“Apique’s killing show that military operations continue despite the crisis the country is facing and the ‘preventive community quarantine’ being implemented in the province.”
Woman peasant leader killed in Surigao del Sur
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59 Political Killings This Year, The Bloodshed in Honduras: Obama’s Disgrace
By MARK WEISBROT Counterpunch.org Imagine that an opposition organizer were murdered in broad daylight in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador or Venezuela by masked gunmen, or kidnapped and murdered by armed guards of a well-known supporter of the government. It would be front page news in the New York Times, and all over the TV news. The…
Arroyo’s Reward Fund vs Political Killings a ‘Mere Gimmick’
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat MANILA – “A mere gimmick.” That’s what two progressive lawmakers think of the announcement by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that she would put up a 25-million-peso reward fund to solve the political killings in the Philippines. On Tuesday, Arroyo urged lawmakers to contribute 250,000 pesos each from their Countrywide Development Fund…
Killings on the Rise Again; 16 Victims in 1st Quarter – Rights Group
Human rights group Karapatan raised alarm over the new surge in extrajudicial killings.
Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Karapatan secretary general, noted, “The killings are picking up again at an alarming rate of one victim per week. This is almost the same scenario in 2006, if not worse.”
Canadian Parliamentarians Shocked to Hear of Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines
Canadian members of Parliament expressed deep concerned over the continuing political killings perpetrated by the military in the Philippines and vowed to submit to Parliament the recommendations by three progressive members of the Philippine Congress on what the Canadian government can do. BY MALAYA MARCELINO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 11,…
Murder, She Wrote
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com To date, there have been 601 cases of political killings. Political killings or assassinations may be the appropriate term to describe it. But the way these killings were carried out, the use of authority and superior force over an unarmed and unknowing civilian, is worse than murder. And murder is a…
Rights Groups Blame Killings on Military’s Oplan Bantay Laya
BY DABET CASTANEDA Bulatlat.com Of the 601 victims of political killings in the last five years, many were felled by motorcycle-riding assasins. The Armed Forces of the Philippines claims a “purge” within the revolutionary movement is to be blamed. But human rights watch groups point to death squads formed under Oplan Bantay Laya, the Arroyo…