Civil & Political Rights Archives | Page 115 of 736

Lumad victims give testimonies to UN expert

“These killings are under the context of the counterinsurgency program which is running short on a deadline.”

Dee Ayroso | Sep 17, 2015

Mere kibitzers, Army says of soldiers nabbed at Lumad funeral

“The fact says it all. They mingled with the crowd while armed and they gave the police false names when they were presented at the police station.”

Raymund Villanueva | Sep 16, 2015

Mothers of missing UP students hope new court will hasten proceedings

Judge Alexander Tamayo said he could go through the case files “all in a day’s work.”

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Sep 16, 2015

#StopLumadKillings | Groups protest ‘butcher mining companies’ confab

“This mining conference’s top sponsors are also the leading sponsors of paramilitary groups that have sown terror across the mine-affected communities especially in Mindanao."

Dee Ayroso | Sep 16, 2015

Army, paramilitary disrupt funeral of Lumad victims

“The apprehension of the two soldiers and one Magahat/Bagani member last September 13 only shows and proves they are connected.”

Raymund Villanueva | Sep 15, 2015

#GriefandRage | Thousands join funerals of 3 Surigao Sur ‘martyrs’

The three men brutally slain in the rampage by a paramilitary group in Surigao del Sur were laid to rest, amid calls for justice and the prosecution of their killers, suspected of following military orders.

Dee Ayroso | Sep 14, 2015

#StopLumadKillings | Int’l rights advocates call for ‘global action for Mindanao’

“Be assured, my dear friends, be assured again, that you don’t stand alone.”

Dee Ayroso | Sep 12, 2015

Lumad schools call on military chief to probe soldiers on Surigao killings

“General Iriberri, your fellow Surigaonons are being slaughtered in the military’s implementation of counter-insurgency operations.”

Dee Ayroso | Sep 12, 2015

#StopLumadKillings | ‘They were great fathers’

The three men killed in Lianga, Surigao del Sur on Sept. 1 were not only principled leaders who spent their whole lives helping others – they were also good, loving fathers.

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Sep 12, 2015

Belgian NGO wants PH gov’t to probe Army involvement in Lumad killings

"We expect the Philippine government to immediately and thoroughly investigate the killings and the involvement of the AFP, and bring the perpetrators to justice.”

Davao Today | Sep 11, 2015

Aquino urged to disband paramilitary in protests abroad, online

“The government needs to make clear that the military, paramilitaries, and the companies that underwrite the projects linked to these human rights violations will no longer enjoy impunity.”

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Sep 9, 2015

Lumad evacuees to Mar: ‘Soldiers are the ones killing our families’

In a brief interview with journalists after emerging from the tent, Roxas promised help for the evacuees in light of the emerging health concerns such as chicken pox, but refused to comment on what would happen to the Lumad schools.

Raymund Villanueva | Sep 10, 2015

‘Soldiers watched as paramilitary attacked us’

Lumad victims from Lianga, Surigao del Sur recounted the horrors of the Sept.1 rampage by a paramilitary group, who entered their community along with soldiers.

Dee Ayroso | Sep 10, 2015