Civil & Political Rights - Front Archives

Live Webcast: Interview with CHR’s Leila de Lima

Bulatlat Staff | Jun 28, 2010

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.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Jun 23, 2010

‘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.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Jun 19, 2010

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.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Jun 13, 2010

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.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Jun 13, 2010

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.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Jun 10, 2010

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.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Jun 5, 2010

UN official Slams Impunity in the Philippines, Repeats Call for Prosecution of Perpetrators

By RONALYN OLEA
UN Special Rapporteur Prof. Philip Alston visited the country in February 2007 to look into the spate of extrajudicial killings. He cited the counter-insurgency program of the government and the failure to prosecute perpetrators as the main reasons behind the killings.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Jun 4, 2010

Union Member Shot Dead, Workers Fear Intensification of Extrajudicial Killings

By RONALYN OLEA
Union member Edward Panganiban is the ninth worker killed in Southern Tagalog and the 96th nationwide under the Arroyo government.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Jun 4, 2010

News in Pictures: Kin of Disappeared Challenge Noynoy Aquino to Stand Against Impunity and Injustice

The Families of the Disappeared for Justice (Desaparecidos) held a press conference today challenging presumptive president Noynoy Aquino to take the straight path to justice and help surface all the victims of enforced disappearances under the term of Ms. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Anne Marxze Umil | Jun 1, 2010

Justice for the Children of War

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Bulatlat Contributors | May 17, 2010

Campus Journalists Pay Tribute to Colleagues Who Became Victims of Rights Violations

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Bulatlat Contributors | May 8, 2010

Appellate Court Affirms Rights Commission’s Mandate and Jurisdiction

By RONALYN V. OLEA
TThe 7th Division of the Court of Appeals held in abeyance the petition for temporary restraining order filed by the AFP and PNP to stop the Commission on Human Rights from hearing the complaints of human rights abuses filed by the Morong 43.

Ronalyn V. Olea | May 1, 2010

Fisherfolk Snatched on International Day of the Disappeared

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Bulatlat Staff | Sep 9, 2006

Video Documentary: Noynoy’s Luisita

Video Documentary: Noynoy's Luisita

Bulatlat Staff | Apr 27, 2010

CHR, Military in Standoff on Morong 43 Case

By RONALYN V. OLEA
Ironically, while the CHR is proceeding with its hearings on the human rights violations complaint filed by the Morong 43 - even as the AFP stubbornly refuses to cooperate - the rights of the 43 health workers are violated over and over again.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Apr 23, 2010

Video Commentary: Noynoy Aquino, Walang Bahid?

In this video commentary, Bulatlat.com destroys the myth of the "untainted" Noynoy Aquino. For decades, the Aquinos and the Cojuangcos have stolen from the farmers and workers of Hacienda Luisita, using every trick in the book, as well as brute force and violence to retain control of thousands of hectares of land that they do not own to begin with.