Media Release 20 March 2010 The Armed Forces of the Philippines is now using the Philippine National Police as a convenient scapegoat for their illegal raid and human rights violations. According to Health Alliance for Democracy, the AFP is desperately trying to justify the illegal raid they conducted last February 6 in Morong, Rizal, which…
Category: Health
Kin and Supporters of Morong 43 Award Swastika to Implementors and Brains Behind Oplan Bantay Laya
Press Release March 20, 2010 On its regular monthly gathering this month, the Victims of Arroyo regime United for Justice or HUSTISYA and the families of the 43 health workers held a mass action in front of the gate of Camp Aguinaldo to protest the continued illegal detention, torture, pressure and harassment of the 43…
Slideshow: Military Defies Commission on Human Rights on Morong 43
Military Defies CHR, Fails to Produce Morong 43 at Hearing
By RONALYN V. OLEA
and ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The AFP said the commission should first get clearance from the courts before the AFP could produce the detainees. CHR chairwoman Leila de Lima retorted: “Please do not restrict our authority to determine the truth.”
Live Coverage: CHR Hears Case of Morong 43
Low Education Does Not Justify Arrest of Morong 43
Press Statement March 15, 2010 “The ensuing black propaganda and innuendos continuously churned out by state forces on the case of the 43 health workers shows complete ignorance on community health work. This not only reeks of elitism but a desperately malicious attempt to discredit these health workers”, said Dr. Julie Caguiat, one of the…
Teresa Quinawayan: Bringing Health Services to the Poor
By MARYA SALAMAT
As a member of the Council for Health and Development, Tere helps out in implementing projects being undertaken by community-based health programs (CBHPs).
A Primer on the Illegal Arrest, Detention and Torture of 43 Health Workers
Who are the 43 health workers? The 43 health workers, also known as “Morong 43”, are health professionals and volunteer community health workers who were arrested in Rizal on February 6, following a raid by the combined forces of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP). The 43 were…
Live Webcast: Kin of Morong 43 Speak of Despair
In a forum today, March 13, between the relatives and lawyers/supporters of the Morong 43, the relatives expressed the difficulties they face more than a month after the 43 health workers were taken by soldiers during a health training in Morong, Rizal. They spoke of the hardships they have to endure each time they visit their relatives in Camp Capinpin, the harassment many of them continue to face from the military, and of their despair in seeing their loved ones behind bars.