Main Trends in The Human Rights Situation 1. Impunity in Extrajudicial Killings "2006 Human Rights Situation of Southern Mindanao" Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Main Trends in the Human Rights…
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.”
Addie Beatrix Velasco, a four-year-old girl from Davao City, has a rare congenital heart disease. Her parents, who both work at the control tower of the Davao International Airport, cannot…
In six years, the Arroyo administration has reversed the gains of the Filipino people, no matter how small, when it toppled the Marcos fascist dictatorship.
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS
Bulatlat
People simply do not buy repeated hectoring by the President and her allies that charter change will bring the country to paradise and news that she is sick generates further expectations for her to step down. The survival options for the besieged President have simply depreciated.
By the Policy Study, Publication and Advocacy Program
Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)
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