by Admin | Mar 2, 2022 | Newsroom, Statements, Uncategorized
STATEMENTS JUSTICE FOR CHAD BOOC. JUSTICE FOR NEW BATAAN 5 IDEALS strongly condemns the killing of Chad Booc, Gelejurain Ngujo II, and all victims of the New Bataan 5. While the military insists that Chad Booc was supposedly caught in an encounter with the military as...
by Admin | Aug 30, 2021 | Newsroom, Statements, Uncategorized
STATEMENTS Enough is enough! IDEALS Inc. strongly condemns the murder of Atty. Rex Jose Mario Fernandez, a veteran human rights lawyer and founding member of the National Union of Lawyers in the Philippines. Atty. Fernandez was ambushed in broad daylight last August...
by Admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Newsroom, Statements, Uncategorized
STATEMENTS Statement on the Senate approval of issuance of Firearms for Firefighters On 4 August 2021, the Senate ratified the Bicameral Conference Committee Report on Senate Bill No. 1832 and its counterpart in the House of Representatives, H.B. No. 7406, which both...
by Admin | Jun 13, 2021 | Newsroom, Statements, Uncategorized
STATEMENTS IDEALS Statement on Masbate incident “Union leader,” “football player and MVP,” we do our best to encapsulate the identities and known roles of the two innocents killed last 6th of June, Nolven and Kieth Absalon, in the various articles and news reports we...
by Admin | Jun 11, 2021 | Newsroom, Statements, Uncategorized
INDEPENDENCE DAY 2021 FREEDOM FROM FEAR, FREEDOM FOR ALL Today, we honor the Philippines’ 123rd “Araw ng Kalayaan,” an occasion that celebrates not only independence, but freedom. For centuries, Filipinos have struggled in our own land– first against colonizers,...
by Admin | May 27, 2021 | Newsroom, Statements, Uncategorized
STATEMENTS IDEALS stands with IDPs calling for the overdue rehabilitation of the city and ample government assistance to victims of Marawi siege Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) pleading calls to local and national government units during the People’s...
by Admin | May 21, 2021 | Newsroom, Statements, Uncategorized
STATEMENTS Statement on the Arrest of Dan Balucio The Aktionsbündnis Menschenrechte – Philippinen (AMP) and its member organizations express their deep concern about the recent human rights developments in the Philippines and especially about the arrest of human...
by Admin | Mar 11, 2021 | Human Rights, Newsroom, Statements
HUMAN RIGHTS Defending the Defenders: Their fight continues with us On Friday, March 5, 2021, President Rodrigo Duterte verbally directed the police and military to “finish off” and “kill” all communist rebels in the country. Two days later, the state agents proved...
by Admin | Oct 13, 2020 | Human Rights, Statements
HUMAN RIGHTS Beyond Sacrifice, Claim to Justice for the Fallen Cainta Frontliner by Joie Cruz On August 16, 2014, my mother, Ma. Theresa Cruz, RN wrote on her Facebook timeline, “Going home late at night almost morning [sic]… #lifeofnurse@govt We did our best to...
by Admin | Aug 13, 2020 | Human Rights, Statements, Uncategorized
HUMAN RIGHTS Statement on the killing of Ka Randy Echanis Peace will never be ours if our government treats the very individuals and groups who are pushing for peace as enemies. Order and security can never be achieved if the law enforcers themselves reject the right...