Human rights group Karapatan scored the Aquino administration for arresting another peace consultant to the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). Karapatan said peace consultant Adelberto Silva, 67, was arrested by combined elements of military intelligence units as well as the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on June […]
Magandang gabi po. Nang mapatay ng militar si Recca Noelle Monte noong Setyembre 2014, mabilis na bumuhos ang mga sulatin, mahaba at maikli, tungkol sa kanya. Naging araw-araw ang Throwback Thursday at naglabasan ang mga larawan kasama siya. Walang abi-abiso sa taba o payat, kinis o gaspang, kintab o tuyot ng mukha, laki o liit […]
By Carlos Conde for Human Rights Watch In a country where extrajudicial executions by state security forces are a longstanding problem, potential victims take any threat seriously. So when farmers’ rights activist Eduardo Regidor noticed that three armed men were trailing him around Davao City last week, he sought refuge in the local offices of […]
Ibinasura ng Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 81 ang isa sa dalawang kaso ng kidnapping laban kina Benito Tiamzon at Wilma Austria, mag-asawang rebolusyonaryo at kapwa peace consultant ng National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDF). Ayon sa grupong Karapatan, nabigong sumipot sa pre-trial hearing ng korte si Sgt. John Jacob, tumatayong complainant-witness sa isang […]
Kinondena ng isang organisasyon ng mga katutubo ang pamamaril sa mga Pulangihon Manobo sa Bukidnon na lumalaban sa pangangamkam ng kanilang lupaing ninuno. Marso 24 nang barilin ng armadong kalalakihang tauhan diumano ng isang panginoong maylupa ang mga miyembro ng tribo ng Pulangihon Manobo. Napaslang sa pamamaril si Tata Baito, Pulangihon Manobo at miyembro ng Tribal Indigenous Oppressed Group […]
An international tribunal will try cases of human rights violations perpetrated by Philippine President Aquino, as well as United States (US) Pres. Barack Obama, in Washington D.C. on July this year. The International People’s Tribunal, initiated by non-government organizations, human rights groups and solidarity groups in the Philippines and the United States, was launched today in […]
Kinumpronta ng mga sibilyan ang mga sundalo ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) na sumasalakay sa kanilang mga komunidad sa Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao nitong Marso 8, Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihan. Ayon sa Suara Bangsamoro, isang Moro human rights organization, alas-kuwatro ng umaga ng naturang araw nang pumasok ang apat na armored personnel carriers, dalawang military […]
Is the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) launching an undeclared all-out war against the Moro people in Maguindanao? This was the question asked by Moro human rights organization Suara Bangsamoro after military and police operations forced civilians from at least 12 barangays in Datu Unsay, Sharif Aguak, and Sharif Saidona towns in Maguindanao province to evacuate their […]
DAVAO City — Leaders of peoples’ organizations Karapatan, Barug Katawhan, Balsa Mindanao, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) in Southern Mindanao Region, and Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas criticized the Aquino government for filing trumped-up charges against their leaders and members to silence the protests against human rights abuses. Sheena Duazo, Bayan-SMR spokesperson, said this ploy that “smacks of desperation” is part […]
Moro human rights group Suara Bangsamoro slammed President Aquino’s order to Justice Sec. Leila de Lima to file a case against several leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) for the botched operation in Mamasapano, Maguindanao that led to the death of 44 police commandos, 18 Moro […]
