By RONALYN V. OLEA
“I had hoped that my father’s case would be the first and the last case of extrajudicial killing but the culture of impunity is still here. There has been no effort from the President to stop the killings. His inaction has allowed the killings to go on,” Ernan, son of Fernando Baldomero, first victim of extrajudicial killing under the Aquino government, said.
On the eve of the 27th anniversary of the assassination of Senator Ninoy Aquino last August 20, families and relatives of human-rights violations led by Families of the Disappeared for Justice (Desaparecidos) and Victims of Arroyo United for Justice (Hustisya!), tied a long yellow cloth around the Boy Scout Monument in Quezon City to signify their continuing search and fight for justice.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
President Benigno S. Aquino III is “doing the exact opposite of his pronouncement that he will put closure to the human-rights violations of Arroyo and her cohorts. As commander-in-chief, he allowed the AFP to extend the counter-insurgency plan which was proven to have violated human rights.” Read more stories on Oplan Bantay Laya
NEWS RELEASE July 20, 2010 Families and victims of human rights violations under the banner of Hustisya (Victims of Arroyo Regime United for Justice) will join various sectors and people’s organizations in the SONA rally on Monday, as they continuously call for justice and an end to extrajudicial killings. According to Evangeline Hernandez,…
Press Release March 20, 2010 On its regular monthly gathering this month, the Victims of Arroyo regime United for Justice or HUSTISYA and the families of the 43 health workers held a mass action in front of the gate of Camp Aguinaldo to protest the continued illegal detention, torture, pressure and harassment of the 43…
Human-rights group Hustisya on Tuesday opened the 10-day long commemoration of the International Human Rights Day with an explosion of outrage, symbolized by red paint thrown at a target board with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s face surrounded by other notorious human rights violators including Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. In this photo, Elizabeth Calubad, wife…
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 items owned by people of varied personalities. There was an LP record…
As the ranks of victims of human rights violations under the Arroyo administration continue to grow, their families, survivors of rights abuses and rights advocates had formed HUSTISYA, or justice, which they vowed will tirelessly fight until justice is served. BY FRED VILLAREAL Gitnang Luson News Service Posted by Bulatlat.com Dr. Constancio “Chandu” Claver, wore…
Posted 2:30 p.m., Sept. 18, 2006 BY DEE AYROSO Bulatlat.com Families of victims of human rights violations under the Arroyo administration are urging the government’s monitoring committee on the implementation of the Comprehensive Agreement for the Respect of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHIHL) to do its work and investigate the increasing cases of…