Human Rights

Youth Group Slams ISAFP Harassment of PCU Student Leader

admin — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:48:42 -0400

The TANGGULAN Youth Network of Civil Liberties and Human Rights condemned what it described as the “continuous harassment” experienced by Glaiza T. Dimapilis, 19, incoming student government president at the Philippine Christian University (PCU), from elements of the government's military intelligence agency.

BY BULATLAT
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

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Negros Oriental Vice Mayors Stand vs Oil Exploration in Tañon Strait

admin — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:33:05 -0400

The growing Visayas-wide campaign against oil exploration in the Tanon Strait Protected Seascape, which lies between Negros Oriental and Cebu, got a boost with the recent approval by the Negros Oriental Vice Mayors’ League of a resolution opposing any extension of oil drilling or any oil exploration at the protected seascape.

BY KARL G. OMBION
Bulatlat

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After the Bombings: Gathering the Pieces in Dilong Valley

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:17:37 -0400

Rice fields were left untended, farm animals went astray in the pasture and could not be found one month after farmers in Dilong Valley in Tubo, Abra could not leave their homes for the farms due to a military imposition following a post-Lent five-day bombing.

BY LYN V. RAMO
Northern Dispatch
Posted by Bulatlat
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

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Canadian Parliamentarians Shocked to Hear of Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines

admin — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:58:04 -0400

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

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Peasant Martyr’s Daughter Wounded

admin — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:56:12 -0400

The daughter of peasant martyr Eddie Gumanoy is recovering from a fractured left arm resulting from a gunshot wound at the V. Luna Hospital in Quezon City. Military officials claimed that Rose Ann Gumanoy is part of an NPA unit they had a firefight with last April 17.

By Dabet Castañeda
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Vol. VIII No. 11, April 20-26, 2008
Bulatlat

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Start Peace by Resuming Talks, Implementing Rights Pact – Local Rights Groups to Malacañang

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:39:27 -0400

The resumption of peace talks and the implementation of a human rights accord signed by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines would help lay down the basis for peace, a human rights group in the Cordillera stated.

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Behind Bars: The Travails of a Political Prisoner

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:37:46 -0400

Randall Echanis, of the militant peasant organization the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, is not the only political prisoner of the Arroyo regime. There are currently 240 prisoners in detention by the count of Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at para sa Amnestiya (SELDA), an organization dedicated to helping political prisoners.

BY LARISSA MAE SUAREZ

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Little Swiss Shop Helps Lumads in Mindanao

admin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:25:40 -0400

Pencils and notebooks made in Germany and Switzerland, durable umbrellas, raincoats as big as blankets because European sizes are almost twice as big as average Filipino sizes, used toys curiously making their way to the Lumad communities in Mindanao.

BY GERMELINA A. LACORTE

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NDF Slams Ermita’s Appointment as Head of Rights Team in UN

admin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:12:16 -0400

“What business does a notorious human rights violator, the chief butcher of Arroyo, have speaking on human rights and to the UNHRC no less?” said Fidel Agcaoili, head of the Human Rights Monitoring Committee of the NDFP, in reaction to the appointment of Eduardo Ermita as head of the government delegation to the United Human Rights Council for the Universal Periodic Review of the Phili

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As UN’s Universal Periodic Review Draws Near: Kin of Victims, Rights Groups Debunk RP Gov’t Report

admin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:10:37 -0400

“The Philippine National Report is significant not for what it says but for what it does not say. It is a selective, one-sided, self-serving account of the Philippine government's so-called achievements and best practices in fulfilling its human rights obligations.

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