
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
“UCCP: Sa Hamon ng Panahon,” a documentary-drama produced by Kodao Productions and directed by Bonifacio Ilagan, takes a searing look at the human-rights violations committed against members of the Protestant church.
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
“UCCP: Sa Hamon ng Panahon,” a documentary-drama produced by Kodao Productions and directed by Bonifacio Ilagan, takes a searing look at the human-rights violations committed against members of the Protestant church.
Filipino Torture Victims Testify Before UN
BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat The Philippine government’s second periodic report to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) was ‘bombarded’ with questions, human rights network Philippine UPR Watch said. The 27-member Philippine government delegation, headed by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, presented its report, April 28, to the 42nd session of the UNCAT in Geneva,…
Victims of torture under the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration traveled all the way to Geneva, Switzerland to tell their stories of torture during the 42nd Session of the United Nations Committee Against Torture (UNCAT).
Bulatlat.com Detained Pastor Berlin Guerrero was ordered released to the custody of his lawyers this morning by the Court of Appeals (CA). A United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) pastor, Guerrero was abducted May 27, 2007 by elements of the Naval Intelligence Security Forces. He was allegedly tortured before being turned over to…
Members of the Council of Bishops of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines intensified their campaign for the release of Pastor Berlin Guerrero with a “Pilgrimage Walk for Justice and Freedom” at the Court of Appeals. BY RONALYN V. OLEA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 29, August 24-30, 2008 Members of…
BY BULATLAT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH/BREAKING NEWS May 28, 2007 – 4:55pm Activist pastor Berlin Guerrero was abducted just outside the local United Church of Christ of the Philippines (UCCP) chapel in Biñan, Laguna (35 kms. away from Manila) at 6 p.m. after a Sunday worship service on May 27. According to a statement by the…