“So many families are suffering because the heads of their families have disappeared. Let us lend not only our voices but our hearts and souls to them so they would have the courage.”
“One desaparecido is already too much. Let us not further allow the Marcos Jr. government to rob us of our loved ones, rights and justice.”
“Our strength and determination mirror the struggles faced by numerous families across the nation who persistently seek answers regarding their missing loved ones.”
By DEE AYROSO
Two Lumad, a Moro child and a peasant woman went missing in the past year.
“We are here because we will not let them be forgotten…These are their faces, these are their names.”
Fresh wounds: A story of 24 years of searching
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“Nothing has changed. In two years of the Aquino administration, there are already 11 victims of enforced disappearances.”
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