Tag: Desaparecidos
On Day of the Disappeared, kin of ‘desaparecidos’ call to surface...
The Philippines has more than 600 outstanding cases of enforced disappearances, according to a UN body on involuntary disappearances
Supreme Court asked to order state security forces to surface missing...
A petition has been filed seeking the issuance of a “writ of amparo” for Elizabeth “Loi” Magbanua and Alipio “Ador” Juat
Rights groups call on Marcos to order state forces to surface...
Karapatan said it is "seriously concerned" that the missing activists will suffer "similar violations" experienced by activist Elena Tijamo
Who is Father Rudy Romano?
“Dad, you have already given me to God and I think there is no turning back. If I follow your advice I will not be a worthy priest anymore"
After 37 years, Filipino Catholic faithful still remember missing priest
“If he were with us today, he would surely have the same, or even stronger commitment to help the hungry farmers, poor workers"
Not only a legal triumph
The triumph in the Karen and Sherlyn case is not simply a legal triumph, but a spark that brings hope to the families of the missing
‘I just want a bone’: Mexico’s search for 95,000 missing
People began to vanish during the Mexican authorities' so-called dirty war against the revolutionary movements of the 1960s-1980s
Christian students group joins calls for release of abducted peasant organizer
“We pray for nothing but the swift and safe return of [Steve Abua] and accountability against those responsible for his disappearance”
‘Help us stop enforced disappearance,’ kin of ‘desaparecidos’ urge politicians
"It doesn't matter if days or years have passed since our relatives went missing, the anxiety and agony is still in our hearts”
Families of ‘desaparecidos’ remember missing activist
The abduction of Jonas Burgos in 2007 has become one of the most prominent cases of enforced disappearances in the country