By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com STA. LUCIA, Ilocos Sur – One farmer here pleads for President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to render justice on the death of his son in the hands of alleged state agents a year ago. Rizalino Valdez said that it would be one year on October 7…
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Relatives Demand Justice For Murder of Peasant
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY— The family of an Ilocos Sur peasant believed to have been murdered by elements of the 5th Division of the Philippine Army last September demanded justice for their kin as they denounced claims of the 5th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army that the…
Kin of Slain Ilocos Farmer File Raps vs. Military
By ROD TAJON Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – – Relatives of a victim of extrajudicial killing recently filed complaints of human rights abuses against the military before the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Regional Office 1. Elma, wife of slain farmer Elmer Valdez, narrated to the CHR that on…