A historic event worthy of the Guinness Book of World Records may have occurred in Washington in the last week of June. The worst “torture” president that the United States has ever had met the most corrupt and brutal president ever inflicted on the Filipino people. Grotesque or farcical? George W. Bush is now credited…
Category: Human Rights
Ilocos Judge Scolds Fiscal for Lack of Probe in Case vs NDFP Consultant
A Regional Trial Court judge in Candon City, Ilocos Sur last week scolded the provincial prosecutor and ordered him to reinvestigate the rebellion charges filed against a National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant for the peace process with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP). BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch…
Peace Advocates Brand Esperon’s Appointment as Peace Czar ‘Ironic, Tragic, and Outrageous’
Senators, human rights, and peace advocates questioned the appointment of former AFP chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon as Peace Adviser. Inpeace Mindanao called it “ironic, tragic, and outrageous.” BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 16, May 25-31, 2008 Opposition senators, human rights and peace advocates raised a chorus of protest and painted a…
Children Still in the Storm?
The Philippines, being a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, is scheduled to report to the UNCRC regarding the government’s compliance to the said convention on the first week of June. This early, Philippine permanent representative to the UN ambassador, Hilario Davide, Jr. is already lobbying for the delisting of…
Duterte Says He Won’t Allow Witch Hunt vs Activists
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he will not allow a “witch hunt” against political activists in the city even as he ordered a prompt investigation on the killing of a peasant leader here recently. BY GERMELINA A. ALCORTE Davao Today HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 16, May 25-31, 2008 DAVAO CITY —…
Remembering Rey
(Bulatlat.com)The military may have cut off his head and mangled his face and body. But Rey Cayago’s face and name could never be forgotten by his colleagues, his family, and the migrants and their families whom he had helped. BY EMILY VITAL HUMAN RIGHTS Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 15, May 18-24, 2008 There is a…
Clergy Tagged by Soldiers as NPA Members in Pananuman, Lamag
Even the church is not safe from the recent military occupation of the tri-boundary of Abra, Mountain Province and Ilocos Sur provinces. BY JOHN ERIC B. ESCALANTE Northern Dispatch HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 15, May 18-24, 2008 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) – Even the church is not…
Rights Group Condemns Davao Peasant Leader’s Slay
Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights) has condemned the killing of Davao peasant leader Celso Pojas, the first victim of extrajudicial killing in Davao City. BY BULATLAT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Vol. VIII, No. 15, May 18-24, 2008 Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights) has condemned the killing of Davao peasant leader…
Rights Group Condemns Davao Peasant Leader’s Slay
Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights) has condemned the killing of Davao peasant leader Celso Pojas, the first victim of extrajudicial killing in Davao City. BY BULATLAT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Vol. VIII, No. 15, May 18-24, 2008 Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights) has condemned the killing of Davao peasant leader…
Abra Elders to File Case with JMC on Pananuman Right Violations
For a month, the military conducted intensive military operations in their village. Fields were bombed; soldiers encamped in the heart of the village; the people were prohibited from leaving their homes; and their farm animals were stolen. Elders of Tubo, Abra have had enough. They announced that they would file cases of human rights violation…
Youth Group Slams ISAFP Harassment of PCU Student Leader
The TANGGULAN Youth Network of Civil Liberties and Human Rights condemned what it described as the “continuous harassment” experienced by Glaiza T. Dimapilis, 19, incoming student government president at the Philippine Christian University (PCU), from elements of the government’s military intelligence agency. BY BULATLAT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Vol. VIII, No. 14, May 11-17, 2008 The…