http://bulatlat.com/main News, reports and commentary from the Philippines top alternative and progressive publication Sat, 26 May 2012 00:21:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/02/01/after-more-than-3-years-ombudsman-acts-on-torture-case/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/02/01/after-more-than-3-years-ombudsman-acts-on-torture-case/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:33:47 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=56024 By RONALYN V. OLEA “If the Ombudsman would not fear the military, I would get justice not only for myself but for the other victims of Palparan and his kind.” – Raymond Manalo, torture victim]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/02/01/after-more-than-3-years-ombudsman-acts-on-torture-case/feed/ 2 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/09/15/witnesses-to-abduction-of-2-up-students-ready-to-confront-palparan-other-accused/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/09/15/witnesses-to-abduction-of-2-up-students-ready-to-confront-palparan-other-accused/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:37:30 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=52369 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/09/15/witnesses-to-abduction-of-2-up-students-ready-to-confront-palparan-other-accused/feed/ 1 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/07/29/rights-violations-victims-file-urgent-motion-before-new-ombudsman/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/07/29/rights-violations-victims-file-urgent-motion-before-new-ombudsman/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:06:06 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=50940 By RONALYN V. OLEA “However long this takes, we will never give up. What is important is we get justice for what was done to us. We urge newly-appointed Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales to act on the cases we filed that aim to seek justice for victims of human rights violations.” – Raymond Manalo, victim of torture and arbitrary detention]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/07/29/rights-violations-victims-file-urgent-motion-before-new-ombudsman/feed/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/07/19/risking-their-lives-for-truth-justice/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/07/19/risking-their-lives-for-truth-justice/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:35:13 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=50261 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/07/19/risking-their-lives-for-truth-justice/feed/ 2 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/07/01/rights-groups-criticize-aquino-govt-for-continuing-violations-not-acting-on-calls-for-justice/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/07/01/rights-groups-criticize-aquino-govt-for-continuing-violations-not-acting-on-calls-for-justice/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:41:23 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=49634 By RONALYN V. OLEA “The Aquino administration has been contented in being a passive spectator, leaving the victims, relatives, human rights defenders and their lawyers on their own.” – National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/07/01/rights-groups-criticize-aquino-govt-for-continuing-violations-not-acting-on-calls-for-justice/feed/ 1 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/06/21/sc-finds-military-officials-responsible-for-abduction-of-up-students/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/06/21/sc-finds-military-officials-responsible-for-abduction-of-up-students/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:51:21 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=49389 By RONALYN V. OLEA “It’s good news but it [the decision] took so long. Unfortunately, the decisions of the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court have not resulted in the surfacing of the disappeared.” – Mrs. Concepcion Empeño, mother of missing UP student Karen Empeño ]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/06/21/sc-finds-military-officials-responsible-for-abduction-of-up-students/feed/ 2 http://bulatlat.com/main/2009/11/14/at-last-philippines-now-has-an-anti-torture-law/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2009/11/14/at-last-philippines-now-has-an-anti-torture-law/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:10:58 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://www.bulatlat.com/main/?p=17822 By RONALYN V. OLEA Human-rights advocate welcome the signing into law of Republic Act 9745, which penalizes acts of torture in the Philippines. The challenge now, they say, is for the Arroyo administration to effectively implement it, given its sordid human-rights record.]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2009/11/14/at-last-philippines-now-has-an-anti-torture-law/feed/ 1 http://bulatlat.com/main/2009/08/31/for-families-of-the-disappeared-hope-springs-eternal/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2009/08/31/for-families-of-the-disappeared-hope-springs-eternal/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:39:29 +0000 Janess Ann J. Ellao http://www.bulatlat.com/main/?p=16093 By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO The International Day of the Disappeared on Aug. 30 was marked in the Philippines with a ringing of the bells to honor those taken by the regime -- a warning to the government that the families left behind by these desaparecidos “are watching” to make sure that, soon, “we will get the justice we deserve.” View slideshow ]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2009/08/31/for-families-of-the-disappeared-hope-springs-eternal/feed/ 2 http://bulatlat.com/main/2009/08/29/hopes-are-high-for-passage-of-law-criminalizing-torture-by-philippine-forces/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2009/08/29/hopes-are-high-for-passage-of-law-criminalizing-torture-by-philippine-forces/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:29:13 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://www.bulatlat.com/main/?p=16002 By RONALYN V. OLEA
Under the bill, no justification can be offered that would allow torture and other inhuman punishments. Those who torture will be penalized as principals, as well as their superiors in the military, police or law enforcement establishments who ordered it.]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2009/08/29/hopes-are-high-for-passage-of-law-criminalizing-torture-by-philippine-forces/feed/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2009/07/30/torture-victim-vents-frustration-outrage-at-palparan-during-chr-hearing/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2009/07/30/torture-victim-vents-frustration-outrage-at-palparan-during-chr-hearing/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:23:26 +0000 Bulatlat http://www.bulatlat.com/main/?p=15164 When Raymond Manalo suddenly stood up and shouted invectives at former general and now congressman Jovito Palparan during a hearing yesterday at the Commission on Human Rights, he was only venting his frustration that the man he had accused of abducting him and torturing him for 18 long months has not been punished.]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2009/07/30/torture-victim-vents-frustration-outrage-at-palparan-during-chr-hearing/feed/ 1