“The judge threw away Torres’ testimony that she was home in Biñan, Laguna when the supposed ambush happened, and that she was not a member of the NPA but of the women’s mass organization Gabriela,”
A national fact-finding team fear a "whitewash" of the April 1 Kidapawan bloody dispersal of a peasant barricade.
"This goes to show how the people can do even more than this regime."
“The brazen human rights violation and martial law in North Cotabato is madness in the highest order.”
"The United Methodist Church deplores violence of any kind, and we are praying for a just and peaceful solution that upholds the dignity and protects the human rights of all persons."
“The Aquino government will pay for this carnage, and it will pay dearly. The history of peasant movements of the world is nothing if not instructive."
“What kind of government do we have?”
“They brought her to a situation in which she almost died.”
The trial proper finally begins on March 29 against Mary Jane Veloso’s recruiters.
“The defense of human rights is a task of every person.”
For months, a number of Filipino migrant workers in Saudi Arabia have been out of work and stuck in camps with no water or electricity. Their wives are calling on government to bring them home.
"There is a lack of consciousness among parents, teachers, and the entire community to impart to today's youth the horrors of martial law. We have high hopes that this could be of help to change that."
“Is this how the 402nd Brigade ‘manages conflict’ in Surigao Sur?”
“To deny these evident facts is to miss the elephant in the room, so to speak, is outrageously ridiculous, and would make us the laughing stock of the world.”
Bulatlat wins its fourth Hildegarde.
“OFWs all over the world are in grief and collective rage over this incident.”
Thank you, Leo, said Philippine environmentalists.
“They will ‘turn aside justice’ and ‘deprive the people of their rights’ just as long as their wanton greed is fed, though not even sated.”
“What was restored 30 years ago and continues to this day are only the trappings of elite democracy – periodic elections, Congress and a Constitution that guarantees civil liberties. The people demand more than that. They demand genuine freedom and democracy that goes beyond the mere holding of elections.”
A gathering of martial law activists and victims pledged to keep retelling their painful stories, so the younger generation would not let these happen again.
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