STATEMENT OF THE POLITICAL DETAINEES IN CEBU Dec 9, 2010 Since December 3, the 43 health workers have been on an indefinite hunger strike. Our four-day fasting starting today until December 9 (Thursday) is in support of the protest action, as well as in solidarity with similar activities from December 3-10 by more than 300…
Day: December 9, 2010
Group Fears For Security of Morong 43 Detainees; Hits Military For Harassing the Health Workers on Hunger Strike
PRESS RELEASE Dec 9, 2010 The Free the 43 health Workers Alliance fears for security of the Morong 43 detainees as members of the military and police have now been making moves to harass members of the detained health workers. Yesterday, four elements of 2nd Infantry Division went to Camp Bagong Diwa and attempted to…
Statement of the People’s Health Movement-Southeast Asia on the Morong 43
PRESS RELEASE Dec 9, 2010 Manila, Philippines — The People’s Health Movement (PHM), a global network bringing together grassroots activists, civil society organizations, academics and health workers from around the world, reiterates our strong condemnation of the illegal arrest and continued detention of 43 community health workers and doctors in the Philippines who continue to…
Canada-Philippines Solidarity Supports The Hunger Strike of Morong 43
PRESS RELEASE Dec 9, 2010 British Columbia, Canada — Iron bars and high walls will not stop the detained health workers, also known as the Morong 43, from asserting the just and legitimate demand for their immediate and unconditional release. The Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights, Migrante B.C. and the Victoria-Philippines Solidarity Group, based in…
Children Hold Rally for Peace Based On Justice
By MARYA SALAMAT
The Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC) had documented six cases of frustrated killings, four victims of torture, two illegal arrest and detention, two victims of rape and 136 children affected by forcible evacuation during Aquino’s first five months in office. In all these cases witnesses tagged state military forces as the perpetrators.
Human Rights Defenders, In the Line of Fire
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL and
RONALYN V. OLEA
How can the government and the Armed Forces of the Philippines claim that it respects human rights when human rights defenders themselves are being the target of attack? How can there be claims of “change” when the lives of the majority remain the same, and even getting worse, and those who defend the rights of the poor and the oppressed are still being treated as “enemies of the state”?
Maricel Delen: A Human Rights Worker, a Widow, Now a Victim of Persecution
Fred Caña: A Human Rights Worker, Marked for Assassination by the Military
Kelly Delgado: Committed to the Defense of Human Rights Amid The Threats
Kelly Delgado: Committed to the Defense of Human Rights Amid The Threats
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – For six years, Kelly M. Delgado, secretary general of Karapatan-Southern Mindanao Region (SMR) has been experiencing harassments. On May 16, 2008, when Delgado was invited for a radio interview in Kidapawan City after peasant leader Celso Pojas was killed, the radio station received a text message accusing…
Fred Caña: A Human Rights Worker, Marked for Assassination by the Military
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com After farm worker Benjamin Bayles was shot dead, Fred Caña, secretary general of Karapatan-Negros, exposed yet another case of extrajudicial killing. His advocacy for human rights and his exposé of cases of extrajudicial killings earned the ire of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. In the middle of a radio…
Maricel Delen: A Human Rights Worker, a Widow, Now a Victim of Persecution
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Her presence of mind and a tip from a sympathetic journalist enabled Maricel Delen, 34, a staff member of Karapatan-Camarines Norte to elude arrest last November 22. That day, at around 10:30 a.m., combined elements of the Daet Police and the 9th Infantry Division, 902nd Brigade of…