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Case: Enforced disappearance Victim/s: GARY AGUILAR SANTOS 48 years old, male, working as a gardener at the house that was leased by the arbitrarily arrested and detained Wilma Austia Tiamzon, Benito Tiamzon, et al.
Case: Arbitrary/illegal arrest and detention; psychological torture; violations of the rights of arrested or detained persons includes violation of Miranda rights, right to counsel and visit by a human rights organization, among others]
On 25 March 2014, at around 7:00 p.m., activist and paralegal William Bugatti was gunned down by unknown assailants widely believed to be government security forces. The day before Bugatti was killed, he was with Atty. Ma. Catherince Dannug-Salucon in a hearing at the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Lagawe, Ifugao as counsel for political prisoners …
We are enraged over the extrajudicial killing of William Bugatti, a Tuwali and a devoted human rights worker yesterday March 25, 2014, at around 6-7 in the evening. William is a Regional Council Member of the Cordillera Human Rights Alliance-KARAPATAN, a regional Council Member of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance representing the Ifugao Peasant Movement and the Provincial …
At around 6:30 p.m. on March 15, 2014, Romeo Capalla was at the Oton public market when unidentified gunmen shot him at close range. He succumbed to two gunshot wounds in the head, and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Western Visayas Medical Center. He was at the public market to pick up his …
Former political prisoner assassinated in Oton town, Iloilo province Read More »
Dear friends, Please join us in our call for justice for the farmers who were victims of killing and other human rights violations. The farmers are in haciendas owned by big landlords or in haciendas targeted for land conversion for real estate and other commercial purposes. Arbitrary killing, frustrated killing, and harassment of farmers in …
Call for justice for the victims of killing in Central Luzon Read More »
Case: Enforced disappearance Victim/s: ROMULO DELA CRUZ, 42 years old Farmer and resident of Barangay Matusalem, municipality of Roxas, Isabela Member of Agbiag Matusalem Association-Roxas Isabela (AMA-RI), an association of residents of Matusalem village, Roxas town. AMA-RI is a member organization of Danggayan Dagiti Mannalon iti (Dagami), an alliance of peasant organizations in Cagayan Valley …
Peasant leader abducted, remains missing in Isabela province, Philippines Read More »
Dear friends, Please join us in our call for justice for the victims of killing and arbitrary arrest in the Bicol region. Assassination of rights defender and his son in Albay province At around 8:00 p.m. of February 26, 2014, Rosaldo Rayteran was driving home to Matara village after plying his jeepney route from Polangui …
Case: Extrajudicial killing and frustrated extrajudicial killing Victim/s: JULIETO LAURON (Killed) – 41, male, married with 4 children – Chairperson of Kahugpungan sa mga Mag-uuma (Kasama or Association of Farmers)-Vintar Chapter, Valencia City NERMIE LAPATIS (Frustrated killing, survived with injuries) – 41, female, married, member of the Higaonon indigenous people’s tribe – Secretary of Kahugpungan …
Case: Threat, harassment and intimidation, surveillance Victim/s: ROSEMARIE ROJAS, 44 – Community organizer and coordinator of Samahang Magbubukid na Kababaihan (Samaka or Association of Women Farmers), and Panlalawigang Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid ng Aurora (Pamana or Alliance of Peasants in the Aurora Province) At least 42 households and residents of Sitio Ilaya, Barangay Zabali, …
