Turning out badly: On Duterte and political prisoners
Does the president really want to look like a hijacker? What gives?
Turning out badly: On Duterte and political prisoners
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Lumád leader shot dead in Davao City
Lumád leader shot dead in Davao City
Indigenous groups call on President Duterte to stop the implementation of Oplan Bayanihan, to which they attribute the continuing killings and harassment on progressives.
‘Pull out troops in peasant communities,’ groups call on CHR
‘Pull out troops in peasant communities,’ groups call on CHR
“We could not go home because two Army battalions have been deployed in our communities and the suspects are joining the military operations.”
The not-so-invisible hand of the US
The not-so-invisible hand of the US
Paramilitary cult groups were known for their brutality, brazenness and impunity. The purpose, as US counter-insurgency, counter-terror manuals revealed, was to generate enough terror and fear.
40 days | Still no arrest made on Lianga massacre, as killings continue
40 days | Still no arrest made on Lianga massacre, as killings continue
"The truth about the killings and forcible evacuation has been clear since the first week of the incident, yet in the delay, many lies have been forcefully fed to the public to justify the systematic military operation against Lumad schools, progressive organizations and communities in Mindanao.”
Whether under Arroyo or Aquino, same counterinsurgency tactic pits Lumád against Lumád
Whether under Arroyo or Aquino, same counterinsurgency tactic pits Lumád against Lumád
Bulatlat.com compiles its articles on Lumad paramilitary groups in Mindanao, which show a worsening trend from the Arroyo regime to the current Aquino administration.
Thousands attend burial of school director in Surigao del Sur
Thousands attend burial of school director in Surigao del Sur
Related story: #GriefandRage | Thousands join funeral of 3 Surigao Sur 'martyrs' BUTUAN CITY – Friends and relatives of school administrator, Emerito Samarca, arrived in throngs last Saturday to pay their last respects to the man who they fondly called as “Tatay...
Human rights group tags Army in Surigao Sur killings
Human rights group tags Army in Surigao Sur killings
"These killings were not isolated case. These are part of the serial killings happening now in Mindanao, and in some parts of the country, whose perpetrators are military elements and their own-created militia.”
Progressives seek writ of amparo, habeas data over harassment cases
Progressives seek writ of amparo, habeas data over harassment cases
Activists are fighting back against harassment from state forces, by using a remedy from the Supreme Court.
A victim of rights violation, then of typhoon and gov’t neglect
A victim of rights violation, then of typhoon and gov’t neglect
It is bad enough that her husband was brutally murdered allegedly by soldiers while tending his farm, and her efforts to seek justice for his killing resulted in harassments. She was forced to leave for Leyte, where her home was later destroyed by supertyphoon Yolanda.
Mindanao people bring their issues to Mendiola
Mindanao people bring their issues to Mendiola
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star They’ve had enough under the Aquino government. People in Mindanao are outraged. Here’s why: Altogether 55 Philippine Army infantry battalions, backed up by the PNP and paramilitary groups, are now deployed...
After the storm, what? | To the radical and unwavering conviction of the Martial Law activists
After the storm, what? | To the radical and unwavering conviction of the Martial Law activists
“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass
‘Ruthless legacy’ | 7 activists killed in August
‘Ruthless legacy’ | 7 activists killed in August
SPECIAL REPORT: “There is no let-up in extrajudicial killings with BS Aquino’s Oplan Bayanihan.” – Karapatan
AFP counterinsurgency drive inside public schools
AFP counterinsurgency drive inside public schools
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In pursuing its counterinsurgency program, dubbed “Oplan Bayanihan,” the Armed Forces of the Philippines has used schools, hospitals, clinics, and religious places in blatant violation of certain national and...
Prosecutor’s dismissal of case against accused soldiers in Capion massacre slammed
Prosecutor’s dismissal of case against accused soldiers in Capion massacre slammed
“As families and friends commemorate the death of Juvy Capion and her two sons, the decision comes as an insult to the family and to all the victims of human rights violations and also shows the weakness of the Aquino administration to render justice to its aggrieved citizens.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate
3 local tourists nabbed in Sagada, tagged as rebels
3 local tourists nabbed in Sagada, tagged as rebels
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW and KIMBERLIE N. QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — The Cordillera Human Rights Alliance (CHRA) condemned police operatives for the illegal arrest and detention of three local tourists in Sagada, Mountain Province, Sept. 9. CHRA...
Rights groups propose ‘zero budget’ for Oplan Bayanihan, Defense department
Rights groups propose ‘zero budget’ for Oplan Bayanihan, Defense department
“Public funds are being used to kill the people and perpetrate thousands of rights violations.” – Karapatan
‘Treachery, lies,’ slammed in Malacañang’s justifications for increased US troop presence
‘Treachery, lies,’ slammed in Malacañang’s justifications for increased US troop presence
“The Aquino government is still trying to deceive the people that the US is out to help the Philippines against China. It is playing up 'the threat of China' while playing down the history and reality of US military interventions." – KMU
‘Curing the symptom rather than the disease’
‘Curing the symptom rather than the disease’
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Last Thursday, AFP Chief Gen. Emmanuel Bautista called a command conference at Camp Aguinaldo to assess the military operations in the first half of 2013 under Oplan Bayanihan, the Aquino government’s...
Military operations in DavSur result to abuses, rights group says
Military operations in DavSur result to abuses, rights group says
“The military has been committing grave abuses against civilians through its peace and development operations under the Aquino government’s counter-insurgency operational plan Bayanihan.” – Pastor Sadrach Sabella, Karapatan-Socsksargends coordinator
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