Philippines: PUP students, community condemn P40.2 M budget slash

Walk out of classes, march to Mendiola
Students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), together with the other sectors of the PUP community, today launched a massive class walkout to condemn the P40.2 million slash in the state university’s budget.
The PUP Office of the Student Regent, Sentral na Konseho ng Mag-aaral and Sandigan [...]

Hold Rally for Democracy in Pakistan

Last Friday, November 9, we joined the Asian Human Rights Commission in their protest action against the state of emergency issued by President Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan.
Despite the media blackout, news about the arrest of the chief justice and other lawyers as well as all sorts of violent actions made by the military have reached [...]