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By MARYA SALAMAT
Forming his team to set the direction of change or political payback? So far, except for Justice Sec. Leila de Lima, the Cabinet of Pres. Benigno Aquino III is a mixture of key figures in his campaign, representatives of big business, and old hands of the former Arroyo administration.
Progressive groups today marched to Chino Roces Bridge (formerly Mendiola Bridge) to demand justice for Fernando Baldomero, the first activist killed under the new Aquino administration. Baldomero, a Bayan Muna provincial coordinator of Aklan, was shot yesterday by motorcycle-riding men, in front of his house in Estancia, Kalibo, Aklan, while preparing to bring his son to school. He suffered three gunshot wounds in the head.
By JOAN GARCIA
The claim of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that it has achieved victory in the Ilocos provinces did not make the human rights situation there any better.
By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – Over a week after the May 10 polls, another activist was killed by still unidentified gunmen in Panabo City. Jim Galez, a member of the regional secretariat of party-list group Bayan Muna, was...
By SONNY AFRICA / IBON Features
The challenges that the looming Aquino administration faces are gigantic but could be addressed if it has the readiness to act.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines claimed to have dug up another mass grave of victims of the Communist Party of the Philippines anti-infiltration campaign in Leyte province. But Bayan Muna party-list Satur Ocampo and Committee DEFEND said the AFP had in the past...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The counter-insurgency operations of the government have reached the campuses, harassing students involved in movement for reforms and societal change.
Media Release 21 March 2010 There is no official statement from either the Department of Health or the Philippine Medical Association stating that the 43 detainees are not health workers. According to Health Alliance for Democracy, neither the DOH nor the PMA has...
Press Release March 20, 2010 On its regular monthly gathering this month, the Victims of Arroyo regime United for Justice or HUSTISYA and the families of the 43 health workers held a mass action in front of the gate of Camp Aguinaldo to protest the continued...
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Press Release March 5, 2010 Davao City — Eight Thousand farmers, lumad, urban poor, teachers, women and youth flocked from Freedom Park to Rizal Park today (March 5) to demand justice for the murder of Rebelyn Pitao and all victims of political killings. Rebelyn,...
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today called the Arroyo government's campaign against private armies a farce because the politicians who run them are administration allies in the region. “The Arroyo regime only wants to put on a show to assuage public...
by CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com Respected human rights lawyer, Romeo T. Capulong, minced no words in stating before the Court of Appeals hearing the petition for habeas corpus of the Morong 43 that de facto martial rule...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
After three days, relatives and colleagues were finally able to visit the 43 arrested health workers through the intervention of Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chairperson Leila de Lima, who earlier denounced the military for refusing access to those detained.
"Yes, I have chosen to seek refuge under the revolutionary movement, particularly with the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army and the National Democratic Front. This is the most logical choice on my part because these are the very organizations that can guarantee not only my protection from political killings but also, above all, freedom of the people from the oppressive grip of a reactionary fascist state. I am still breathing and fighting precisely because of this choice."
By MARYA SALAMAT
Human-rights violations in 2009 are “numerous and varied and no sector of society is exempted,” belying the Arroyo government’s claim that steps have been taken to improve the Philippine government’s human-rights record, according to Karapatan. And with Oplan Bantay Laya 2's deadline in 2010 fast approaching, more abuses are certain to occur, it said.
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