When his mother was disappeared in 2006, Ipe Soco found his voice in writing, through which he continues to cry for justice for all desaparecidos.
In search for justice, desaparecido’s son becomes a poet
Tags: desaparecidos
11 years missing | Where is Leopoldo Ancheta?
“Do we light a candle fo him or do we offer flowers?”
All Souls’ Day for the kin of the disappeared
“Until we see their bones in a grave, or we see them in prison, we will not stop searching.”
10 years | UP students, human rights groups call for justice for 2 missing students
MANILA – Various groups in the University of the Philippines (UP) called for justice on June 24 as they commemorated the tenth year of disappearance of former students and youth activists Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño. UP students, kin and human rights group Karapatan held a cultural protest at the Palma Hall lobby in UP…
Aparición | James Balao
It’s the eighth Cordillera Day since James Balao was disappeared.
‘I have not lost hope’ – daughter of desaparecido
For every victim of injustice, a rights defender rises.
‘To remember is to continue the struggle’
“Let us continue the tradition of remembering the missing, because otherwise, we would then face the bigger tragedy of forgetting – the disappeared, their struggle, and the highest sacrifice they gave for freedom and democracy.”
27 disappeared in Aquino’s ‘tuwid na daan’
“We are here because we will not let them be forgotten…These are their faces, these are their names.”
Aparición | Danilo Macapagal
Ten years ago today, veteran protest leader Danilo Macapagal, who survived the cruel martial law years, disappeared under the regime of his own cousin, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Aparición | Leo Velasco
Today is the eight year of the disappearance of NDFP peace consultant Leo Velasco.
Aparición
Desaparecidos, or the missing, are made to appear again in painted portraits.