Millions of people were affected, while countless lives were lost or permanently scarred, when typhoon Pablo hit Southern Mindanao on December last year. Today, months after the natural calamity struck that part of the country, man-made calamities once again threaten the people: large-scale mining operations and logging continue unimpeded, while the military intensifies its martial […]
A 69-member fact-finding mission experienced harassment from elements of the 67th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in Sitio Cabuyao, Barangay Binondo in the heavily militarized town of Baganga, Davao Oriental. While conducting investigation into reported cases of human rights violations in the area on April 19, drivers of vehicles rented by the FFM Team […]
The human rights group Karapatan laughed off claims of a military “witness” that detained security guard Rolly Panesa was a “high ranking rebel leader.” Cristina Palabay, secretary-general of Karapatan said, “They’ve (AFP) become so unbelievable that they become laughable. Since day one, they have been given out laughable absurd statements. And now, (Panesa’s in jail […]
The family of missing activist Jonas Burgos released a picture of Jonas taken by his military captors, again proving that state security agents were behind the abduction in April 28, 2007. The picture (above) shows a man, with deep circles around his eyes, in white shirt and a scarf around his neck, photographed against a […]
Nagpakilala sila, mga sundalo, bilang mga alagad ng gobyerno: mga katuwang umano ng Department of Agriculture sa pagkuha ng sensus sa Brgy. Sinungtan, Guinobatan, Albay. Gusto raw nilang malaman kung sino ang pinakamahihirap na pamilya sa lugar. Pero ang sine-sensus pala nila, ayon sa sinumpaang salaysay ng mga sibilyang residente sa lugar, ay kung sino […]
Two days before International Women’s Day, human rights group Karapatan denounced the killing of Cristina Jose, a survivor of Typhoon Pablo and leader of a recent protest action in Davao City, which confiscated relief goods being withheld by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Carrying photos of women and children victims, members of […]
One of the community leaders who participated in the barricade and protest against government inaction amid intensifying hunger among typhoon victims in Davao City was shot dead today, March 4, 2013. According to the human rights group Karapatan in Southern Mindanao, Cristina Morales Jose was shot dead by an unidentified motorcycle-riding assassin at around 6 […]
Iginiit ng mga kaanak nina Randy Vegas at Raul Camposano, kasama ang mga miyembro ng iba’t ibang sektoral na grupo, ang paglaya ng dalawa, na dinukot sa Maynila noong Disyembre 3, 2012 at inakusahang rebelde. Tinaguriang “Courage 2,” organisador sina Vegas at Camposano ng mga kawani ng gobyerno, partikular ng mga manggagawa ng Metropolitan Manila […]
Ikinabahala ng progresibong mga grupo ang dumaraming insidente ng panloloob sa mga opisina at bahay ng kanilang kasapi at lider. Pinakahuli sa nilooban ang opisina ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-National Capital Region (Bayan-NCR) sa Cubao, Quezon City. Kasama ng Bayan-NCR ang iba pang lokal na progresibong mga organisasyon sa NCR tulad ng Karapatan at ang grupong pangkultura na Sinig Bugkos […]
Malaya na sa wakas si Ericson Acosta. Matapos ang halos dalawang taon ng pagkakakulong, ibinasura na ng Gandara Regional Trial Court sa Samar ang kaso ng illegal possession of explosives na isinampa sa kanya ng gobyerno batay sa reklamo ng Armed Forces of the Philippines. Ang desisyon ng korte ay batay sa utos ng Department of Justice […]
