By MARYA SALAMAT
The Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC) had documented six cases of frustrated killings, four victims of torture, two illegal arrest and detention, two victims of rape and 136 children affected by forcible evacuation during Aquino’s first five months in office. In all these cases witnesses tagged state military forces as the perpetrators.
MANILA — November 29 became a day of songs, poems and testimonies honoring women victims of human rights abuses, as women rights group Tanggol Bayi and families of victims of human rights violations led the commemoration of the International Day for Women Human Rights Defenders.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Children have been suffering the brunt of military operations along with their elders, but whereas before they were considered as “collateral damages,” since 2007, most children being encountered by the military in operations are being labeled as “child combatants.”
By TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Bulatlat.com For the third time, the Association for the Rights of Children in South East Asia (ARCSEA), an organization advocating for the rights of children here in Manila is sending young people from urban poor communities to perform in different cities in Tuscany, Italy for an annual event tagged as…
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Lila Pilipina, the organization of Filipino women who were used as sex slaves by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, said the Supreme Court decision denying their petition to hold the Japanese government accountable for its crimes against them, which was penned by Associate Justice Mariano del Castillo, was not only plagiarized but was also “twisted.”
PRESS RELEASE November 8, 2010 “Since the issue of the Filipino comfort women was first made known to the public in 1991, justice remains elusive to this day,” said Representative Luz Ilagan of Gabriela Women’s Party as a house resolution is filed today expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Philippine Government…
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On October 28, members of Gabriela marched in the streets of Davao City during the commemoration of the 27th year of National Day of Protest of Filipino Women, protesting the continuing state violence and oppression against Filipino women under the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“A glaring proof that Filipino women are still living in oppressive conditions – even though the country ranks high in gender-based indexes – is the increasing number of victims of violence against women, most notably, gang rape,” said Lana Linaban, secretary general of Gabriela.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“It’s amazing to see how strong you are despite everything that had happened to you…It’s fantastic. I am moved and it has given me more encouragement to take your case,” Michael Gooding, a lawyer from United Kingdom, told the Morong 43.
Ni RICHARD GAPPI Bulatlat.com Ano ang kahulugan ng pagbabalik-tanaw sa ika-38 taon ng deklarasyon ng Batas Militar? Itanong natin kay Lyka Emam, 32 taong gulang at buntis ng pitong buwan. Setyembre 8, bandang ala-sais ng gabi, dumating ang MMDA Sidewalk Clearing Operations Team sa kanyang bangketa sa Kaunlaran Extension, Manggahan-Litex, Commonwealth Avenue. Kinumpiska nila ang…