By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Something is indeed terribly wrong when pastors and church workers are killed, arrested and detained or go missing while they are teaching people to know, defend and fight for their rights,” Rev. Rex Reyes, general secretary of the National Church of Christ in the Philippines (NCCP), said.
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Justice Secretary Leila de Lima pledged to study the cases of political prisoners in a dialogue with human rights groups today. Leaders of Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Selda), Karapatan and other groups sought a dialogue with de Lima and presented a proposal for a…
PRESS RELEASE June 14, 2011 Davao City — Farmers and lumads condemned the military encampment in civilian communities in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley Province which has terrorized schoolchildren and disrupted the farming of peasant folks. “The warring posture of the military creates fear tension, sowing fear in our community and disrupting our normal way…
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Another journalist was killed, three more received threats for exposing corruption.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
At least five causes of action are being sought by the health workers against the former president and her officials involved in the case.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We have done everything. This is the last bastion. If nothing happens to this, the whole justice system is not working at all. If they will continue to cover up [the crime], then there is no hope for the Philippines.”
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.
By Artemio A. Dumlao Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY (June 6, 2011) – To most Filipino World War II veterans who are in their twilight years now, getting the promised compensation still remains as just a dream. Two years after signing into law the said compensation, the United States government through its Department of War Veterans appropriated…
By RONALYN V. OLEA
While the rich could buy privileges in jail and mock the justice system, just like what former Batangas governor Antonio Leviste and other high-profile convicts did, the poor, who include political prisoners, suffer from torture, inhumane prison conditions and injustices.
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A “ paradox,” that is how the human rights group Samahan ng Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Selda) described the recommendation of Vice president Jejomar Binayto give full military honors to the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos. Selda is an organization of former political prisoners. President Benigno…
Marcos hero’s burial: ‘Distortion of history’