HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK 2013 AND BEYOND. By Mokong Perspektib With the theme, “Sa kulang-kulang na pamamahala, TAO ang kawawa. Dapat Tao Muna,” the right of the people to government’s response in tragedies, climate change and all human rights was the focus of the campaign by human rights groups and activists in the Philippines that commemorated the Human Rights Week for
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Dispatches: Four Years On, No Justice for Maguindanao Massacre Victims By Carlos H. Conde The threat was unambiguous. If Bong Andal testified against one of the Philippines’ most powerful political families about their alleged involvement in the November 23, 2009 massacre on the southern island of Mindanao, his family would suffer. “They came again last month, showing our pictures to
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Philippines: Spate of Journalist Killings Government Inaction Contributes to Erosion of Media Freedom (Manila, August 9, 2013) – Philippines President Benigno Aquino III should speak out against the recent killings of three journalists and ensure that the authorities expedite their investigation, Human Rights Watch said today. While the killers and motives are unknown, these and past unresolved attacks on journalists
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78 massacre suspects face charges over 58th victim. By Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer May 26, 2013 A Quezon City court hearing the 2009 Maguindanao massacre case has ordered the arraignment of 78 suspects for the 58th murder case filed recently on behalf of a slain photojournalist whose remains were never recovered. Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of QC Regional Trial
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SPEAK UP AGAINST IMPUNITY National Union of Journalists of the Philippines January 23 marks the 39th month since the Ampatuan Massacre. Since 1986, 154 journalists, including 32 of the 58 victims in the brutal murder, have been killed in the line of duty. The insatiable lust for power by some, a wanton disregard for rights, and the weakness of institutions
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Another suspect in Ampatuan Massacre falls By Allen V. Estabillo, MindaNews.com November 2 2012 GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/ 02 November)– A former town councilor in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao who was allegedly involved in the gruesome Ampatuan Massacre has been arrested in Surallah, South Cotabato, a police official said on Friday. Senior Supt. Randolf Delfin, South Cotabato police director, said that
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Palace prods SC to speed up Ampatuan massacre trial By Dexter San Pedro, InterAksyon.com November 1, 2012 MANILA, Philippines — Just weeks before the third anniversary of the November 23, 2009 Ampatuan massacre, Malacanang on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to hasten the trial of those accused of murdering 58 persons, including 32 media workers, in Maguindanao province. “It (trial)
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Body not found but 58th massacre victim recognized. By Jeannette I. Andrade, Jerome Aning, Philippine Daily Inquirer September 26, 2012 Although his body has not been found, Reynaldo Momay, a photojournalist from General Santos City, has been formally recognized by the Department of Justice (DOJ) as the 58th victim of the “Maguindanao Massacre” in 2009. In a DOJ resolution, Assistant
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SWS: PNoy rates poorly on oil prices, Maguindanao massacre Abigail C. Kwok, InterAksyon.com July 26, 2012 The Aquino administration is getting “poor” ratings from the public over a perceived inability to control oil prices, and for the lack of justice in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, a recent Social Weather Stations survey suggests. First published on BusinessWorld, the poll results revealed
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An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to Sr. Supt. Generoso Cerbo Jr., spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP) July 5, 2012 Sr. Supt. Generoso Cerbo Jr. Spokesperson Philippine National Police (PNP) Camp General Rafael Crame Quezon City PHILIPPINES Tel: +63 2 726 4361/ 4366/ 8763 Fax: + +63 2724 8763 Dear Sr. Supt. Cerbo: PHILIPPINES: Not
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