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Small fishermen in Patungan, Maragondon, Cavite are being driven away by real estate developers to give way to a high-end resort and other commercial establishments.
“Until now, we have not attained justice. We will continue to fight for it.”
“Martial Law may not exist today but the social conditions that gave rise to it remain.”
From 2004 to 2014 shows that majority of the reported violations were perpetrated by state security forces against civilians.
“The fact that it will reopen old wounds, isn’t it a continuity of impunity that the 1987 Constitution ended?” -- Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno
The KMP challenged the Duterte administration to give justice to the victims of the Fort Magsaysay carnage and hold the perpetrators accountable.
“We want Gen. Dela Rosa’s commitment in making sure that the Lumad can go home safely by arresting Calpet Egua, Loloy Tejero, Bobby Tejero, Margarito Layno and 32 other AFP goons who killed our leaders.”
“Burying the dictator in the Libingan ng mga Bayani will not heal our wounded country.”
“Until now, we bear the trauma then we are told to forget about the past. What about us, the victims?”
With the new administration, Aya is hoping she and other relatives of the disappeared would get a chance to know the truth.
"“We will take back our lands! We will get justice."
“It is through upholding the rights of the people, especially social and economic rights, that the people can repudiate the use and trade of illegal drugs.”
“This policy and practice of filing trumped-up criminal charges against social workers, religious, human rights advocates, leaders of people's organizations and consultants to the peace process have to stop.”
“We continue to denounce the endless persecution perpetrated against religious and lay workers of RMP, as we continue to condemn the evil structure that perpetuates landlessness, hunger and death.”
“The ongoing killings by law enforcers in the name of the war on drugs and without due process, is not any different from what the police and military under Jovito Palparan, Arroyo and Aquino did to activists and media workers who criticized government.”
Two members of a Banwaon group that opposes development aggression and militarization in their ancestral lands were gunned down this week.
“Kahit ilang beses kaming magbakwit, di kami titigil (No matter how many times we are displaced, we will not stop).”
“The case of Pajalla is a concrete representation that the remnants of the previous regimes’ fascist counterinsurgency programs still remain in the Duterte administration."
“The peasants of Southern Tagalog call on the Duterte administration, and to Quezon Governor (David) Suarez to immediately release Antonio Pajalla.”
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