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News in Pictures: Progressive lawyers, groups file manifestation questioning CHR decision on Roxas torture case

MANILA -- The National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL) filed a manifestation at the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday regarding its recent resolution absolving the military from its liability on the enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention of Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas and her two other companions Juanito Carabeo and John Edward Jandoc. (Photos by Tudla Productions / bulatlat.com)

Janess Ann J. Ellao | May 4, 2011

Melissa Roxas: A Painful Journey from Home and Back

A Bulatlat.com Exclusive Having to leave the Philippines for the United States when she was nine years old was a particularly painful experience for Filipino-American Melissa Roxas. Her desire to trace her roots brought her back to the country of her birth where, in May, soldiers kidnapped and tortured her for days.

Alexander Martin Remollino | Jul 19, 2009

Whatever Happened to Two Companions of Melissa Roxas?

One of them, Juanito Carabeo, is now with his parents but has refused to talk about the torture that he, like Melissa Roxas, went through. The other, John Edward Jandoc, has not been heard from, although the human-rights group Karapatan said he is now with a relative. He, too, refuses to talk about the abduction and torture.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Jun 30, 2009

Soldiers ‘Abducted, Tortured’ Fil-Am Activist

“I thought I was going to die there and then,” Melissa Roxas says. “They held my feet and my hands down and doubled-up plastic bags were pulled down on my head and face and closed on my neck and I started to suffocate and I could not breathe anymore and I was seeing white and thinking I was going to die.” | JOHN EDWARD JANDOC, MELISSA'S COMPANION, REMAINS MISSING

Bulatlat Staff | Jun 2, 2009

Ermita-Led Human-Rights Body Says Abduction of Fil-Am, 2 Others a ‘Fabrication’

Bayan countered by saying that “the PHRC, by prejudging the incident as a mere propaganda tool by Bayan and Karapatan, shows that it has really no intention of uncovering the truth behind the abduction of Roxas and company. The Philippine government is more...

Bulatlat Staff | May 28, 2009

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News in Pictures: Progressive lawyers, groups file manifestation questioning CHR decision on Roxas torture case

Melissa Roxas: A Painful Journey from Home and Back

Whatever Happened to Two Companions of Melissa Roxas?

Soldiers ‘Abducted, Tortured’ Fil-Am Activist

Ermita-Led Human-Rights Body Says Abduction of Fil-Am, 2 Others a ‘Fabrication’

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