http://bulatlat.com/main News, reports and commentary from the Philippines top alternative and progressive publication Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:42:56 +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/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/08/29/torture-survivor-appeals-to-un-urges-aquino-to-bring-perpetrators-to-justice/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/08/29/torture-survivor-appeals-to-un-urges-aquino-to-bring-perpetrators-to-justice/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:39:52 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=51900 By RONALYN V. OLEA While victims and their families continue to suffer, torturers walk free. So how can I be at ease in the world when human rights violations and torture exist? – Melissa Roxas ]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/08/29/torture-survivor-appeals-to-un-urges-aquino-to-bring-perpetrators-to-justice/feed/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/08/02/tribe-leader-arrested-by-state-agents/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/08/02/tribe-leader-arrested-by-state-agents/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:18:17 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=50959 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/08/02/tribe-leader-arrested-by-state-agents/feed/ 1 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/07/15/refusing-to-live-in-fear-portrait-of-a-human-rights-defender/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/07/15/refusing-to-live-in-fear-portrait-of-a-human-rights-defender/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:26:13 +0000 Ina Alleco Silverio http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=50077 By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO "It's never right to live in fear. Those who attack the civil, political and human rights of the Filipino people thrive on fear and persist in their attacks because of a culture of impunity. To remain silent is to play along with your own victimization." -human rights advocate Ma. Isabel Aquino ]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/07/15/refusing-to-live-in-fear-portrait-of-a-human-rights-defender/feed/ 1 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/06/11/court-hears-p15m-damage-suit-filed-by-morong-43-vs-arroyo-former-top-military-police-officials/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/06/11/court-hears-p15m-damage-suit-filed-by-morong-43-vs-arroyo-former-top-military-police-officials/#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:35:58 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=49154 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. ]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/06/11/court-hears-p15m-damage-suit-filed-by-morong-43-vs-arroyo-former-top-military-police-officials/feed/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/04/27/torture-victim-calls-chr-decision-an-injustice-a-cover-up/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/04/27/torture-victim-calls-chr-decision-an-injustice-a-cover-up/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:32:28 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=45979 By RONALYN V. OLEA "There is a lack of due process for the CHR to come up with this conclusion. By doing this, the CHR Resolution makes it obvious that it wants to distract the investigation away from the AFP as being the real perpetrators.” -- Melissa Roxas]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/04/27/torture-victim-calls-chr-decision-an-injustice-a-cover-up/feed/ 3 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/04/27/chr-decision-on-fil-am-activist-case-to-perpetuate-impunity-%e2%80%93-rights-groups/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/04/27/chr-decision-on-fil-am-activist-case-to-perpetuate-impunity-%e2%80%93-rights-groups/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:08:36 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=45931 By RONALYN V. OLEA Human rights group Karapatan said that with the CHR resolution, "the crime of torture will have its heyday under the Aquino administration." ]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/04/27/chr-decision-on-fil-am-activist-case-to-perpetuate-impunity-%e2%80%93-rights-groups/feed/ 2 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/04/15/political-detainee-poet-ericson-acosta-tortured-almost-executed-by-military/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/04/15/political-detainee-poet-ericson-acosta-tortured-almost-executed-by-military/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:14:04 +0000 Ina Alleco Silverio http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=45453 By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO By Acosta’s account, the interrogation by at least eight military officials who took turns began 10:30 p.m. on the day of his arrest and ended only on 6:00 pm of February 15. In the intervening 44 hours, he was only allowed two hours of sleep and only because his interrogators themselves already got too tired and sleepy. ]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/04/15/political-detainee-poet-ericson-acosta-tortured-almost-executed-by-military/feed/ 8 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/03/02/martial-law-victims-insulted-by-exclusion-from-list-of-compensation-claimants/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/03/02/martial-law-victims-insulted-by-exclusion-from-list-of-compensation-claimants/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:25:50 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=43605 By RONALYN V. OLEA Out of the 9,539 original complainants in a class action suit filed against the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, only 7,526 victims would receive compensation. "Are they telling us that we are not genuine victims? Where is justice for us?" said martial-law victim Carlos Bolito, 60, after learning he was not included in the list of claimants.]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/03/02/martial-law-victims-insulted-by-exclusion-from-list-of-compensation-claimants/feed/ 3 http://bulatlat.com/main/2010/12/02/cases-of-ejks-other-rights-violations-under-aquino-administration-piling-up/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2010/12/02/cases-of-ejks-other-rights-violations-under-aquino-administration-piling-up/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:22:27 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://www.bulatlat.com/main/?p=36259 By RONALYN V. OLEA “This early, Aquino’s daang matuwid has become a U.S. inspired path that is increasingly being marked by the blood of the victims of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, torture, forced displacement and other violations of human rights.” -- Karapatan]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2010/12/02/cases-of-ejks-other-rights-violations-under-aquino-administration-piling-up/feed/ 2