Desaparecidos, an organization of families and friends of the disappeared, stands in solidarity with the families of James Jazmines and Felix Salaveria Jr. as we confront the horrifying reality of their enforced disappearances. Recent reports from Karapatan reveal the alarming sequence of events that suggest these abductions are not isolated incidents but are part of …
Desaparecidos (Families of the Disappeared for Justice) assails the virtual banning from commercial screening of the award-winning documentary film “Alipato at Muog” about the abduction and disappearance of activist Jonas Burgos on April 28, 2007. With this ban, Desaparecidos urges everyone who has not yet seen “Alipato at Muog” to watch it at its special …
As Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his third State of the Nation Address on July 22, Desaparecidos, or Families of the Disappeared for Justice, demands answers not only for the persistence but the rapid rise in the number of victims of enforced disappearance in the Philippines. The first major human rights violation under the Marcos Jr. …
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Desaparecidos, an organization of families and friends of victims of enforced disappearance in the Philippines, warmly congratulates Jose Luis “JL” Burgos, as his documentary film “Alipato at Muog” (Flying Embers and a Fortress) makes it as a finalist in Cinemalaya 2024’s full length film category. JL, a member of Desaparecidos, is a filmmaker, visual artist …
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On the first year of disappearance of Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus, the Families of the Disappeared for Justice (Desaparecidos) joins Dexter and Bazoo’s families in their continuing search for their loved ones. As we have tirelessly done with our own missing kin, we are one with them in asking: Where …
As Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus, an activist, beloved son, brother, and friend, would have celebrated his 28th birthday today, Desaparecidos solemnly marks this occasion amid his continued absence. Bazoo together with Dexter Capuyan were abducted by suspected state agents on April 28, 2023, in Taytay, Rizal, leaving his family, friends, and community devastated …
QUEZON CITY – Where there is darkness, bear the light. Free Jonas Burgos Movement and Desaparecidos held a symbolic “Sunset Gathering” of families of the desaparecidos (missing) at Bantayog ng mga Bayani this evening. Standing among a number photographs of those abducted and forcibly disappeared, torches and lanterns were lit and held by families, friends, …
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“We gather on November 2 of every year, not in mourning, but with the undying hope that one day, we will not have to light candles and offer flowers in the absence of our loved ones, because this day will cease to become a day to remember the disappeared, but become a day of justice.” …
Desaparecidos, an organization of families and friends of the disappeared in the Philippines, vehemently condemns in the strongest possible terms the shocking and unjust acquittal of kidnapping and serious illegal detention with serious physical injuries charges filed by farmer-brothers Raymond and Reynaldo Manalo against Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito “The Butcher” Palparan by Malolos Regional Trial …
The recent revelations of Jonila de Castro and Jhed Tamano, the two young women environmental defenders who were abducted on September 2, 2023 and surfaced as “surrenderees” by the military and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), shows the need for a more thorough independent investigation into the enforced disappearance …
