‘2006 Worst Year for Human Rights in Davao Regions’

The Southern Mindanao office of the human-rights group Karapatan released today “The 2006 Human Rights Situation of Southern Mindanao.” The report detailed abuses, mainly by state security forces in the region, against civilians, activists, peasants and workers. This year, it said, “is the worst for human rights since the toppling of the Marcos fascist dictatorship in 1986.”

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2 Comments to “‘2006 Worst Year for Human Rights in Davao Regions’”

1. » Promdi -- On Philippine politics, current affairs, society and culture says:

   December 4, 2006 at 11:03 am

   [...] Take this story by Reuters, which has been published in major papers around the world, including The Washington Post. The story pretty much outlines why all that “caring and sharing” is all rhetoric. One reason, as the article pointed out, is the worsening human-rights situation in the Philippines, particularly in the provinces. [...]
2. Promdi — Philippine politics, current affairs, society and culture » State terrorism says:

   January 24, 2007 at 9:26 am

   [...] A column today by Amando Doronila amused and upset me at the same time. It’s mainly because of his use of the phrase “state terrorism” to describe what happened at the Iloilo capitol last week. Activists, whose ranks are being decimated by this regime, have been crying against state terrorism for the longest time but our commentators, perhaps because they’re afraid that they would be labeled “leftist sympathizers,” have always avoided using “state terrorism” to describe the series of killings, the militarization, the harassment, the atrocities and abuses by state security forces, particularly in the provinces. [...]