3. Reign of Terror in Rural and Urban Areas "2006 Human Rights Situation of Southern Mindanao" Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Main Trends in the Human Rights Situation * Impunity…
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…
A giant power company plans to build a hydroelectric plant in Tudaya, a village in Davao del Sur. Proponents of the project said the plant would “not only offer solution to the power crisis in the offing, but at the same time provide livelihood opportunities and other benefits to the communities.” The Lumads in the area, however, are up in arms, claiming that the plant would desecrate Tudaya Falls, which is their worship ground, and destroy their way of life. They also accuse Hedcor, the power company, of misleading members of the tribe. They expressed their opposition to the project by holding a sacred ritual last week. Davao Today?s Cheryll D. Fiel was there.
