While the drug-related killings have overshadowed enforced disappearances, there are reports of the rise of the number of EJK victims who were first abducted and disappeared before their bodies were found.
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‘Return Jonas to us!’ — Mrs. Burgos tells military
“An order by the [Supreme] Court for the military to produce Jonas was not complied with and to this day, nobody has been cited in contempt.”
‘No justice under Duterte’ – kin of desaparecidos
President Duterte’s fellow Mindanawons – the Moro and Lumad – are among the many recently disappeared.
Justice denied: Baliaga acquitted, search for Jonas continues after a decade
“We call on him to tell us where Jonas is.”
Timeline | The Search for Jonas Burgos
For more than 10 years, the Burgos family has been searching for Jonas Burgos. Bulatlat has chronicled the painstaking journey of fighting for justice.
Court acquits military officer in abduction of Jonas Burgos
“We will still find Jonas.” — Edita Burgos
4 disappeared under Duterte
Two Lumad, a Moro child and a peasant woman went missing in the past year.
From Marcos to Duterte | Families of victims of rights abuses unite in renewed call for justice
Victims of drug-related killings and other human rights violations came together in a tearful gathering.
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 of searching for their loved ones
“What has happened to our loved ones? Are they being treated well? Are they being fed? Are they still alive? Have they been killed?”
Army major linked in Burgos abduction appears in court sans lawyer
Jonas’s brother Jose Luis or JL Burgos was supposed to testify in court as the fifth prosecution witness. Earlier, however, the defense objected to JL Burgos taking the witness stand.