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For the families left behind, the years that followed have been marked by grief, frustration, and a continuing fight for accountability.
“These arrests and the filing of fabricated charges expose the worsening climate of tyranny, repression, and impunity under the Marcos Jr. regime, continuing the same pattern of repression seen under the previous administration of Rodrigo Duterte.”
“His libel case is something he does not deserve, for he spoke the truth, and there was no malice in pointing out mistakes in published materials."
The CHR concluded that there were indeed militarization and human rights violations committed by both the Philippine Army and paramilitary group Alamara within the ancestral lands of the Lumad in certain sitios in the towns of Talaingod and Kapalong in Davao del Norte.
“What stands out from the past year is how many people are choosing courage over compliance.”
“We have seen that our collective action can hold even the most powerful official, a former president, accountable."
“Without an operative and legally effective designation at the time of the alleged acts, an essential element of the crime is wanting.”
“Marcos has no right to speak on the concerns of women as his corrupt regime traffics and sells out working Filipina women, forcing them in the thousands to leave their families and work abroad in dangerous conditions.”
Kapatid demands to allow the immediate delivery of medicines and to “mount a treatment and sanitation campaign to prevent the further spread of disease inside prisons.”
Red-tagging is not just a smear campaign.
"The successive legal losses of Duterte at the ICC should be an indicator that no one is buying Duterte's delaying tactics."
"The mission of the church and civil society to serve, protect, and uplift the marginalized is not a threat to the state but a contribution to justice, peace, and the common good."
“The threats against Gorgonio and PDG workers are not isolated incidents but part of a systematic campaign of intimidation and red-tagging against political dissenters, human rights lawyers and development workers."
The prosecution is precluded from seeking a review of the dismissal and from filing more financing terrorism charges based on the same set of facts.
We fight back until no Duterte will ever sit in power again and rule this country.
Rights advocates said that the arrest of activists during a historic commemoration sends a chilling message about the state of civil liberties in the country.
“EDSA belongs to the people. This is not just a traffic issue. This cannot be regulated like an ordinary place.”
No armed encounter took place based on information from locals.
“The charges against him were meant to silence his union work. Eight years is too long. He should be free.”
“Duterte supporters and their bot network are fabricating lies in their desperation to bury the truth being told by relatives of drug war victims."
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