Human Rights in RP: A Worsening Atrocity
Cries for Justice, Prayers of Hope
(Conclusion) If the extrajudicial executions and forced disappearances are indeed part of state policy and the government?s counterinsurgency program, it is then impossible for victims and their relatives to obtain…
Probing the Military?s Hand
(Second of three parts) In many cases investigated by Bulatlat, survivors tell of harrowing stories of government soldiers and agents involved in abductions, torture, and killings. A few victims would…
International Reactions Fail to Stop Killings and Disappearances
(First of three parts) A couple in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija took their own lives in October 2006 because they could not bear anymore days of torture by government soldiers. The…
A Season of Begging
These children roaming the streets of Davao City are a common sight during the holidays, asking strangers for money or Christmas presents. While officials say Davao’s economy has improved over the years, poverty is still common in the city, with thousands of residents — like these children — living in the slums, hardly getting by.
(davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)