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By RONALYN V. OLEA
“They [members of the international community] know that the Philippine government has not lived up to its commitment to completely eliminate extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and torture.” – Fr. Jonash Joyohoy of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) and co-head of delegation of the Philippine UPR Watch
Main story: Groups score continuing rights abuses as Philippines undergoes review by UN body By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Alarmed with the continuing cases of extrajudicial killings and the increasing number of internal refugees under the Aquino...
Military’s claim of zero rights abuses belied (Photo by Jhun Dantes / Bulatlat.com)
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Philippine government’s pronouncements on improving human rights have been mostly talk, and not much action.” – Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com Dear Dana Marie, I know I am a stranger to you. I last saw you four years ago, after the United Nations Human Rights Committee issued a resolution on the murder of your mother Eden Marcellana and peasant leader Eddie Gumanoy. You...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The culture of impunity in the Philippines must end. Extra-judicial killings of respected pastors and church leaders, most of whom were speaking against injustice in our country, show how horrible and unacceptable the human rights situation in our nation has been.” – UCCP Bishop Reuel Norman Marigza
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Already there are 356 political detainees in the country, with 78 of them having been arrested on the orders of the Aquino administration’s armed and judicial forces. Almost half or 35 of them are women. Also 153 women have already fallen victim to extrajudicial killings since 2001, with six of them killed under the watch of the Benigno Aquino III administration.
40 days after, still no one arrested for killing of Italian priest
(Photos by Ronalyn V. Olea)
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
“Here we have a political climate blanketed by fear and submission, and a system that promotes such.” Karapatan
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO and RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Arroyos will not run out of cards to play as long as they have the numbers in the Supreme Court. So what really matters now, apart from sound legal tactics, is the political decisiveness of the Aquino administration.”
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com For all his fiery inaugural address, President Benigno Aquino III seems to have chosen the path of indecisiveness especially on important issues such as justice, expanding democracy, human rights, and even his banner issue...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"We now tell his killers, we refuse to be silenced. We would continue our quest for justice and we would pay our highest respects to Caloy's memory by continuing the struggle for transparency, accountability and genuine public service." – Ferdinand Gaite, Courage
By RITCHE T. SALGADO Bulatlat.com DUMAGUETE CITY – Justice for slain colleagues and to all victims of human rights abuses. This was the call of progressive groups in Dumaguete City as they gathered on the morning of All Saints Day, November 1, at the site where...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“It is very clear that the priest's murder was pre-meditated as there was already a threat on his life by the Bagani paramilitary group under the jurisdiction of the 73rd IB, eight years ago due to his love for the Lumads, particularly in organizing them to have their voice heard…” -- Rural Missionaries of the Philippines
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY —After evading the law for 18 years, a suspect in the killing of a human rights worker surrendered to authorities. Mathew or Mateo Fanao, one of the five members of the Citizens Armed Forces...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA –Wearing a black dress, Monette Salaysay took the stage and began speaking. Her voice broke and her tears fell the moment she uttered the name of her husband, Napoleon, one of the 32 journalists killed in the Maguindanao...
By ERICSON ACOSTA Bulatlat.com Many are surely wondering, why did the military detain Acosta? Why was he imprisoned? In what far-off corner of the islands could Barangay Bay-ang be found, and what could a writer and poet like Ericson Acosta possibly be doing there?...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A few days before President Benigno S. Aquino III delivers his State of the Nation Address (Sona), three more victims add to the growing list of political killings. Roque Laputan, 59, a member of Anakpawis partylist, Davao...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Human Rights Watch noted that while the public rhetoric of senior military officers has changed somewhat since Aquino took office, the change in language “has not yet been reflected in action.”
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com April 5 marked the birth of a woman who is accused of violating human rights and causing the death of another woman who died defending human rights. As former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo celebrated her 64th birthday on April 5,...
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