Stop extra-judicial killings in the Philippines

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding suspicions that an activist who was forcibly abducted and reported missing could be in the custody of the military. Activist Ronald Intal (24) was forcibly taken by armed men at around 11am near a motorcycle terminal in Barangay Balete, Hacienda Luisita on 3 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that another activist was forcibly abducted and disappeared on 6 April 2006. Victim Dario Almonte was forcibly abducted in front of his wife Cherry and his six-year-old nephew at 6am in front of his sister’s house in Puyo Compound, Sta. Clara, Batangas City. […]

PHILIPPINES: Torture; unfair labour practices; violence against women; excessive use of force in dispersal of protest; denial of medical treatment; arbitrary use of authority by police; possible delay in adjudication of cases —————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about a violent dispersal of workers protesting inside the Cavite […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) regrets to inform you that another female activist was killed while her husband was wounded in a shooting on 3 April 2006 in Candijay, Bohol. Activist Liezelda Estorba-Cuñado (30) was declared dead on arrival at hospital while her husband, Gerry, suffered a gunshot wound to his arm […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that another peasant leader has been seriously wounded while his wife and son have been killed following armed men firing at them in San Marcelino, Zambales on 20 March 2006. Amante Abelon, his wife Agnes and their 5-year-old son Amante Jr. were […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) stating that labour leader Rogelio Concepcion, who was reported missing, is now confirmed to have been forcibly abducted and disappeared on 6 March 2006. His whereabouts remain unknown and his relatives fear that […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that two more activists have been killed in separate incidents on 7 and 17 March 2006 in Mabini, Bohol and Hacienda Luisita, Tarlac. Gunmen riding on motorcycles shot dead Nestor Arinque of Bohol and Tirso Cruz of Tarlac. Arinque died from 11 […]

PHILIPPINES: Extra-judicial killing; violence against activists; abduction and enforced disappearance; torture; threats and intimidation of civilians by military; inadequate police investigation —————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that another political activist was killed and two men disappeared in separate incidents on 4 March and 18 February 2006 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) regrets to inform you that another human rights activist has been killed while another one has survived an attempt on her life in separate incidents on 10 March 2006 in Luzon, Philippines. Activist Crisanto Teodoro (a.k.a. Santi) was shot dead while driving in a car with his […]

PHILIPPINES: Abduction and forcible disappearance; violence against human rights activists by military; inadequate investigation; absence of an enabling law to seek justice, remedies and prosecute perpetrators of disappearance ———————————– Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information from Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights) stating that Joey Estriber, a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR), a labour and human rights organisation based in Quezon City, detailing the disappearance of labour leader, Rogelio Concepcion on 6 March 2006. Concepcion’s family fears that he could have been abducted by elements of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information from a reliable source regarding the continued illegal detention of a labour leader, Crispin Beltran (73), following his arrest on 25 February 2006. Beltran was arrested by police authorities allegedly led by Senior Inspector Rene Corpuz of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about the killing of Allan Ibasan and his uncle Dante Salgado allegedly by military agents after their arrest on 31 January 2006. Allan was last seen alive by his brother Glen and fellow labourers at a bamboo plantation while being taken by military […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) regrets to inform you that 19-year-old activist, Audie Lucero, was found dead in Barangay (village) Capitangan, Abucay, Bataan on 13 February 2006. Lucero suffered fatal gunshot wounds to his back, knee and left hand and his body had traces of torture marks. According to information from the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a peasant leader of the Kapunungan sa mga Mag-uuma sa Surigao Sur (KAMASS) (Organization of Peasants in Surigao Sur) has been killed by unidentified gunmen while he was asleep in his house at Purok Brotherhood, Barangay Unidad, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur.  The […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that three human rights activists in Baguio City, Luzon are facing serious threats on their lives.  They are Windel Bolinget, secretary general of the Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA), his colleague Joan Carling, and Manny Loste; regional coordinator of a local human rights organization. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) regrets to inform you that another human rights activist, Mateo Morales, has been killed. Morales was killed in his house in San Luis, Agusan del Sur, Mindanao on 24 January 2006. Morales suffered a fatal gunshot wound to his chest and died on his way to hospital. […]

[Re: UP-158-2005: PHILIPPINES: Two more activists killed, one of whom suffered twenty-two gunshot wounds; UP-014-2006: PHILIPPINES: Office of the Ombudsman for the Military and Other Law Enforcement Offices begins investigation into cases of torture, activists’ killings and concerns on witness protection] ———————————————————————- UP- 022-2006: PHILIPPINES: Further witnesses in activists killing refuse to cooperate for lack […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from a reliable source regarding the killing of peasants in Palo, Leyte, Visayas on 21 November 2005. (Please visit our previous appeals: UA-216-2005; UP-141-2005). Concerns of irregularities in the investigation taken by the Palo Police Station and inadequate handling of the victims have been raised. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information regarding the case of Diosdado Fortuna, a labour union leader who was slain on 22 September 2005 in Barangay (village) Paciano Rizal in Calamba City, Laguna. (Please visit our previous appeal: FA-27-2005). According to a report by local labour and human rights organisations, there […]