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Melissa Roxas, a US citizen survivor of abduction and torture Supports Burgos family and other families of desaparecidos

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...

News in Pictures: Progressive lawyers, groups file manifestation questioning CHR decision on Roxas torture case  

News in Pictures: Progressive lawyers, groups file manifestation questioning CHR decision on Roxas torture case  


MANILA -- The National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL) filed a manifestation at the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday regarding its recent resolution absolving the military from its liability on the enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention of Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas and her two other companions Juanito Carabeo and John Edward Jandoc.  (Photos by Tudla Productions / bulatlat.com)

What They Say of Papo de Asis

What They Say of Papo de Asis

Papo was ever eager to know better the workers and peasants that he depicted in his works. He either lived with them or he renewed his links with them through visits and serious social investigation... He made manifest his position on social reality not only in the...

Court Affirms Melissa Roxas’s Abduction, Torture Claim But Clears Arroyo, Military

Court Affirms Melissa Roxas’s Abduction, Torture Claim But Clears Arroyo, Military

By RONALYN V. OLEA
The Court of Appeals has granted the Filipino-American activist's amparo and habeas data petitions, saying that Melissa Roxas’s story was credible. But it also pointed out that Roxas failed to show that the military was behind her abduction and torture, hence President Arroyo and elements of the armed forces cannot be made respondents in the case.

For Doing Its Job, CHR Is Now Under Attack

For Doing Its Job, CHR Is Now Under Attack

The Philippine military, through its attack dogs Pastor Alcover and Jovito Palparan, are trying to discredit the Commission on Human Rights and its chairperson, Leila de Lima. Human-rights groups are understandably concerned. “Now that the CHR chairperson insists on the mandate of the commission, they consider her as an enemy,” Marie Hilao-Enriquez of Karapatan said. “That is the most dangerous mindset.”

By Justifying Torture of Melissa Roxas, Regime Violates International Agreements

By Justifying Torture of Melissa Roxas, Regime Violates International Agreements

Freedom from torture is a non-derogable right, meaning that states cannot violate this right under any circumstances, even in a state of emergency or martial law. By insisting that Melissa Roxas is a communist guerrilla, the Arroyo regime not only practically admits that it tortured her -- it seeks to justify the atrocity, thus violating the very international instruments that it had earlier agreed on.

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