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Scandalous Impunity

Janess Ann J. Ellao May 23, 2009 Add new tag, enforced disappearances under Arroyo administration, extrajudicial killings under arroyo administration, extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions in the Philippines, human rights violations, Inter-Agency Legal Action Group (IALAG), Marcos dictatorship, Melo Commission, Philip Alston, rmed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Task Force Usig, torture, UN Committee against Torture (UNCAT), United Nations (UN)

By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat MANILA — The United Nations (UN), including its committees and commissions, is not known for straightforward and precise assessments and statements. Its reports and statements are usually couched in diplomatic language. This is understandable because the UN is comprised of governments, thus they would not want to offend each other…

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Cheney Intervened in CIA Inspector General’s Torture Probe

Janess Ann J. Ellao May 23, 2009 2 Comments Add new tag, CIA Director Michael Hayden, Former Vice President Dick Cheney, Freedom of Information Act, Obama administration

BY JASON LEOPOLD Truthout Posted by Bulatlat Former Vice President Dick Cheney intervened in CIA Inspector General John Helgerson’s investigation into the agency’s use of torture against “high-value” detainees, but the watchdog was still able to prepare a report that concluded the interrogation program violated some provisions of the International Convention Against Torture. The report,…

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Victims of Harassment Suits Fight Back

Ronalyn V. Olea May 16, 2009 Add new tag, Alliance of Concerned Teachers, Antonio Tinio, Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan Oscar Cruz, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, Bayan Muna, carol araullo, cheche lazaro, Confederation for Unity, Ella Valencerina, Ferdinand Gaite., GSIS, Karapatan-Southern Tagalog, NBN-ZTE project, pagbabago, Probe, Randall Echanis, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees, Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada, Sandra Cam, SLAPP, Solidarity of Cavite Workers, Vergel Santos, Whistleblowers Protection Act, Winston Garcia

The Arroyo government and its allies have been harassing their critics — political activists, human-rights advocates, journalists, government employees, workers, teachers, environmentalists, lawyers, to name some — with court cases that range from the frivolous to the absurd. Now, these victims of political persecution have banded together to fight back.

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The VFA-Balikatan Mess

Web Master May 16, 2009 Add new tag, Nancy Gadian, vanessa

BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat Vanessa and Gadian provide two more reasons why the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) should be abrogated and the Balikatan joint US-Philippine military exercises be stopped. Vanessa is a 22-year-old student who recently came out in a press conference with the women’s group GABRIELA and Evalyn Ursua, former counsel of Subic…

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Conflating Afghanistan and Pakistan: Obama’s Axis of Obedience

Web Master May 9, 2009 2 Comments Add new tag, Asif Zardari, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai

The question at hand is not whether Pakistan is on the verge of a takeover by reactionary religious extremists from Afghanistan. It is not. Conflating the situations in Afghanistan and Pakistan only confuses people. Pakistan is, however, experiencing an extraordinary upheaval of popular discontent. In a word, it’s the emergence of democracy. Left on its…

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De Facto Entourage

Bulatlat Contributors May 9, 2009 Add new tag, Manny Pacquiao

De Facto Entourage. When boxer Manny Pacquiao returned to the Philippines after winning his bout with England’s Ricky Hatton, he was accompanied by a de facto entourage of politicians who did not have to be with him in Las Vegas. (By Flon Faurillo/Bulatlat.com)

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Council Of EU Fails to Present Any Concrete Evidence of Any Specific Act of Terrorism Against Prof. Jose Maria Sison

Bulatlat Contributors May 2, 2009 Add new tag, JMS, JOMA, PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON

Council Of EU Fails to Present Any Concrete Evidence of Any Specific Act of Terrorism Against Prof. Jose Maria Sison BY THE INTERNATIONAL DEFEND COMMITTEE DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by (Bulatlat.com) The oral procedure in the case of Prof. Jose Maria Sison against the Council of the European Union for unjustly maintaining him in the so-called…

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Drowning Out Justice

Bulatlat Contributors May 2, 2009 Add new tag, jonas burgos

When Jonas Burgos’s relatives and friends trooped to Camp Aguinaldo last April 28 to mark the second anniversary of his disappearance, their prayers and speeches were drowned out with loud and lewd music. (BY FLON FAURILLO/Bulatlat.com)

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‘Backyard’ View

Bulatlat Contributors November 29, 2008 Add new tag, Photo of the Week

‘Backyard’ View. You are looking at what serves as the “backyard” (actually, the laundry area) of one of several families in a relocation site in Mandaue City, Cebu. (Photo by RAYMUND VILLANUEVA)

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