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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that another peasant leader, Ofelia Rodriguez (61), was killed allegedly by gunmen believed to be military agents in Pampanga, Luzon on 16 January 2006. She was killed inside her house while attending to her granddaughter and elderly mother. A report by the […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is appalled by the serious threats made against the life of labour union leader, Enrico Estarez and his family. The threats were allegedly made by military officials Colonel Oliras and several men attached to the 24th Infantry Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in […]
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is in receipt of your letter dated 13 December 2005 detailing the Philippine governments response to our concern about the unabated incidents of extra-judicial killings and violence against activists, the lack of witness protection and the failures in police investigations. In your letter you said: I assure you that […]
On 5 December 2005, activist Cathy Alcantara was killed by unidentified armed men in Abucay, Bataan province, Luzon, Philippines. Alcantara, a mother of two children and the wife of a farmers organiser, died of a fatal gunshot wound while on her way to hospital after having attended the Luzon-wide farmers conference of the Pambansang Katipunan […]
[RE: UA-30-2005: Attempt on the life of human rights advocate and his wife in Abuyog, Leyte, Philippines; UA-34-2005: Killing of a labor rights activist for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in Tarlac City; UP-26-2005: Priest supporting for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in La Paz, Tarlac killed and two others wounded, UP-28-2005: Attempt on the […]
Dear Ms. Arbour, Re: The urgent need for effective laws against torture, witness protection, and end to the increasing occurrence of extra-judicial killings in the Philippines On the occasion of the December 10 Human Rights Day, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) takes this opportunity to raise serious concerns regarding the human rights situation in […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of yet another incident involving an attack against human rights activists in Visayas, Philippines. On 25 November 2005, activist couple, Daniel Brylle Cruz and his wife Emmylou Buñi survived an attempt on their life after they were fired upon by armed men believed to be […]
Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from KARAPATAN (Alliance for the Advancement of Peoples Rights), a human rights organisation based in Manila, Philippines, regarding the threat to the life of a catholic priest, Fr. Rolando de Leon. On 30 October 2005, a mass had just finished at the San Andres […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information today from the KARAPATAN (Alliance for the Advancement of Peoples Rights), a human rights organization based in Manila, Philippines, regarding the massacre of farmers in Barangay San Agustin, Palo, Leyte on 21 November 2005. According to the latest information, the victims were members […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the shocking killing of nine farmers in Palo, Leyte, Visayas early today. A reliable source said nine people were killed while several others were wounded when soldiers attached to the 19th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army, opened fire on a group of people […]
[RE: UA-34-2005: Killing of a labor rights activist for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in Tarlac City; UA-30-2005: Attempt on the life of human rights advocate and his wife in Abuyog, Leyte, Philippines; UP-59-2005: Another human rights activist killed in Visayas; UP-61-2005: Wounded victim in activist shooting dies: UP-101-2005: Another priest wounded in latest attacks […]
[RE: UA-34-2005: Killing of a labor rights activist for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in Tarlac City; UA-30-2005: Attempt on the life of human rights advocate and his wife in Abuyog, Leyte, Philippines; UP-59-2005: Another human rights activist killed in Visayas; UP-61-2005: Wounded victim in activist shooting dies] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission […]
It is becoming increasingly obvious that getting away with murder in the Philippines is made easy by the absence of any functioning witness protection scheme. The lack of witnesses also becomes a convenient excuse for investigators to say that they have done their jobs but have no further avenues for action. In a May […]
[UA-34-2005 Killing of a labor rights activist for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in Tarlac City; UP-26-2005 Priest supporting for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in La Paz, Tarlac killed and two others wounded; UP-29-2005 Two more leaders from the Bayan Muna party are killed in Baguio and Tacloban City; UP-59-2005 Another human rights activist […]
The arrest of a suspect in the killing of Fr William Tadena has given a little emotional relief and glimpse of hope to the relatives of human rights defenders and political activists killed during recent weeks in the Philippines. If media reports that Tadena’s killers were hired and have links to the police and military […]
[RE: UP-29-2005: PHILIPPINES: Two more leaders from the Bayan Muna party are killed in Baguio and Tacloban City, UA-34-2005: Killing of a labor rights activist for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in Tarlac City, UP-26-2005: Priest supporting for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in La Paz, Tarlac killed and two others wounded, UP-28-2005: Attempt on […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Suara Bangsamoro, Moro Christian Peoples Alliance (MCPA) and the Concerned Citizens of Sulu (CCS) regarding the massacre of a civilian family allegedly by elements of the 53rd Infantry Battalion (IB), Philippine Army, under Col. Dennis Villanueva. The family was killed and two others […]
[RE: UA-34-2005: Killing of a labor rights activist for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in Tarlac City, UP-26-2005: Priest supporting for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in La Paz, Tarlac killed and two others wounded, UP-28-2005: Attempt on the life of a human rights lawyer working for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers] Dear friends, The […]
Killing of a labor rights activist for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in Tarlac City, UP-26-2005: Priest supporting for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in La Paz, Tarlac killed and two others wounded] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the attempt on the life of Atty. Romeo Capulong, a […]
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