“As he is ill, he should be accorded the status of a hors de combat under the International Humanitarian Law and Comprehensive Agreement on Respect on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.”
By DEE AYROSO
“Ask Maj. General Rhoderick Parayno, head of the 2nd ID-PA-AFP and former chief of PNP-CALABARZON, about who Criste’s handler was, and to whom did Criste’ group submit the monies they collected from their syndicate activities.”
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Sins against Filipino women are being committed on a daily basis.”
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Are technical matters more important than the life of a person?” – Mrs. Edita Burgos said after the Court of Appeals denied the request to show the photograph of a female soldier linked to the abduction of her son Jonas.
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s statements on the hostage crisis display his government’s militarist and violent frame of mind. It appears that the Aquino government merely went through the motions of negotiating with the hostage taker while waiting for the opportunity to use an overkill of violence. The government’s handling of the hostage crisis therefore…
News Release July 21, 2010 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) today urged the Aquino government to let the people hold a peaceful assembly near the Batasang Pambansa on July 26, when the president delivers his first State of the Nation Address (SoNA). Bayan recalled Aquino’s his inaugural address last June 30, when he…
News Release July 18, 2010 Are we back to the days of Gloria? This was the question asked by the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan as it assailed the Philippine National Police’s plan to deploy 10,000 policemen during President Benigno Aquino III’s first State of the Nation Address. “It is strange that…
NEWS RELEASE April 11, 2010 In a press statement issued today during the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) hearing on the case of the Morong 43, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) again condemned the further detention of the 43 health workers and their aborted transfer to Camp Crame last Friday. “The…
Media Release 10 April 2010 The botched transfer of the 38 illegally detained health workers to Camp Crame yesterday again highlighted the cavalier attitude of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Health Alliance for Democracy today strongly denounced the failure of the AFP to coordinate with officials of the Philippine National Police to ensure a…