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“Civilians are forced to flee out of fear. Displacement, especially when it’s prolonged and repeated, uproots people from their normal lives and causes untold suffering,”
“These women who exercise their right to take part on political affairs are jailed because they are unjustly seen as threats to the BS Aquino government.”
The Suara Bangsamoro is calling for a stop to the government’s all-out offensive against Moro rebels as thousands of civilians are the ones who bear the brunt of the military aggression.
The Court of Appeals is expected to rule on the petition for certiorari filed by the accused soon.
“He threatened me, that is also a form of torture.”
“The BS Aquino regime has a highway of crimes that could no longer be ignored.”
Torture and abduction survivor Raymond Manalo testifies against “The Butcher.”
A fact-finding mission says the government’s commando operations violated human rights and international humanitarian laws as they "undermined" the civilian residents of Mamasapano.
“Ng-Bonto did not only violate the rights of political prisoners at SICA-1 Camp Bagong Diwa but has also put their lives at risk.”
“To continue the judicial proceedings inside a police fortress under very hostile conditions and atmosphere, and beyond open scrutiny is inconsistent with the minimum requirements of due process.”
Political prisoners charged that a jail warden had put their lives and security at risk.
A Manobo leader and his son are keeping a tradition passed on through generations: the defense of their ancestral lands.
“Documented reports show no abatement, but an apparent increase in the number of attacks.”
Pope Francis has already left the country, but the Aquino government has yet to release a single political prisoner.
“The Pope is here. Mercy and compassion, not cruelty and hypocrisy should infect us all, especially the high and mighty.”
“After his visit, our lives will remain the same... But at least our spirits would be uplifted.”
“We, victims of political imprisonment in our country hope that Your Holiness may be able to help in pressing for the return of the lost freedom and other rights of political prisoners.”
“Our political prisoners are like the Cuban 5, slapped and imprisoned for trumped-up charges. We appeal for the Pope’s intervention.”
With Palparan in jail, has impunity really been arrested? The human rights record of the Aquino government shows it has not.
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