Archives: Urgent Appeals

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 …

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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 …

Chairperson, secretary of peasant organization ambushed by unidentified assailants in Valencia town, Bukidnon province Read More »

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, …

Farmers’ group, woman rights defender threatened in Aurora province, Central Luzon, Philippines Read More »

UA Case : Attacks on or Use of Schools for Military Purposes; Endangerment of Civilians; Threat, harassment and intimidation; Violation of Domicile Victim/s: 230 pupils and 5 teachers of Salugpungan Ta Tanu Igkanugon Community Learning Center (STTICLC), a community-based school of Matigsalog indigenous people accredited by the Department of Education 51 households near the STTICLC …

Military occupies community-based school in Compostela town, Compostela Valley province, Philippines Read More »

UA Case:    Extrajudicial killing Victim/s:    MARCELO C. MONTERONA, Jr. Male, 41, married with three children  ages 16, 14 and 12 Self-employed mechanic and driver Resident of Maco town, Compostela Valley province Council member, Indug Kautawan, Maco chapter of Barug Katawhan (People Rise Up! a group of typhoon “Pablo” survivors in Maco) Member, Kabalikat Civicom – …

Anti-mining advocate shot dead in Maco, Compostela Valley province, Philippines Read More »

Dear friends and colleagues, Greetings of peace! On 11 December 2013, Eduardo Sarmiento, a consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in the peace process with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GPH), was sentenced to 20 to 40 years imprisonment by Judge Myra Bayot Quiambao of the Muntinlupa Regional …

URGENT APPEAL: RELEASE EDUARDO SARMIENTO NOW! Read More »