Dominic Gutoman is hungry for new ideas and connections. As a community manager and a reporter, his energy overflows as his reaction to most things mundane or sublime.
Dominic Gutoman is hungry for new ideas and connections. As a community manager and a reporter, his energy overflows as his reaction to most things mundane or sublime.
“The abduction of Tamano and Castro represents just one case among hundreds of victims of state-sponsored violence."
"People's rights do not become suspended whenever the President is courting foreign investors.”
“It spits in the face of the victims of human rights violations whose lives were robbed while the Marcoses lived an extravagant lifestyle."
“The terrorism laws in the Philippines are targeting the wrong people. Most of them are working in environmental defense like the 11 activists of Cagayan Valley.”
The exhibit serves as a living archive and memorial to the victims and their bereaved families, with artists, journalists, and advocacy groups helping build a space for solidarity and collective remembrance.
The Society of Trans Women of the Philippines (STRAP) raised this point at the launch of Project Kierra, a trans-led initiative that seeks to document the killings and campaign for justice.
“Not a single success story, not one was recovered even with orders from the court."
“It was easy for other people to tell me to give up the fight. But win or lose, I’ll never stop fighting. I’ll never lose hope for Darwin."
“The intent of libel is to harass and exhaust. Exhaust our resources and time that we could have been utilizing to perform our work."
"When judicial actors are threatened for applying the law, it is the international legal order itself that is placed at risk. Threats and coercive measures also impact the ability of victims to seek justice."
Framing criticisms of the government as communist propaganda while publicly tagging activists as terrorists are equally violations of international human rights laws as well.
“Negros 19 is the biggest single mass casualty involving international humanitarian law violations that we have documented and looked into in the recent years."
"It is imperative that those responsible for these violent acts be held accountable to end the culture of impunity."
Without proper irrigation and adequate support for farmers during prolonged dry spells and drought, the sector is left with mounting debts and hunger. (Video report by Dominic Gutoman/Bulatlat)...
“This is an important step toward protecting human rights defenders from red-tagging, surveillance, harassment, and threats."
"The threat of El Niño is predictable. What is unacceptable is the government's refusal to act decisively despite years of warning."
"An assertion that US personnel must enjoy impunity no what their alleged crimes."
"We learned so much, including the daily indignities they experienced."
“We do not gain any in supporting the US, which is rudimentarily invoking Westphalian sovereignty to protect criminals in its highest offices. It is false patriotism to simply claim we need to protect one of our own, when that one has caused the death and agony of many more,” the Filipino lawyers added.
The two witnesses testified that no “Carlos De Dios” had lived in the barangay where the three accused were arrested.
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