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News in Pictures: Groups Stage Torch March to Demand Justice for Cardeño; Court of Appeals Hears Petition for Writ of Amparo
News in Pictures: Groups Stage Torch March to Demand Justice for Cardeño; Court of Appeals Hears Petition for Writ of Amparo
Various progressive groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan on Friday staged a torch march in Davao City to demand justice for Gregan Cardeño, a Filipino interpreter who was found dead inside US troops’ barracks in Marawi City. The group also demanded for the immediate pull-out of the US troops in the country.
A Look Back at Arroyo’s Many Sins and Why She Should Pay
A Look Back at Arroyo’s Many Sins and Why She Should Pay
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Up to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's last weeks in office, impunity presented itself . She should be made accountable for all these atrocities inflicted on the Filipino people.
Rights Groups Urge Aquino to Prosecute Arroyo, Human Rights Violators
Rights Groups Urge Aquino to Prosecute Arroyo, Human Rights Violators
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Karapatan said rendering justice means prosecuting and punishing the guilty parties in these violations, indemnifying the victims; and declaring not to do similar transgressions again.
Human Rights Violations Still Plague Ilocos Region
Human Rights Violations Still Plague Ilocos Region
By JOAN GARCIA
The claim of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that it has achieved victory in the Ilocos provinces did not make the human rights situation there any better.
News in Pictures: Gabriela to Noynoy: Free Women Political Prisoners
News in Pictures: Gabriela to Noynoy: Free Women Political Prisoners
Members of Gabriela trooped to the residence of president elect Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to demand freedom of women and all political prisoners. According to Gabriela, 61 of the 344 political prisoners under the Arroyo regime are women.
Jonas Burgos’s Kin Denounce SC Decision
Jonas Burgos’s Kin Denounce SC Decision
“Did it have to take so long for the Supreme Court to find out that the investigators made serious lapses? ...the Supreme Court took five weeks short of 2 years simply to say that it cannot rule on the case because there were lapses in the investigation?” Mrs. Edita Burgos said in a letter to the justices dated June 23, a copy of which was sent to Bulatlat.
‘Peaceful Transition’ Between Administrations Marred by New Extrajudicial Killings
‘Peaceful Transition’ Between Administrations Marred by New Extrajudicial Killings
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Even as the Arroyo administration is about to turn over the reins of government to incoming president Noynoy Aquino, six new extrajudicial killings were committed, sending a message that impunity is here to stay, unless the incoming Aquino government will do something about it.
GRP, NDF Hope to Have Peace Talks in the Next Administration
GRP, NDF Hope to Have Peace Talks in the Next Administration
By GRACE S. UDDIN
“With the new government, there is hope (in resuming peace talks),” said Paulynn Sicam, representative of the GRP panel secretariat, during a forum sponsored by the Bishops Ecumenical Forum (BEF) two days after the elections.
News in Pictures: Kin Ask Noynoy to Free Morong 43
News in Pictures: Kin Ask Noynoy to Free Morong 43
Relatives of the Morong 43 trooped to the residence of incoming President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to appeal for the release of their loved ones.
News in Pictures: Armed Journalist
News in Pictures: Armed Journalist
Rather than be cowed, a journalist prefers to be armed for protection, at the heels of another media killing, the second this week.
Will Noynoy Aquino Free Political Prisoners?
Will Noynoy Aquino Free Political Prisoners?
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Under the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo regime, from January 2001 to March 2010, Karapatan’s data showed that there are 317 political prisoners languishing in different jails all over the country, including the 43 health workers.
Pregnancy in Prison, Two Women Contemplate The Fate of Their Babies and Petition for Freedom
Pregnancy in Prison, Two Women Contemplate The Fate of Their Babies and Petition for Freedom
By RONALYN V. OLEA
In prison, would-be mothers Carina Oliveros and Mercy Castro struggle for freedom. They try to be strong for the babies they would soon give birth to.
Church, Rights Groups Petition UN Human Rights Council to Urge Aquino to Solve Killings of Activists
Church, Rights Groups Petition UN Human Rights Council to Urge Aquino to Solve Killings of Activists
By RONALYN V. OLEA
During the 14th session of the United Nations human Rights Council, the Ecumenical Voice for Peace and Human Rights asked the help of the council to push the next government to fulfill the promise of incoming president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III that he would have the perpetrators of extrajudicial killings captured and sent to jail.
Murder of Filipino Lawyers Blamed on Arroyo’s Counterinsurgency Program
Murder of Filipino Lawyers Blamed on Arroyo’s Counterinsurgency Program
Since 2001, some 26 lawyers and 17 judges have already been killed in the Philippines. Some 51 others were attacked, labeled and harassed.
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