By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – The film Deadline: The Reign of Impunity is brutal as it is truthful and brave. It is the first film to depict media killings in the country. The figures are a cause for alarm: 144 journalists murdered since 1986 with 104 killed under the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration. Four…
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Local, International Journalists’ Groups Warn Against Possible Release of Key Suspect in Ampatuan Massacre
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Media organizations here and abroad have raised alarm over the possibility that one of the suspects in the Ampatuan massacre would be released from detention. The gruesome Ampatuan massacre on Nov. 23, 2009 claimed the lives of 58 individuals, including 32 journalists and media workers. It has been…
Justice Secretary, Journalists Agree that Ampatuan Massacre Trial Crucial in Addressing Impunity
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The case of the Ampatuan massacre is not just a matter of prosecuting individuals. It also requires the neutralization of the whole machinery of violence and brutality that is fueled by power, political influence and wealth.” Justice Secretary Leila de Lima
Benjie Oliveros | The Imperative of Justice
From the time of his inauguration up to the present, President Benigno Aquino III has not made any policy statement or measure that would push for human rights. It is as if human rights and civil liberties were not under attack during the previous administration. By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com The dispensation of justice and…
Slideshow: Never Forget: Ampatuan Massacre, A Year After
Ampatuan Massacre, A Year After
[Audio] Family Undaunted in Search for 58th Ampatuan Victim
Family Undaunted in Search for 58th Ampatuan Victim
News in Pictures: Thousands Flock to Ampatuan, Maguindanao, to Pay Tribute, Demand Justice for Victims of Massacre
AMPATUAN, Maguindanao — Marking the first year since the massacre of 58 people in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao, thousands troop to Sitio Masalay, Barangay Salman, to pay tribute and demand justice for the victims. The families of the victims offered flowers, candles and prayers and demand for the speedy resolution of the case. The families were joined by various human-rights and media groups led by Alliance Against Impunity in Mindanao, InPeace Mindanao, Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao, National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers and National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.
Ampatuan Massacre Year One: We Will Never Forget, We Will Never Rest (PR)
Press Statement November 23, 2010 We in the Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao continue to grieve with the families of victims of the Ampatuan Massacre which has included our own colleagues Concepcion Brizuela and Cynthia Oquendo. One year after, we find it ironic that President Benigno Aquino III has declared November 23 as A…
Rights Group Demand Justice for Massacre Victims; Calls on Aquino to Dismantle CAFGU, Private Armies (PR)
Press Release 23 November 2010 AS THE NATION commemorates the first anniversary of the November 23 Ampatuan Massacre in Maguindanao, the national alliance of human rights groups, KARAPATAN, called for the dismantling of the Citizen’s Armed Force Geographical Units (CAFGU) and all paramilitary units used by political warlords as their private armies. “Like other sectors,…
Progressive Groups to Aquino: ‘Walk the Talk!’ (PR)
NEWS RELEASE November 22, 2010 In commemoration of the first anniversary of Maguindanao Massacre, Bayan-NCR tells PNoy, ‘Walk the talk!’ Militants disappointed over Aquino’s tolerance of paramilitary groups; Mere remembering the massacre will never be enough. This has been the statement of the militant umbrella organization, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-National Capital Region (Bayan-NCR) today after the…
Peoples’ Lawyers Group Joins Call for Justice and An End to Impunity (PR)
NEWS RELEASE November 23, 2010 IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE In commemoration of the first year anniversary of the Maguindanao Massacre, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) joins the nation and the international community in the call for justice to the victims of the brutal massacre which claimed the…