By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Six days before the commemoration of International Human Rights Day, a military officer implicated in gross human rights violations took his oath before President Benigno Aquino III. Brig. Gen. Eduardo Año has been assigned as the new chief of the Intelligence Services of the Armed Forces of the…
Month: December 2012
New Asia Pacific-wide group bats for human rights in PH
By RONALYN V. OLEA
A foreign delegate believes that President Aquino’s silence [on cases of human rights violations] bears the imprint of consent for these violations. “Not only has he condoned impunity, he has likewise perpetuated it by not delivering justice for any of the 114 victims of extrajudicial killings under his administration.”
Verses by and for political prisoners
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Political prisoners from all over the country commemorated the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 3, by a simultaneous reading of a poem about the longing for freedom.
Soldiers kill couple in Isabela
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Soldiers of the 86th Infantry Battalion are being accused of killing two farmers in Echague Isabela. The soldiers are led by a Philippine Army Lt. Bernardino, a Sgt. Balansa, and soldiers Robert Bagni and Alfred Liclican On November 27, a fact-finding team went to Sitio Calabaggin, San…
International migrants tribunal declares 37 states guilty of violating migrants’ rights
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Governments look at remittances as a tool for development and a means to repay global debt. They have actually put a positive spin on massive forced migration and commodification of workers. They have the gall to call it a ‘tool for development’ when it fact it results in the decimation and break-up of families, the exploitation of millions of workers and the uneven distribution of wealth and power in the world.” – Irene Fernandez, migrants’ rights activist
Benedictine nuns welcome victims of rights violations from Mindanao
Benedictine nuns welcome victims of rights violations from Mindanao (Photo by Janess Ann J. Ellao / Bulatlat.com)
Workers, other sectors vow to continue Andres Bonifacio’s legacy
Various groups led by Anakpawis and Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) marked the 149th birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio with a protest condemning what they call as “puppetry” of the Aquino administration to the neoliberal dictates of US government. Photos by RONALYN V. OLEA and MARYA SALAMAT Produced by BULATLAT MULTIMEDIA
Andres Bonifacio honored, remembered on his 149th bday
By MARYA SALAMAT
“The best way to pay tribute to Bonifacio is to carry on with his struggle for national independence and genuine democracy. Our protests this Nov. 30 form part of that struggle.” – KMU