt zichzelf ‘socialist’ en heeft vier kabinetsposten aangeboden aan de maoïstische Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). Duterte is echter een rechtse, autoritaire populist waarvan geen progressieve verandering valt te verwachten. Lees meer...

Wanneer: 07/05/2016 - 08:40

Like it or not, Rodrigo Duterte has been leading the presidential polls in successive surveys. Lees meer...

Wanneer: 24/04/2016 - 07:34

Rodrigo Duterte’s authoritarian vision is no way forward for the Philippines. Lees meer...

Wanneer: 10/01/2016 - 07:39

Killings and harassment of the Lumad, or the indigenous people (IP), should stop and those accountable should be brought to justice, according to Ola Almgren, the UN country representative and humanitarian coordinator. Lees meer...