Junk trumped-up charges vs three Cebu human rights defenders

September 6, 2026

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) strongly condemns the arrest warrants targeting three human rights defenders in Visayas. The charges must be junked and the rights defenders must be freed from this continuing persecution. On August 31, 2026, human rights defenders John Ruiz III, Jhonggie Rumol, and Dyan Gumanao were targeted with […]

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From father to son, state abductions continue to silence dissent

August 30, 2026

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) today calls for the immediate surfacing of all desaparecidos as it marks the International Day of the Disappeared, saying the continued abduction of activists shows that state forces still use enforced disappearance to silence dissent. CTUHR highlights four cases of labor activists who were abducted and […]

DHL fabricates contract end to bust union, 473 Muntinlupa workers on strike

August 26, 2026

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns today logistics giant DHL Supply Chain’s threat to terminate 473 warehouse workers in Muntinlupa under the guise of redundancy. Likewise, CTUHR expresses its support for the workers’ ongoing strike against the management. CTUHR calls the DHL’s action a blatant act of union-busting and a clear […]

Kyle Enero dismissal attacks BPO workers’ right to organize

August 18, 2026

A labor NGO expressed grave concern today over the termination of John Kyle Enero, a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) worker-organizer in Cebu, calling it a clear act of retaliation and a blatant attack on the fundamental right of workers to organize. The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) said Enero’s termination by Azpired […]

Police use state laws to suppress labor rights, issue warrants vs labor leaders

August 14, 2026

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) strongly condemns the arrest warrants issued against Jerome Adonis, Chairperson of Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), and Jacq Ruiz, spokesperson of Kilusan ng Manggagawang Kababaihan (KMK), over alleged violations of Article 153 of the Revised Penal Code, or Tumults and Other Disturbances of Public Order, in connection […]