By INA ALLCO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — In the midst of their extreme grief, families of slain members of the New People’s Army and residents of Brgy. Camflora in San Andres, Quezon in Southern Tagalog are demanding that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) respect their rights to give their slain loved ones…
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Attacks on human rights defenders continue
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Remigio Saladero Jr. regrets one thing: after he and six other co-accused in “fabricated criminal charges” were released from prison, they did not file a counter suit against their captors. Saladero is one of the 72 Southern Tagalog activists who were charged with murder and frustrated murder in…
Revival of trumped-up charges vs. KMU legal counsel, 71 activists slammed
PRESS RELEASE 24 June 2011 MANILA — Workers led by labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned the revival of trumped-up charges against its legal counsel and 71 other activists mainly from the Southern Tagalog region in a picket held today in front of the Regional Trial Court in San Pablo, Laguna, saying the revival is…
Government files new charges vs 72 Southern Tagalog activists
By RONALYN V. OLEA
When then United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston pointed to the filing of charges against political activists by the Interagency Legal Assistance Group (IALAG) as violative of human rights, the previous Arroyo administration dismantled it. But even without the IALAG, the filing of harassment charges against political activists continues, even under the current Aquino government.
Case against 72 activists in Southern Tagalog revived
It seems that even the dead is not spared. On the first anniversary of his death, Rogelio Galit’s family received a subpoena from the provincial prosecutor’s office in San Pablo City.
Poets, Rock Bands Converge in Gig for S. Tagalog 72
The convergence of poetry and rock music characterized Down with the Crackdown, a concert held Nov. 22 at the Ten 02 Bar in Quezon City. Organized by the Artists’ Response to the Call for Social Change and Transformation (Artists’ ARREST), the concert was staged in protest against the political persecution of activist leaders from Southern…