The International Criminal Court has found substantial evidence of crimes against humanity and murder against former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte. The ICC will move forward with the trial.

Today, on April 22, the Appeals Chamber will announce if Duterte will stand trial at the ICC.

It has been 60 days since the pretrial hearing, where overwhelming evidence from 539 victims exposed the structure of power and climate of impunity that Duterte and his co-perpetrators created through the brutal drug war.

Zaldy Co was an elected representative in the Philippines. He served as the CEO of Sunwest, a construction company and government contractor. Zaldy is facing charges of graft and corruption while in office for substandard P289 million flood control project in Mindoro.

The Philippine government is committing human rights violations and war crimes.

Ceeka is an activist-artist and is currently under Philippine National Police custody after being taken after an alleged “encounter” in Mindoro. She is facing trumped-up charges.

According to her family, Ceeka has been subjected to psychological torture and abuse at the hands of the 203rd brigade and 68th Battalion.

Malaya Movement USA expresses its solidarity with the March 19-21 transport strike of 10,000 drivers in the Philippines. For two days, jeepney drivers, led by PISTON (Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide), protested the soaring price of oil due to the US-led war with Iran and its destabilizing effects throughout the Middle East. We stand with the newly formed No to Oil Price Hike coalition that will be launching another 2 day strike from March 26-27.

Last week, Malaya Movement chapters across the country commemorated the 40th Anniversary of the EDSA People Power that toppled fascist dictator, Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Listen to Nonoy’s experience as a trade union organizer under Marcos Sr’s brutal martial law. Like thousands of other civilian activists, Nonoy was detained and tortured by government forces.