The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) expresses its warm solidarity with the Indonesian workers and unions, students and people who are holding street protests against excessive pay for politicians and for higher wages for workers. We condemn the Prabowo Subianto government’s repression of the protests, which has led to the death of […]
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The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) sees the protests held by persons deprived of liberty (PDL) in the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Bago City as legitimate, stemming from demands that the government must meet. It therefore condemns the reported repression of the protests, including prison authorities’ use of rubber bullets […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the harassment by state forces of two labor organizers in the Davao region in July and August. These cases of harassment show continuing violations of workers’ freedom of association and freedom of expression under the Ferdinand Marcos Jr government. On July 24, military elements led […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the arrest on trumped-up charges of Felixberto Consad, member of progressive transport group Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (PISTON), on August 14 in Sogod, Southern Leyte. Consad’s arrest highlights the continuity of the human rights situation in the country […]
Gavino Panganiban, director of Pagkakaisa ng Manggagawa sa Timog Katagalugan – Kilusang Mayo Uno (PAMANTIK-KMU) was arrested on October 29, 2024 in Brgy. Valenzuela, Makati city. Panganiban was arrested on charges of Murder at Attempted Murder in the province of Quezon.
