Press Release April 10, 2010 The human rights group Karapatan strongly denounces the scripted show that the military of the 2nd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army and the Philippine National Police have concocted and executed in the supposed “transfer” of the Morong 43 political detainees from Camp Capinpin to the PNP Custodial Center in…
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HEAD: “The AFP has nothing on the 43!”
Media Release 28 March 2010 Contrary to their claims of A1 intelligence information, the Armed Forces of the Philippines actually have no evidence on the 43 health workers, not before and not even after their illegal raid and arrests. According to Health Alliance for Democracy, the statements made by the military officers as well as…
AFP Using PNP as Scapegoat for Violations, Says Health Group
Media Release 20 March 2010 The Armed Forces of the Philippines is now using the Philippine National Police as a convenient scapegoat for their illegal raid and human rights violations. According to Health Alliance for Democracy, the AFP is desperately trying to justify the illegal raid they conducted last February 6 in Morong, Rizal, which…
Military Blocks Release of Political Prisoner
Marie Hilao Enriquez, secretary-general of Karapatan, told Bulatlat that the military refused to release Elizabeth Principe’s clearance papers. “This is already a case of illegal detention since the court has already ordered her release,” Enriquez said. Principe was supposed to be freed Monday night.
Randy Echanis and Inhuman Jail Conditions
Being jailed is not new to KMP leader Randall Echanis, 60. His detention in January this year following his arrest in Bago City, Negros Occidental is his third already. It is the prison conditions he is now in that are new to him. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 30,…
Murder, She Wrote
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com To date, there have been 601 cases of political killings. Political killings or assassinations may be the appropriate term to describe it. But the way these killings were carried out, the use of authority and superior force over an unarmed and unknowing civilian, is worse than murder. And murder is a…
The Senatoriables: How They Stand on Major People’s Issues
The administration’s Team Unity and the Genuine Opposition, the two main contending forces in this year’s senatorial elections, have been exchanging challenges to a debate for the past few weeks. While both sides have agreed on a possible venue for the debate, they have not agreed on what issues to debate about. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN…
Bayan Muna to File Raps vs. ‘False’ Leyte Witnesses
Bayan Muna (People First) general counsel and third nominee Neri Javier Colmenares revealed that they will file criminal cases of perjury against the witnesses who “falsely testified” against Rep. Satur Ocampo in Leyte. They will also file civil cases against these witnesses for “damaging and maligning” Ocampo and Bayan Muna. BY KAREN PAPELLERO AND JOHANN…
Ka Satur Hastily Transferred to Leyte
BY BULATLAT Posted 10:45 a.m. March 19, 2007 Rep. Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna Party (BM or People First) was awakened in his detention cell at the Western Police District in Manila at 3 a.m. this morning by Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) agents and was told that he was to be transferred to Leyte.…
Ocampo Back in Manila
BY BULATLAT Posted 5:30 p.m., March 19, 2007 Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo is back in Manila. He is again detained at the Manila Police District (MPD) along United Nations Avenue in Manila. As early as 11:30 a.m., Bayan Muna third nominee and general counsel Neri Colmenares said the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Leyte…
A Curse to Democracy
Extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances, political persecution, baseless accusations, and arbitrary arrest and detention have no place in a democracy. These are contradictory to it. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Norberto Gonzales, Raul Gonzalez, and the AFP cannot claim to be defending democracy, for they are a curse to it. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat The May 2007 elections are…