Analysis: Crossing the Bridge
The U.S. government has been criticized for its inconsistent human rights policy and for using it as part of its proverbial "carrots and stick" strategy chiefly to gain concessions from…
On YouTube, Arroyo Is Held Liable for Killings
Bayan, the Philippines's largest leftist group, produced this video that, it said, would show why President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should be held liable for the killings of political activists. The video,…
Arroyo May Face International Sanctions Due to Continuing Political Killings
MANILA — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan warned that the Arroyo government may face international sanctions in the face of its inability to decisively stop to the extrajudicial killings in the country. The warning came in the wake of the recently concluded United States Congressional hearings on the killings in the Philippines.
Bayan Slams AFP Disinformation on Latest Activist Murder in Misamis
MANILA — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today slammed the Armed Forces of the Philippines for the ?barefaced and shameless lying it has done to cover up the murder of another activist.?
Bayan secretary general Renato M. Reyes, Jr. said that claim of the AFP spokesman that the latest casualty, Siche Gandinao of Bayan Muna, was a victim of a communist purge is ?patently stupid.?
In US Senate Hearing, Amnesty Int’l Suggests Ways to Stop Political Killings in the Philippines
Satur on YouTube. Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo “testified” to the US Senate hearing through a video uploaded to YouTube. Click on image to watch the video.
In its testimony to the US Senate yesterday, Amnesty International cited the Philippine government’s weak responses to the political killings, the ineffective investigations, the McCarthyist mentality in the military and the government, the abuses of Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan. It made several recommendations, among them that the human rights laws and agreements, among them the Comprehensive Agreement for the Respect of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law that the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front signed, be respected. It also asked Washington to send a “strong and clear message” to Manila that U.S.?Philippines relations “will suffer if the current trend in political killings continues and if Philippine authorities fail to bring past abusers to justice.”
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