No liars here
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"The testimonies of the prosecution witnesses on the identities of the skeletal remains are full of inconsistencies, highly unbelievable, and clearly perjured," the decision read.
“Certainly, no evidence was presented showing that Anakbayan is the recruiting arm of or somehow connected to the CPP-NPA.”
Elwin Mangampo is also an elected government official pushing for more aid for small fishers.
"Nimfa thinks nothing of her own sicknesses like hypertension, anemia and rhinitis just so she can be of help whenever she is needed even if it means walking for kilometers to visit political prisoners. When did it become a crime to help people in need?”
Among those arrested is a nursing mother who was tending to her two-month-old baby in a hospital when arrested in Oriental Mindoro.
“The recent slapping of trumped-up charges of kidnapping and homicide against us 69 individuals bares the despotic and authoritarian nature of this regime.”
“It would have been hard not to notice this forced confinement. There were no armed guards to restrict their movement.”
A human rights leader who is at the forefront of assisting Lumad victims and evacuees is the latest to be slapped with criminal charges.
“Such documents could only have been obtained by deliberate and systematized acts of surveillance and data-gathering on the part of respondents.”
"We are disgusted at the lengths that the military would go to impede us from seeking and asserting our rights."
Vilma Yecyec has been a health worker and organizer for the past 30 years. She has also been targeted by the military for that long.
“This is clearly another case of state harassment against progressive leaders and organizations to silence us amid the mounting public clamor for change. What is dangerous is that 101 John Does have been included in the warrant that was used to arrest him.” – Naty Castro, secretary general of Karapatan-Caraga
By RONALYN V. OLEA
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