Main story: Groups score continuing rights abuses as Philippines undergoes review by UN body By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Alarmed with the continuing cases of extrajudicial killings and the increasing number of internal refugees under the Aquino administration, human rights group Karapatan will file a complaint through the special procedures of the United…
Tags: Karapatan
Military’s claim of zero rights abuses belied
Military’s claim of zero rights abuses belied (Photo by Jhun Dantes / Bulatlat.com)
Unjustly accused and detained
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In the fabled Land of Yellow where the President lays claim to the democratic mantle by being progeny to parents who fought a dictator, there lies hidden in the crowded, dank and dark crevices of the realm some 350 plus political prisoners. Officially denied as existing; labelled as terrorists…
Human rights defenders still under attack
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Even with a new government that promised to pursue reforms in governance, the killings, disappearances and violations continue. Being a human rights defender still means putting one’s life on the line.” — human rights groups
Farmer adds to growing list of extrajudicial killings under Aquino administration
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Glendyhl Malabanan, Karapatan-ST secretary general, said farmer Guillermo Castillo is the 65th victim of extrajudicial killings under the Aquino administration.
Oplan Bayanihan blamed for continuing rights violations
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“No amount of political manipulation or attempt to project himself as a protagonist in the quest for justice against Arroyo could dispel the truth that he (President Aquino) continues the latter’s legacy of state terror through Oplan Bayanihan.” – Roneo Clamor, secretary general of Karapatan
Oplan Bayanihan sows terror in Western Samar
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“I would tell them [soldiers] ‘We are not armed. This is not a war. This is just a rally.’ They would say, ‘Legal and underground, you’re the same. You are all NPA [New People’s Army],’” said human rights worker Ma. Josephine Dy
Sidebar: Military turns wrath on farmers, activists in Eastern Visayas
On 2nd anniversary of Ampatuan massacre: Aquino told to end impunity
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The eyes of the whole world are on the Philippines because of this crime and especially because until now, there is no justice and the killings, enforced disappearances and other human rights violations continue.” – Nestor Burgos, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines
Sidebar: Groups laud filing of case vs Arroyo for Ampatuan massacre
Philippine Air Force tagged in foiled abduction of fisherfolk leader in Batangas
Philippine Air Force tagged in foiled abduction of fisherfolk leader in Batangas By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Soldiers from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) are being accused of masterminding the frustrated abduction of a fisherfolk leader in Batangas. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) has tagged military elements identified with the…
Human rights in Aquino’s ‘righteous path’
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We have a democracy in name but not in fact.” – Manuel Diokno, president of the Free Legal Action Group
More killings feared in wake of Aquino’s support for paramilitary deployment in mining areas
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO
“The government remains blind to everything except the money that it gets from the mining firms – but this money is tainted with our blood; and no amount of money can ever compensate for the loss of our slain tribal leaders who fought for our rights to our own lands.”