By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Amid the impasse in the peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), another consultant of the NDFP was arrested April 3. Renante Gamara and companion Santiago Balleta were arrested by armed men in plainclothes in Las Pinas,…
Category: Human Rights
Promotion of Morong 43 jailer enrages victims, rights groups
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“This [Segovia’s promotion] only proves that the Aquino administration is not at all serious in going after human rights violators.” — Gary Liberal, one of the Morong 43
Laguna peasant leader abducted by military
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“The enforced disappearance of Ka Alex clearly demonstrates the Aquino government’s continuing attacks against farmers demanding their rights to the lands they till.” – KMP
8 activists nabbed in one week
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“While the likes of Palparan and Reyes who have clear charges against them continue to roam freely, activists and ordinary people are being arrested and detained arbitrarily on trumped up criminal charges to conceal the political nature of their arrests and detention.” – Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Karapatan
Church leaders call on Aquino to address urban poor concerns, human rights violations
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“The poor are kept in endless cycles of poverty and are denied emancipation.”
Three minors arrested, wrongfully charged
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The 74th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Air Force led by a Lt. Vitalico Sacoso and based in Sitio Malamig, Brgy. Sto. Nino, San Francisco, in Quezon Province is being charged of illegally arresting three youth in Brgy. Pangsanghan, also in Quezon. The three youth, Elmer Desoyo,…
Soldiers harass residents, teachers in Compostela Valley
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“How can they say that they are for peace and development when they are terrorizing us?”
Tension builds up in Hacienda Luisita; 7 arrested
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Cojuangco-Aquino clan is the mastermind of this brutality; they view the camp-out at Balete village as symbol of farmworkers’ unity in upholding their rights to the land.” – AMGL
Church official saddened over cancellation of dialogue with Aquino on human rights
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Somebody needs to speak about the human right situation — the disappearances, the detention of political prisoners, the tortures and the over all lack of legal security Filipinos face. This is a big challenge for the Philippines, and these need to be addressed.”
Lawyers of Morong 43 decry cover-up by military, police
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Lawyers of health workers who filed a damage suit against former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and several military and police officials lambasted the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) for withholding information about the respondents. The P15-million ($365 thousand) damage suit was filed, on…
Approval of House bill, step forward in stopping enforced disappearances
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“A law criminalizing enforced disappearance is long overdue. We hope this will be enacted into law at the soonest time possible.” – Mary Guy Portajada, Desaparecidos