“The removal and detention of homeless and impoverished residents from where they live and work without due process is a violation of their basic human rights.”
“Will Aquino stand proud before the community of nations giving the red carpet to the high and mighty yet red-tag those who are not?”
“I was accompanying 36 students of the Misfi academy when this happened. They also brought the students with me. We were interrogated.”
“Our family is hurting that we cannot be with Nur-Aiza. We long to be with her again.”
"The government should stop all these insults and indifference.”
“My daughter is innocent. The whole world knows that. But why is it taking that long to set her free?”
“The Mines and Geosciences Bureau will play its role in this callousness by further ignoring the impunity of large-scale miners in Mindanao and elsewhere in the Philippines, to perpetuate the lie of peace and economic development in the mining industry.”
“If he is dead, return his remains to his family. We just want him back.”
“There is no middle ground to justice. There are only the perpetrator and the victims. And in our case, the poor majority of the Filipino people are often the victims of state-perpetrated violence.”
“He spoke with a forked tongue even on the witness stand, and remorselessly justified his worn-out anti-communist bigotry to sanction his and his men’s actions amounting to heinous rights violations and crimes against humanity.”
“Mary Jane keeps on asking why it is taking so long. She asked why government lawyers representing Tintin (Maria Cristina Sergio)’have so many excuses, which has led to the delay of the case proceedings.”
What they refuse to recognize is that it is mainly the Left which has chosen to embrace the struggle of the Lumad compared to other political forces which sided with foreign capital and big business in the exploitation of our precious resources.
“This bag is bullet-proof. #StopTanimBala.”
“There are personal accounts from the victims themselves. These are enough grounds for charges.”
“Moses said, ‘Let the people go.’ But today, we are asking to ‘let the people come.’”
"As it stands now, we find Eduardo Serrano not 'judicially charged' under any resolution, information or amended information.”
“The efforts of the school to help us improve our lives have long been vilified. The government said our teachers taught us how to handle guns and rifles. That is a lie.”
“Four years later, all the supposed task forces and committees formed by the Aquino regime to look into the case were proven inutile.”
“He might try to run away again and never to be found.”
Progressive lawmaker Neri Colmenares was among the first to file candidacy for the senate.
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