The Manobo-Pulangiyon Kiantig (MPK) is an indigenous cultural community in Quezon, Bukidnon whose ancestors lived in a 1000-hectare property since before the Spanish occupation in the 1500s. Within the area are several landmarks significant to their culture: the Salagapon Falls which is their ritual area; Banban, their sacred burial place; and Karikayanan their source of root foods and herbal plants, serving as their hunting and fishing grounds. 

Nagtuturo ng sining at panitikan si Dennis Andrew S. Aguinaldo para sa Departamento ng Humanidades, CAS, Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Los Baños. Naisaaklat ang kaniyang mga kuwento at tula—sa Shift of Eyes, Bukod sa maliliit na hayop, Alamat ng Sepia, at The Second Law. Naging bahagi ang kanyang mga rubbercut print ng ilang group exhibit, kamakailan ang PASALUBONG (Sep-Okt 2025) at ang Sa Piling ni Makiling (Peb-Marso 2026). Kanyang kinagigiliwan nang husto ang sining ng asawa at mga anak.

Nagbukas ang Amnesty International Philippines at Mountain Beacon ng panawagan para sa mga tulang maaaring ipagkaloob bilang donasyon sa proyektong “Ang Pananagutan Ay Katarungan” o APAK, upang mangalap ng pondo para sa mga pamilya ng mga biktima ng extrajudicial executions o EJE.

6 August 2026

The true test of a just society is how it treats those who have the least political power to defend their rights. 

Drawing on new interviews conducted in 2026, and building on earlier research into the experiences of Kenyan women, this briefing documents how Filipino women domestic workers in Saudi Arabia are being overworked, exploited and subjected to degrading treatment, as well as sexual assault in some cases. Taken together, the testimonies add to evidence of a labour system that continues to leave domestic workers vulnerable despite some reforms. The briefing calls on Saudi Arabia to dismantle the remaining elements of the kafala system and ensure effective protection, accountability and justice for workers.

A year after Amnesty International documented widespread abuse of Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, a new briefing from the organization reveals that Filipino women are facing many of the same abuses, including being overworked, exploited and subjected to degrading treatment, as well as sexual assault in some cases. 

Sa pagdiriwang ng Pride Month, nakikiisang muli ang Amnesty International Philippines sa pagpupugay sa tapang, tatag, at talino ng bawat indibidwal na bahagi ng makulay at mapagmahal na komunidad ng LGBTI. 

Responding to calls to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility following the school shooting incident in Tacloban City involving two minors, Ritz Lee Santos III, Section Director of Amnesty International Philippines, said:

The international community’s tacit or explicit support for Israeli crimes, including genocide and apartheid, or their failure to act resolutely to stop them has emboldened the Israeli authorities to escalate a brutal campaign to forcibly displace Palestinians and expand its control over land in the West Bank, said Amnesty International. In a new report, the organization details how Israeli authorities are accelerating annexation through a state-driven campaign of ethnic cleansing targeting Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities in Area C of the occupied West Bank, while committing the crime against humanity of forcible transfer. 

Palestinian Bedouins lived for generations in the occupied West Bank village of Khirbet Zanuta (Zanuta), sustaining themselves through herding, farming and dairy production. The village was designated as part of Area C under the 1995 Oslo II Accords, placing it under full Israeli military and administrative control. Today, Zanuta is being eaten away by Israeli outposts and settlements and destroyed by  state-sponsored violence and terror.