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By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Insofar as civil and political rights are concerned, dictatorial and repressive rulings in laws and jurisprudence remain and are still being abused.” – Edre Olalia, secretary general of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers
May 5, 2011 H.E. Jejomar Binay Vice President Republic of the Philippines Dear Vice President Jejomar Binay, Greetings from Tanggol Bayi, an organization of women human rights defenders in the Philippines! I wrote to express our organization’s strong and vehement...
THE May 10 elections had certain unique characteristics. Overall, however, they were no different from past Philippine elections. By LUIS V. TEODORO POLITICAL ANALYST, CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT AND GOVERNANCE Posted by Bulatlat.com As may be gleaned from this...
Seventeen years ago last week in Mendiola at the approach of the presidential palace, Marines and police opened fire at some 30,000 peasant protesters. After the smoke cleared, 13 of the marchers lay dead. Today, organizers of that tragic rally want the massacre...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Survivors of martial law criticized a House resolution seeking to bury former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. The Samahan ng mga Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Selda), an organization of...
By RAYMUND VILLANUEVA
“We started this as a political issue, wanting to prove that there were thousands of victims during Martial Law. Now, they are turning the compensation issue into an economic one, and the lawyers have full control.” – Judy Taguiwalo, UP professor and martial law victim.
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld "Behind every great fortune," said the French novelist Honore de Balzac, "is a great crime." The Marcoses most certainly have a great fortune, estimated at somewhere between US$30 billion and $50 billion -- much of...
Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Selda), the group that represents thousands of the victims in their efforts to hold the Marcoses accountable for their crimes, led a protest march today in front of the offices of Rodrigo Domingo, the Filipino lawyer who has been collaborating with court-appointed lawyer Robert Swift in the class suit.
By SATUR C. OCAMPO At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Posted by Bulatlat.com Last week’s decision by a Hawaii court to distribute $7.5 million in compensation to 7,500 victims of human rights violations during the Marcos dictatorship was a piece of good news,...
Romeo Luneta was only 19 when he joined Kabataang Makabayan (KM or Patriotic Youth). He was a student at the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture in Los Banos, Laguna, when he was arrested in October 1972.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Survivors of martial law call on President Benigno S. Aquino III to certify as urgent the compensation bill for victims of human-rights violations during the Marcos dictatorship. To this day, not a single centavo has been given as reparation to the victims or their families.
NEWS RELEASE January 14, 2011 The Samahan ng mga Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), the organization of ex-detainees formed under Martial Law Period which led the 9, 539 victims under the Martial Law period and initiated the filing of the historic...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Not a single victim of human-rights violation during the Marcos dictatorship has achieved justice nor received any compensation from the government.
Marking the commeration of the 38th aniversary of the declaration of martial law in 1972, progressive groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Negros Oriental, held protest actions on Tuesday, condemning the 'state of undeclared martial law' in the province and the extension of the counter insurgency program Oplan Bantay Laya.
Protest actions by progressive groups were held on Tuesday in commemoration of the 38th anniversary of the declaration of martial law in 1972.
Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Sa ika-38 anibersaryo ng deklarasyon ng martial law Sa mga nakakatanda, “Where were you nang ideklara ang martial law noong Setyembre 21, 1972?” Naalaala ko ang araw na ito, ominous na araw. Wala namang malakas na bagyo pero walang...
Ni RICHARD GAPPI Bulatlat.com Palabang diwa at giting iginigiit ang hiling: maiwaksi ang panindim; muling sumakal sa piling kamay na bakal na diin, aninong kambal ng dilim at nagtatago sa ningning. -- Richard R. Gappi 11:18 AM, Setyembre 21, 2010 Angono, Rizal,...
By PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON Chief Political Consultant National Democratic Front of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos himself designated September 21, 1972 as the date for Presidential Proclamation 1081, declaring martial law. In previous days, he had set in motion...
Press Statement 21 September 2010 Today, September the 21st, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines – Mindanao (NDFP-Mindanao) joins the Filipino people in recollecting the tens of thousands of victims of grave human rights abuses upon the declaration of...
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