Hunger Alert Case : The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Defend Job Philippines about an eviction notice served on the vendors of Luneta Park (also called Rizal Park) in Manila. The proposed eviction will not merely leave the vendors jobless but also jeopardize their food security. It would also render many of them who stay inside their carts in the park homeless as they have nowhere else to go. Ironically, it is not the National Parks Development Committee but the Police that has served the notice ‘informing’ the vendors that they would assist the NPDC in clearing operations. Read More...

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