By RITCHE T. SALGADO
“Here we have a political climate blanketed by fear and submission, and a system that promotes such.” Karapatan
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On All Saints Day, activists call for justice for slain colleagues
By RITCHE T. SALGADO Bulatlat.com DUMAGUETE CITY – Justice for slain colleagues and to all victims of human rights abuses. This was the call of progressive groups in Dumaguete City as they gathered on the morning of All Saints Day, November 1, at the site where farmer activist Fermin Lorico was slain two years ago…
Leader of Farmers’ Group Beaten Up Then Killed by Soldiers
By RONALYN V. OLEA
In March 2007, peasant leader Rene Quirante was imprisoned when criminal charges were filed against him by the military. Eventually, the case was dismissed. But on Oct. 1, around 2:00 a.m., soldiers of the 11th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army silenced him forever.