TEXT AND PHOTOS BY JHUN DANTES JR.
Category: Human Rights
Dutch writer assails Dutch government servility to the US in Sison case
By D.L. Mondelo Bulatlat.com AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands – Writing in his blog “Geen Commentaar” entitled “The Netherlands in the service of the US”, Jos van Dijk, a Dutch writer/blogger assailed his government’s servility to the US government in its effort to persecute Prof. Jose Ma Sison. “How servilely can you put yourself to one’s disposal?”,…
Repressive decrees, issuances, legacies of Marcos dictatorship, remain in force
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Insofar as civil and political rights are concerned, dictatorial and repressive rulings in laws and jurisprudence remain and are still being abused.” – Edre Olalia, secretary general of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers
Suspect in murder of activist surrenders
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY —After evading the law for 18 years, a suspect in the killing of a human rights worker surrendered to authorities. Mathew or Mateo Fanao, one of the five members of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) allegedly involved in the murder of Cristopher…
Call to surface missing activist James Balao persists
By KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY—Relatives and colleagues marked the third year of the disappearance of James Moy Balao with protests, Sept. 17. Balao or Manong James, as his colleagues fondly call him, was abducted on Sept. 17, 2008 in Lower Tomay, La Trinidad, Benguet. Eyewitnesses said Balao was taken by…
PNP, CIDG continue to evade producing its own witnesses’ in Jonas Burgos abduction case
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Mrs. Edita Burgos, mother of desaparecidos Joseph Jonas Burgos, said on Tuesday that the failure of the commanding officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and its Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) to attend the hearing of the Court of Appeals seems to indicate that it…
Witnesses to abduction of 2 UP students ready to confront Palparan, other accused
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Two vital witnesses to the enforced disappearance of two University of the Philippines (UP) students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan are eager to face the alleged perpetrators of the crime. During the Sept. 14 hearing, the Department of Justice (DOJ) panel scheduled a clarificatory hearing this Sept. 23.…
Filing of ‘trumped-up charges’ vs activists continue under Aquino
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Karapatan stressed that the president is capable of releasing political prisoners as he did when he released rebel soldiers. “All he has to have is the political will to release those who are wrongly imprisoned.” – Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Karapatan.
CIDG fails to present its 3 witnesses on Jonas abduction case
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippine National Police failed to present three of its witnesses during the Court of Appeals hearing on September 7, 2011 on Jonas Burgos’s enforced disappearance. “Just like what our lawyer told us, we were really not expecting that the…
US, Dutch and Philippine governments conspired to demonize Professor Sison – Committee DEFEND
By D. L. MONDELO Bulatlat.com AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands – The recent Wikileaks expose’ of a 2007 cable from the US embassy in Manila (which was published in Manila newspapers) revealing the collaboration between the Dutch, Philippines and US governments to file false murder charges against Filipino political exile Prof. Jose Ma. Sison is merely a…
Palparan bodyguard linked to abduction of 2 UP students a ‘no show’ during hearing
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – One of the soldiers linked to the abduction of two University of the Philippines (UP) students and his counsel was a no-show at the Department of Justice (DOJ) hearing today. Staff Sgt. Edgardo L. Osorio did not appear at the DOJ hearing on the preliminary investigation on the…