Rights advocates turn to social media for campaign vs killings in PH
“They tried to bury hundreds and thousands of us; they did not know that we were seeds.”
“They tried to bury hundreds and thousands of us; they did not know that we were seeds.”
Listen to a poem of the late peasant advocate Randall Echanis performed by Ian Lomongo.
With at least three government agencies reportedly investigating, family and friends of slain peace consultant Randall Echanis have yet to get a lead on who is behind his cold-blooded murder.
However, doubts have been raised over whether the investigating body can truly undertake an impartial investigation into the two latest EJKs and other cases. You’ll find the reasonable ground for these doubts after looking into the nature, composition and apparent inertia of the investigating body.
Ang mga propeta ang gumabay sa kanila sa mahabang panahon at tumulong upang marinig ang mensahe ni Yahweh sa ginta ng iba’t ibang paghihirap at pagkalimot.
“We are saddened and appalled by the ongoing violence and threats against human rights defenders in the Philippines, including the killing of two human rights defenders over the past two weeks.” -- UN spokesperson
Forensic pathology expert Raquel Fortun, who examined Randall Echanis's remains, said, "He was made to suffer before he was killed."
They urged the Philippine authorities “to carry out an immediate, thorough, impartial, and transparent investigation into Alvarez’s murder, to identify all those responsible, bring them before an independent tribunal, and sanction them as provided by the law.”
“We call on all member states of the UN Human Rights Council to be seized of the seriousness of the human rights situation in the Philippines and to adopt all the recommendations in your June 30 report on the human rights situation in the Philippines,” ICHRP Chairperson Peter Murphy said in his letter to Bachelet.
Randall Echanis, an unassuming man of peace, had sown and cared for enough seedlings to fill hectares of social activists who will not tire of pursuing justice and seeing into reality his fervent dreams – a bountiful harvest for Filipinos.
"The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins." - Soren Kierkegaard By DEE...
Like many other militant activists since the Marcos dictatorship, Randall Echanis survived repeated acts of injustice against his person, by state authorities and military/police agents. Until his brutal murder in a small rented apartment in Novaliches, Quezon City, past midnight on Aug. 10.
Amid Palace's claim that Anakpawis Chairperson and peace consultant Randall Echanis was killed by his comrades in the revolutionary movement, progressive groups maintain state security forces acted upon President Duterte's orders.
State-approved bloodlust has resulted in grief for families of victims and profit for those who engage in bloody business. Out of all of Duterte’s campaign promises, it seems his challenge to “put up more funeral parlors” was the one that became true.
By CLEMENTE BAUTISTA JR. Bulatlat.com It was in 2011, during the first year of the Aquino administration, when I first got to work closely with peace builder and land defender Randall ‘Ka Randy’ Echanis, deputy secretary general of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas...
Ni IMA ARIATE para kay Ka Randy Echanis Walang puwang ang pasistang estado Sa mga huwarang kasama kagaya mo Walang puwang ang puso ng mga berdugo Sa luha at hinagpis ng pamilyang naiwan. Walang puwang ang mga tunay na terorista Sa mga adhikaing dalisay at...
"Clearly, there was no criminal act was and has been committed by Perez and Colabres for the police to 'arrest' them in the first place." By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Lawyers group denounced what they called a "malicious imputation of a crime and...
Members of progressive organizations hold an indignation protest August 11 at the Commission on Human Rights following the killing of Randall Echanis, Anakpawis chairperson and consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
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