Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA)
The recent approval of House Bill 1450 which gives the House of Representatives the right to convene themselves into a constituent assembly even without the approval of the Senate smacks of political skullduggery and muddles the real reason behind House Speaker Jose De Venecia’s and other (…)
, by Philippine Daily Inquirer
By Inquirer Staff
AT LEAST three militants were killed in separate incidents around the country amid demands by international business groups for an end to political violence.
The Melo Commission, formed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in August to look into allegations of extrajudicial (…)
, by MARSHALL Andrew
Ruby Sison is waiting for someone to kill her. I met Sison a few months ago at a cemetery in Kidapawan, a town on the lawless Philippine island of Mindanao. We were paying our respects to the activists and journalists George and Maricel Vigo, who were shot dead in June in broad daylight by (…)
, by PARRDS
Partnership for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development Services, Inc. [PARRDS] Bishop Alberto Ramento was like a lighted candle for peasants, farm-workers, laborers and the disadvantaged, asserting their human rights; to live a life with dignity. He was a flicker in the dark, a hope for (…)
“The government’s special investigation in the killings must be effective. Otherwise, justice is in jeopardy in the Philippines.” Sophie Richardson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch.
(New York, September 28, 2006) – As a Philippine government task force nears its October 7 deadline (…)
, by SIMBULAN Roland G.
OFFICE OF THE FACULTY REGENT University of the Philippines System Vinzons Hall Basement, Diliman, Quezon City Telephone No. 981-8500 loc 4511 or 4512
September 26, 2006
Honorable Luis Alfonso d Alba President United Nations Human Rights Council C/o ONCHR-UNORG, 8-14 Avenue de la PAIX, 1211, (…)
, by Movements (Europe)
Sunday, 24th September, 2006 this Statement of European Church and Civil Society Organisations regarding the recemt upsurge of political killings in the Philippines was published on page 4 of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
We are concerned about the upsurge of politically motivated killings (…)
, by GARCIA, “Bobby”, ZAMORA Fe
I am trying to understand why AFP Chief of Staff General Hermogenes Esperon submitted my book, To Suffer thy Comrades, as evidence to the Melo Commission. Along with Rocamora’s and Jalandoni’s book, it supposedly “supported the military contention that it was the CPP-NPA that were behind the (…)
, by CABACUNGAN Gil C. Jr., DOYO Ma. Ceres P.
HELSINKI-The human rights record of President Macapagal-Arroyo’s administration will be in the spotlight when she meets her European counterparts during a two-day summit of Asian and European leaders which opens here today.
Ms Arroyo is expected to be quizzed about her administration’s (…)
, by CULLEN Father Shay
Charlie Daylo was one the bravest and courageous leaders of the indigenous people’s in San Felipe, Zambales. I say that because a few days ago, a van drove up to where he was working and three men stepped out and pointed guns at him and started firing. He covered his head and cried out “No, No (…)
, by SISON Jose Maria
Philippine-based and international human rights organizations and fact-finding missions have gone to the scenes of the crimes of extrajudicial killings and abductions of legal activists. They have examined all available evidence and the testimonies of surviving victims and other witnesses (…)
AI Index: ASA 35/006/2006
1. Introduction
Over recent years reports of an increased number of killings of political activists, predominately those associated with leftist or left-orientated groups,(1) have caused increasing concern in the Philippines(2) and internationally.(3)
The attacks, (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
Once more, bullets silenced another small voice.
The ambush of the family of Dr. Constancio “Chandu” Claver, in the morning of July 31, 2006 near the Police Headquarters in Bulanao, Tabuk, Kalinga is repugnant. Chandu, the “people’s doctor” was seriously wounded, and Alice, his wife was (…)
, by BELLO Walden
IN ARGENTINA during the “Dirty War” in the mid-1970s, the military loaded tortured university students onto helicopters and pushed them into the stormy South Atlantic.
We have not yet come to that, thank god. But the statistics are mounting, as almost every week activists and journalists are (…)
, by BELLO Walden
In Argentina, during the “Dirty War” in the mid-seventies, the military used to load tortured university students into helicopters and push them into the stormy South Atlantic.
We have not yet come to that, thank god. But the statistics are mounting, as almost every week now, activists and (…)
, by University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman Council
The University Council expresses great concern that government authorities have not yet produced indications of the whereabouts of two UP Diliman undergraduate students, Ms. Karen Empeno of the Sociology Department of the College of Social Science and Philosophy and Ms. Sherlyn Cadapan of the (…)
, by FIDH, Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA)
Philippines
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA)
Open Letter
To Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,President of the Philippines*
Paris, Manila, 27 June 2006
Your Excellency,
The International Federation of Human (…)
, by Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA)
On this day of the first session of the newly-formed United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) we, members of the Philippine human rights community, human rights defenders and progressives, converge today in front of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to present the real human rights (…)
, by CPA (Philippines)
CORDILLERA PEOPLES ALLIANCE, ACTION ALERT
It is with outrage and anguish that we inform you of the killing of one of our most devoted and committed leaders, Rafael Markus Bangit, 47 years old and a respected tribal leader. He was gunned down by hooded men on June 8, 2006 in Isabela, (…)
, by DOCENA Herbert
MANILA - Political activist Cathy Alcantara was gunned down by unidentified assailants last December 5, outside the resort where she had helped to organize a conference on farmers’ rights.
Two months later, the lifeless body of her activist friend, 19-year-old Audie Lucero, was found in a (…)
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