No whitewash in Sagay massacre probe, various groups urge
'The manner by which the killing was committed points to impunity on the part of the perpetrators.'
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'The manner by which the killing was committed points to impunity on the part of the perpetrators.'
“What we are sure of, however, is how this alleged destabilization plot remains a dangerous maneuver to legitimize the political persecution and attacks against critics of this administration.”
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Adelberto Silva and four companions were arrested Monday afternoon in Sta. Cruz, Laguna.
“No trail of blood left by this murderous regime will be forgotten.”
Bayan-GL condemned the arrest, “targeting members of organizations actively pursuing the call for genuine land reform and national industrialization.”
The men still proceeded inside their office and took a picture of their organizational chart, which bears their names and pictures.
In a two-page order dated Oct. 1, Judge Alexander Tamayo of the Bulacan Regional Trial Court Branch 15 denied outright the motion of Palparan.
President Rodrigo Duterte’s admission that extrajudicial killings is his “only sin” has “legal and moral implications.”
“In truth, all of this panic mongering and “red scare” angling is being spurred by the authorities to justify increased repressive measures taken against critics of the government.”
“Only tyrants and human rights violators stand to gain with the deaths of human rights defenders like Mariam Acob.”
“Is the military totally bereft of even an iota of morality? Don’t they heed persons in authority?”
“Desperate for justifications, both Marcos and Duterte have conjured up ‘communists’ and ‘terrorists’ as their scapegoats, hiding the real monster of State terrorism behind the curtain.”
In this 11-page verdict, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, US President Donald Trump, and international monetary organizations were found guilty of violating the political and economic rights and the right of the Filipino people to self-determination.
“The recent conviction of Palparan is a reminder to everyone that evil will never ever triumph.”
Asked how he knew the real names of his alleged former comrades, self-proclaimed rebel returnee and government witness Antonio Panisan said in Cebuano that they sometimes called one another by their real names.
The 21 cases the Filipinos filed before the IPT2018 reflect the ‘attacks of the Duterte government on the Filipino people,’ under his administration’s so-called war on drugs, counter-insurgency war, and war against ‘terrorists’ that in practice has become a war against national minorities and other vocal critics of the administration.
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