Parents carry on strength of their disappeared son
For Mercedita and Generoso, memories of Bazoo are inseparable from the wisdom he carried.
Parents carry on strength of their disappeared son
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Right(s) Up: Poor investigation of disappeared activists as human rights violation
Right(s) Up: Poor investigation of disappeared activists as human rights violation
Had it not been the court’s proactive questioning, the critical documents would not have been submitted as evidence at all.
Court slams again gov’t failure to find missing activists
Court slams again gov’t failure to find missing activists
The witness said that the passengers were taken at gunpoint by armed men, proving what the Court said was suspiciously concealed and misrepresented.
Honoring by remembering: Two daughters endure father’s disappearance
Honoring by remembering: Two daughters endure father’s disappearance
“To be honest, I don’t want August to come. It is the worst month of the year. The gravity of my father’s disappearance is a lot."
Film about disappearance gets FAMAS nominations
Film about disappearance gets FAMAS nominations
The nominations are Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, and Best Editing.
In the Philippines, women brave the frontlines to find the disappeared
In the Philippines, women brave the frontlines to find the disappeared
“It takes a lot of strength for women to deal with something as devastating as the disappearance of a loved one. To be able to confront it,” Rutsi said. “They humanize the victims, in a way that does not undermine their political cause.”
SC issues protective writs in favor of abducted environmental activist
SC issues protective writs in favor of abducted environmental activist
"Each day that they remain missing is torture for their loved ones. James and Felix did not commit any crime. James is an activist, who served the workers. Felix is a cyclist, and an environmental defender," the leaflet of two missing activists read.
Loved ones of disappeared activists grieve, demand justice
Loved ones of disappeared activists grieve, demand justice
“This kind of human rights violation should be stopped. This is a crime against humanity, it should never happen to anyone, regardless of our principles,” Burgos said.
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What an abduction and torture survivor is asking the Supreme Court
What an abduction and torture survivor is asking the Supreme Court
“The trauma from his ordeal has rendered him unable to perform his usual day-to-day activities as he remains apprehensive about potential retaliation from his torturers,” the petition read.
Corazon’s search for her abducted husband, a labor rights defender
Corazon’s search for her abducted husband, a labor rights defender
The results of a quick reaction mission on the disappearances of Jazmines and Salaveria provided more indicators that State security forces were behind their abduction, according to Karapatan.
On the Fringes | Alipato at Muog, and the roller coaster of emotions
On the Fringes | Alipato at Muog, and the roller coaster of emotions
The documentary is disturbing as it throws at us painful truths.
Search for missing labor activist expands in 1st month of disappearance
Search for missing labor activist expands in 1st month of disappearance
It has been more than a month since his disappearance but Lariosa remains missing. The effect of his abduction rippled down to other organizers in the Southern Mindanao region. The United Nations (UN) has identified that enforced disappearance is a frequently used strategy to spread terror, not only to the close relatives of the disappeared but also to their communities.
2 Pangasinan-based environmental defenders abducted
2 Pangasinan-based environmental defenders abducted
by DOMINIC GUTOMAN Bulatlat.com MANILA – Two Pangasinan-based environmental defenders and organizers were violently mauled and dragged into an SUV at about 8 p.m. on March 24 in Barangay Polo, San Carlos, Pangasinan, according to human rights group...
Rights group calls on CHR to probe secret prisons
Rights group calls on CHR to probe secret prisons
“If there is anything that recent abduction cases prove, it is the existence of secret prisons maintained by state forces, in violation of Republic Act 10353 or the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012."
Nolcom mum about the disappearance 2 Cordillera activists
Nolcom mum about the disappearance 2 Cordillera activists
"It is frustrating that government agencies are violating RA 10353. We just want to know if our loved ones are in the custody of Nolcom or not," Eli Capuyan, Dexter's brother, said. "It's been 40 days since the two went missing."
Daughter laments abduction of mother who organized Hacienda Luisita workers
Daughter laments abduction of mother who organized Hacienda Luisita workers
Before she was abducted, Cha became a victim of red-tagging, Azase said. She said her mother told her about receiving death threats and felt she was often being tailed.
Abducted labor organizers campaigned for aid for displaced workers and urban poor
Abducted labor organizers campaigned for aid for displaced workers and urban poor
Abducted labor organizers Elizabeth 'Loi' Magbanua and Alipio 'Ador' Juat, campaigned for the release of the ten-thousand peso aid for workers and the urban poor. They have also been under surveillance due to their involvement in establishing a community network to fight threats of demolition in the Parola Compound in Tondo, Manila.
2 peace consultants, 3 others disappeared
2 peace consultants, 3 others disappeared
Two peace consultants and their companions were disappeared in early March in separate incidents. Human rights group calls on the government to surface them.
‘Honor and Johnny’ | An illustrated book gives tribute to two activists disappeared 20 years ago
‘Honor and Johnny’ | An illustrated book gives tribute to two activists disappeared 20 years ago
“We will continue to write and tell stories about their lives.”
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