The Suara Bangsamoro and the Kawagib Moro Human Rights Organizaiton led the commemoration of the 59th year of the Universal…
Matag adlaw, matag tuig, matag presidente sa atong nasud, nagdugang ang mga paglapas sa tawhanong katungod ngadto sa katawhan. Gipasamot…
Davao City City councilor and Council for the Welfare of Children Davao City chairperson Atty. Angela Librado-Trinidad urged here…
Militant groups in Davao City hit the streets in commemoration of the 59th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10. More photos here. (Photo by Keith Bacongco/AKP Images)
On December 10, the world will commemorate the 59th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) amidst the…
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
Poor sanitation, lack of water supply, malnutrition, poor resistance to diseases and heavy congestion continue to threaten the health of evacuees in Surigao del Sur. “They experience not only human rights violations,” a human-rights advocate said. “Their basic right to health services are also not being answered by government.”
PASAKA, a regional formation membering 25 lumad organizations in Southern Mindanao and North Cotobato condemned the military operations in the…
Press Release December 2, 2007 The Exodus of the Lumad Communities of Lagangan and Km. 22, Anahao Daan evacuees swell…
While we express indignation in the detention of Bishop Julio Labayen, former Vice President Teofisto Guingona, Jr, media people and…
Tortured. Luisito Bustamante shows the burns on his neck and marks of the metal chain on his his feet which were used by his captors to bind him. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
Luisito Bustamante, 22, admitted during a court hearing that he was a member of the Communist New Peoples Army (NPA). He told the court that not even his fingertips was touched when he was in military captivity, belying any possibility of torture. But an hour after the hearing, Luisito told a different story. He showed his mother and friends the burn marks on his neck and back, the scars on his ankles that had been, days before, tied with wires.
