“I will carry on Betchay’s legacy by continuing the fight she started,” Nanay Enda vowed, her voice shaking with both sorrow and resolve, recounting the events of the infamous Bloody Sunday Massacre.
A mother’s cry for justice
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Bloody Sunday victims’ kin testify in quadcomm hearing, demand justice
Liezel Asuncion, widow of slain labor leader Emmanuel “Ka Manny” Asuncion, recounted the harrowing events of that day, detailing how the police raided their home and shot her husband. “They claimed my husband fought back, but I was there—I saw what really happened,” she said. Asuncion highlighted the use of defective search warrants and fabricated charges that have plagued similar cases against activists.
Finding no justice here, kin of Bloody Sunday victims turn to UN body
Rosenda Lemita and Liezel Asuncion filed a case at the United Nations Human Rights Committee against the murder of their loved ones. The decision to file a case was not made lightly – it took three years of delays and disappointment from the justice system to push them to seek an international avenue.
Mother of ‘Bloody Sunday’ victim demands justice for slain activists
“We’re ready to testify before the QuadComm as victims of extrajudicial killings,” Rosenda Lemita said, stressing that they want Duterte and those responsible to face investigation. For these families, the government’s “nanlaban” excuse is not just for the drug war but also for silencing activists.
Still no justice for ‘Bloody Sunday massacre’ under Marcos Jr., groups say
The Bloody Sunday massacre refers to the series of police and military operations in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, and Rizal provinces on March 7, 2021 that left nine activists killed and seven more arrested. Defend ST said that despite the DOJ’s investigation under Administrative Order 35, cases filed against the perpetrators “were either junked or dismissed.”
Mother of slain activist petitions DOJ to reopen murder raps vs.cops
Human rights group Defend Southern Tagalog hopes that the latest Petition for Review could be granted, “to show that the Department of Justice actually understands the meaning of justice.”
‘Lemita family will continue to pursue justice’ – lawyers
“In due time, the NUPL will move for reconsideration of the resolution and reassert that the police respondents’ theories — nay, fake plots — of self-defense and lawful performance of one’s duty are, under the circumstances, not compelling enough to overcome a finding of probable cause. They should be indicted before a court of law and made to answer for their crimes.”
Anakpawis coordinator arrested in Rizal
The circumstances of Buiza’s arrest echoes the simultaneous police and military operations conducted last March 7, 2021, which resulted in nine deaths and six arrests across the Southern Tagalog region, dubbed ‘Bloody Sunday’. Six of the victims and three of the arrests happened in Rizal province.
‘DOJ reso on the murder of activist Manny Asuncion, a grave injustice’- groups
Rights group DEFEND Southern Tagalog condemned the decision, asserting that the DOJ’s insistence on “presumption of regularity” is a “grave injustice.”
Calamba court junks charges vs. 62-year-old rights defender
A Calamba court granted Nimfa Lanzanas’ demurrer to evidence over the alleged violation of illegal possession of firearms, explosives, and ammunition.
Attacks vs. Anakpawis coordinators, volunteers in Southern Tagalog intensify
“These are not isolated incidents,” said Charm Maranan, Defend ST spokesperson. “These are coordinated attacks by the Philippine National Police, by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict to disenfranchise the people from their legitimate demands.”