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He explained to me that there are social relations that created class divisions in our society. That there are social ills that should be cured, so as to solve the pervading problems of class oppression and exploitation that created the phenomena of abject poverty...
By Pamilya ng Desaparecidos para sa Katarungan (DESAPARECIDOS) Posted by Bulatlat The group of families of desaparecidos today called on the Armed Forces of the Philippines to surface the victims of enforced disappearances, instead of fabricating stories of “mass...
Their loved ones may be missing, but the families of the disappeared have come forward to stand together and protest the continued enforced disappearances under the Arroyo administration. BY BULATLAT Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 It was an exhibit of personal...
MANILA -- In 2007, Melissa Roxas moved to the Philippines to pursue what a colleague of hers described as "human-rights advocacy full-time." Prior to Roxas's move, she had been active as a founding member of the cultural organization Habi-Arts in Los Angeles. She...
Update: Melissa Roxas Moved to Philippines to Pursue Human-Rights Advocacy
Melissa Roxas, from Los Angeles, California, has been reunited with her family. The fate of her two companions -- Juanito Carabeo and John Edward Handoc – is unknown.
Taken: Edita Burgos and the Search for Jonas
BY EMILY VITAL May 19, 2008 -1:40 p.m. Randy Malayao, a consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines and former vice president for Visayas of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) was abducted May 15 and remains missing as of press...
BY JEFF OCAMPO Bulatlat.com August 30, 2008 - 11:27 p.m. Families of victims of enforced disappearances, along with their supporters, party-list groups and people’s organizations gathered today, August 30, to mark the International Day of the Disappeared and held a...
In a theatrical posture, Kahon tackles the torturous and complex issue of enforced disappearances, where artworks are fraught in individual loss, grief and tragedy. According to the organizers, “The show is never intended to wallow in agony, but is an exhibit of...
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