Philippines blocks over two dozen websites over “terrorist” tag, movements raise alarm
The websites blocked at the request of the outgoing National Security Adviser include progressive media websites Bulatlat, Monthly Review and Counter Punch, as well as the website of legally active left-wing political coalition Bayan Muna
Filipino ex-militant and peace consultant’s killing raises many questions
The banned Communist Party of the Philippines has questioned the military’s narrative surrounding the death of Pedro Codaste and alleged that he was kidnapped and tortured before being killed
US conditional aid to UN agency violates Palestinian right of return and other stories
Today we look at protests in Gaza against a funding agreement between the U.S. and the UNRWA, a U.S. court ordering Indigenous people in Ecuador to pay the Chevron corporation’s legal fees, and more
One arrest and three killings over the weekend in Philippines as repression continues
Three, including two elderly peace consultants of the communist National Democratic Front of Philippines (NDFP), were killed late Friday in two separate incidents
- Edmundo González has left Venezuela.
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