How many more mothers would have to shed tears before justice prevails?
‘Burgos’: A film about the painful search and inspiring transformation of a mother
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Promotion of general linked to Morong 43 arrest, torture enrages victims, rights activists
“..the Aquino administration obviously rewards, instead of punishes, human rights violators such as Gen. [Aurelio] Baladad.” – Justice for the Morong 43 alliance
To struggle is to hope
The unheard voice
Today is the sixth year since farmer-activist Jonas Burgos was abducted by state security forces. For the first time, his wife speaks in this video made by Jonas’s younger brother, JL.
Cardinal Tagle calls on those holding Jonas, other desaparecidos to surface them
“Why do such human rights violations persist with impunity even under the Aquino administration?” – Fr. Rex Reyes, general secretary of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP)
Portraying the pain that no mother should go through
“It is about the journey of a mother who seeks the truth about her son.”
Pieta
SC order gives credence to evidence — Edita Burgos
“I felt that while we had the documents with us, we were in constant danger. Somehow, I was relieved after I submitted these to the SC.”
Oases or mirage
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Edith Burgos, wife and partner of crusading, anti-dictatorship newspaperman, the late Jose “Joe” Burgos, is the personification of steadfast resolve as she files yet another motion to the Supreme Court in a bid to utilize new evidence to prove that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is behind…
How the military hid the truth behind Jonas Burgos abduction
The military repeatedly refused to turn over to the courts documents that could have determined what happened to Jonas.
Melissa Roxas, a US citizen survivor of abduction and torture Supports Burgos family and other families of desaparecidos
As a survivor of abduction by the Philippine military in 2009, my heart went out to the Burgos family after I heard the favourable news of the Philippine Court of Appeals ruling last week on the case of Jonas Burgos. After years of presenting the case before the Philippine Courts, the Court of Appeals has…