‘Maguindanao Folk Live in Fear Because of Martial Law’
'Maguindanao Folk Live in Fear'
‘Maguindanao Folk Live in Fear Because of Martial Law’
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Pooled Editorial: Blood in Her Hands
Pooled Editorial: Blood in Her Hands
The perpetrators obviously thought that they could get away with their atrocity. The only possible explanation for such impunity is that these people were confident somebody higher up would protect them. We hold the regime of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo accountable for what happened in Ampatuan. It was her regime that had benefited from the reign of terror in Maguindanao. It was her regime that had encouraged and nurtured the violence that led to the massacre.
Military’s Oplan Bantay Laya Sows Terror, Disunity Among Lumads in Mindanao
Military’s Oplan Bantay Laya Sows Terror, Disunity Among Lumads in Mindanao
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
As foreign mining investments continue to encroach into Lumad lands in Northern Mindanao, the military, through its Oplan Bantay Laya, intensifies its campaign to stifle local opposition to these companies. A fact-finding mission found that so far this year, 13 Lumads have been summarily executed while more were tortured and harassed by soldiers and fellow Lumads co-opted by the military.
Attacks on Workers Persist as ILO Keeps Mum on Arroyo’s Accountability in Abuses
Attacks on Workers Persist as ILO Keeps Mum on Arroyo’s Accountability in Abuses
By MARYA SALAMAT
Two months after the International Labor Organization conducted a fact-finding mission in the Philippines, labor-rights violations escalate in the Philippines, as highlighted by the death of Danilo Belano, a long-time labor organizer, who died while being tailed and harassed by military agents.
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Slideshow: Five Years Since Luisita Massacre, Justice Remains Elusive
Slideshow: Five Years Since Luisita Massacre, Justice Remains Elusive
Justice Remains Elusive in Luisita
The Arroyo Regime’s Complicity in Ampatuan Massacre
The Arroyo Regime’s Complicity in Ampatuan Massacre
Arroyo's Complicity in Ampatuan Massacre
In Northern Mindanao, Tears Flow Over Human-Rights Abuses
In Northern Mindanao, Tears Flow Over Human-Rights Abuses
By MACARIO PACANA
At the International Peace and Human Rights Summit in Cagayan de Oro City, victims and witnesses of human-rights abuses take turns recounting their appalling ordeal in the hands of the military and its paramilitary forces.
‘Political Prisoners Prove Insincerity of Arroyo Regime in Peace Talks’
‘Political Prisoners Prove Insincerity of Arroyo Regime in Peace Talks’
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Of the 284 political prisoners in the Philippines, 257 were arrested and detained under the present regime’s Oplan Bantay Laya. In a statement, Selda said the militarist approach of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has scuttled the peace talks between the government and the Moro secessionist groups in Mindanao and the New People’s Army.
‘Dukot’ Now Being Shown Commercially
‘Dukot’ Now Being Shown Commercially
By RONALYN V. OLEA
The human-right film Dukot (Desaparecidos) is now being shown in major cinemas beginning on Dec. 2, a few days before the International Day of Human Rights on Dec. 10.
Audio Slideshow: The Hills of Maguindanao, Bathed in Blood
Audio Slideshow: The Hills of Maguindanao, Bathed in Blood
The Hills of Ampatuan, Bathed in Blood
Ampatuan Massacre Highlights Continuing Violence Vs Women: Gabriela Women’s Party
Ampatuan Massacre Highlights Continuing Violence Vs Women: Gabriela Women’s Party
By MARYA SALAMAT
The commemoration of the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women (VAW) in the Philippines got a piercing highlight in the Ampatuan massacre that occurred two days before the anti-VAW's day last week. “What happened in Maguindanao underscored the vulnerability of women amid fierce struggles as in an electoral struggle,” Gabriela partylist representative and aspiring senator Liza Maza said.
Ampatuan Massacre Raises Level of Barbarity in Philippine Politics
Ampatuan Massacre Raises Level of Barbarity in Philippine Politics
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
The impunity in recent political killings in the Philippines could have emboldened the Ampatuan clan to commit the massacre. If the perpetrators of more than a thousand extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of political activists could walk scot-free, perhaps, they thought, they could get away with killing less than a hundred people.
MILF: Ampatuan Claim a ‘Weird Statement,” Massacre an ‘Act of Animals’
MILF: Ampatuan Claim a ‘Weird Statement,” Massacre an ‘Act of Animals’
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
“The MILF has no presence there, the place is near the checkpoints of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu), and is also near the Army station,” says the MILF’s Mohagher Iqbal. “So how could they accuse the MILF of having a hand in the massacre?”
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