Human Rights Watch January 31, 2012 Palparan’s Prosecution Key to Ending Impunity (New York) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino III should order the armed forces to cooperate with civilian authorities in arresting retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan and others charged with the enforced disappearance of two activists in 2006, Human Rights Watch said today. Since [...]
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“If the Ombudsman would not fear the military, I would get justice not only for myself but for the other victims of Palparan and his kind.” – Raymond Manalo, torture victim
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“If it is false, it’s an insensitive and irresponsible claim designed to confuse and raise false hopes. It could be a cheap shot to incorrectly undermine the charges. But if true, which is good, it raises even more questions though.” – Edre Olalia, private prosecutor
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today KIDAPAWAN CITY — About 600 farmers belonging to the Arakan Progressive Peasant Organization (APPO) and church people trooped to the municipal gym, January 20, to meet head on the commanding officer and spokesman of the 57th Infantry Battalion (IB) and the 10th Special Forces (SF) of the Philippine Army. The [...]
Thursday, January 26, 2012By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Twenty-five years constitute a long time and reaching it is usually deemed a milestone in the life of a person or a nation. Tomorrow marks the 25th year of the Mendiola massacre, but you wonder what it’s a milestone of. For the peasant movement [...]
Thursday, January 26, 2012By ROD TAJON
Wednesday, January 25, 2012By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – One year after the killing of broadcaster and environmentalist Dr. Gerry Ortega, his family and colleagues reiterated their call for justice. Ortega was killed on January 24 last year in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Four alleged gunmen and their accomplices have been charged for the murder but the suspected [...]
Tuesday, January 24, 2012By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – More groups added their voices to the call for the release of detained artist Ericson Acosta. Acosta, 39, was arrested on Feb. 13 last year by elements of the 34th Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army in San Jorge, Samar. He is charged with illegal possession of [...]
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“After a year and a half in office, President Aquino should be delivering on his promise to end impunity for rights abuses.” – Human Rights Watch
“I think that the Philippine government knows what to do [but] we don’t see the will to stop the culture of impunity.” – Amnesty International
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We are watching very closely. The present administration must demonstrate that the Philippines has turned the page and a new chapter where freedom and justice prevail has begun.” – Beaconsfield United Church of Canada
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Residents are being forced to relocate where jobs, electricity and water are scarce. Demolitions and forced evictions automatically translate to workers having to leave their sources of income and children would have to stop from going to school.” Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Luz Ilagan
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