Mary Jane’s return a victory of the Filipino people 

November 20, 2024

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) is one with the Filipino workers and people in celebrating the news that Mary Jane Veloso, a victim of drug trafficking who has been imprisoned in Indonesia since 2010, is finally coming home before this year ends.  Mary Jane’s return to the Philippines, like the stay […]

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COP29, PH typhoons show urgent action needed vs climate change

November 16, 2024

For the first time since 1951, four strong typhoons hitting the Philippines have emerged at the same time, and super typhoon Pepito (Man-yi) is now threatening the country. Science tells us that the worsening climate change is responsible for stronger typhoons and other weather disturbances. At the same time, diplomats, scientists, labor leaders and environmental […]

Luisita Massacre Continues to Haunt Workers – Labor NGO

November 16, 2024

Today, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) unites with the Filipino farmworkers, workers and people in commemorating the 20 years of the Hacienda Luisita massacre, a flagrant violation of labor and human rights. We remember and pay tribute to the farmworkers who were killed when the police and military opened fire on […]

Duterte ICC Dare Shows Ex-Pres Already Cornered

November 13, 2024

Former President Rodrigo Duterte’s testimony before the November 13 House of Representatives quad committee investigation into the crimes against humanity committed in the course of his government’s “war on drugs” shows that he is already cornered and is only making the most out of his difficult situation by showing false bravado. All the evidence that […]

Bloody Sunday Raids’ Victims Deserve Justice

November 9, 2024

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) expresses its solidarity with labor and other organizations from the Southern Tagalog region which held a picket-protest in front of the Department of Justice office today to call for justice for the victims of the Bloody Sunday raids’ victims. “Bloody Sunday” refers to the simultaneous police […]