Today marks the 16th year since the disappearance of Jonas Burgos. He was abducted in broad daylight in a mall in Quezon City. Despite all efforts to seek justice and locate his whereabouts, Jonas remains missing. Jonas Burgos was an activist and a dedicated and passionate advocate for the rights of farmers and indigenous peoples. …
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Desaparecidos (Pamilya ng Desaparecidos para sa Katarungan) strongly condemns the abduction of Sugarfolks Alliance for Genuine Agricultural Reform (SUGAR) Batangas volunteers and organizers, Alfred Manalo, Lloyd Descallar, and senior citizen Angelito Balitostos on March 26, 2023. The three main missing to this day. “We and their families are deeply concerned about the physical and mental …
Families and friends of desaparecidos, or victims of enforced disappearance under the group Desaparecidos (Families of the Disappeared for Justice) decried the “state’s apparent disregard for accountability and justice” as they remember the memories of their loved ones on All Souls Day. “We commemorate the memories and the bravery of our friends and family members …
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In commemoration of the International Day of the Disappeared today, August 30, families and friends of victims of enforced disappearance under Desaparecidos (Families of the Disappeared for Justice) and advocates from the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law (CARMMA) and Karapatan gathered at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani to renew their …
The mothers of disappeared University of the Philippines students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan welcomed “both with joy and sadness” the decision of the Court of Appeals First Division affirming the conviction of retired general Jovito Palparan and two other military officials as they emphasized that this decision should usher more efforts to put perpetrators …
In an administrative complaint filed today before the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), Concepcion Empeño and Erlinda Cadapan, the mothers of disappeared University of the Philippines students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan, together with Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay demanded that the broadcasting franchise of Suara Sug Media Corporation be revoked for airing the interview with …
In joint reports submitted last March 31, 2022 for the upcoming 41st session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC), various human rights groups renewed calls for the UN HRC to conduct an international independent investigation on the “human rights crisis” in the Philippines as “[m]ajority, if …
Mothers of disappeared UP students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan called “a travesty of justice” yesterday’s interview of NTF-ELCAC spokesperson Lorraine Badoy of convicted retired general Jovito Palparan, but at the same time called it “a cheap, desperate attempt to vindicate criminals and rights violators.” “It is nauseating, to say the least, to see Palparan …
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Rights group Desaparecidos (Families of the Disappeared for Justice) called to surface National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Edwin Alcid, and supported the calls to resume the peace talks, just a few months before the country elects a new president in the May 2022 elections. “We call to surface disappeared peace consultant …
On All Souls Day, kin and friends of victims of involuntary disappearance under the group Desaparecidos echoed the call to surface their loved ones and challenged 2022 candidates to stop enforced disappearances. “It doesn’t matter if days or years have passed since our relatives went missing – the anxiety and agony is still in our …
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