1,000 cranes for the disappeared
The search for missing activists Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz "Bazoo" de Jesus continue, as more activists are reported missing.
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The search for missing activists Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz "Bazoo" de Jesus continue, as more activists are reported missing.
“We will continue fighting until the armed forces of Marcos Jr. surface our fellow human rights defenders. We will seek all legal actions and remedies to secure Loi and Ador’s rights and freedom, and to hold their criminal violators accountable."
Fifteen years after two UP alumni were disappeared by the military, another one goes missing, again in Central Luzon.
Human rights group Karapatan documented 19 victims of enforced disappearances under the Duterte administration. This despite the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012 supposedly in force.
Family of missing activist Jonas Burgos gathered today at the Commission of Human Rights in Quezon City to deplore his continuing disappearance 12 years ago since his abduction.
“Neri Colmenares has always supported our call for justice...We want him in the senate.”
President Duterte’s fellow Mindanawons – the Moro and Lumad – are among the many recently disappeared.
“We call on him to tell us where Jonas is.”
“This is another effort to distract us from searching for James and seeking justice.”
It's the eighth Cordillera Day since James Balao was disappeared.
For every victim of injustice, a rights defender rises.
“If he is dead, return his remains to his family. We just want him back.”
“Let us continue the tradition of remembering the missing, because otherwise, we would then face the bigger tragedy of forgetting – the disappeared, their struggle, and the highest sacrifice they gave for freedom and democracy.”
“He might try to run away again and never to be found.”
“We are here because we will not let them be forgotten...These are their faces, these are their names.”
"We demand from the BS Aquino government to immediately surface John Calaba.”
Ten years ago today, veteran protest leader Danilo Macapagal, who survived the cruel martial law years, disappeared under the regime of his own cousin, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
“I am in tears. I hope that justice would be served and that they would now surface Karen and Sherlyn.” Connie Empeño, mother of disappeared UP student Karen
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