Tag: Enforced Disappearance
‘Justice is not about revenge’: Mother’s pursuit of justice and hope...
In her eighteen-year search for her son, a mother transforms grief into a fearless witness of love, justice, and hope
Human rights defenders cite impunity, red-tagging in renewed call to end...
Rights groups urge Marcos Jr. to surface missing activists and end enforced disappearances amid rising impunity and inaction
The brave Filipino rights advocates
We need faith that will move mountains of evil and replace them with goodness and convince people that the power of good will win
Rights groups decry ‘escalating’ HRVs under Marcos Jr.
Karapatan announced a series of protest actions across the country to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Groups renew calls to surface Desaparecidos on All Souls’ Day
The groups said authorities must open military camps and secret detention centers for families searching for the disappeared
Human Rights Watch raises alarm over enforced disappearances
Conde lambasted the infectivity of the law against enforced disappearances – the first in Asia – that Congress enacted in 2012.
Palparan escapes 2nd kidnapping conviction
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers said the Court’s dismissal of the charges is “[s]imply unbelievable if not disturbingly shocking.”
Learning from the young and brave
Jonila Castro and Jhed Reiyana Tamano, young as they are, showed us how to deal with state terrorism.
Caritas Philippines hits government ‘crackdown’ on environmental activists
"The abduction is a clear attempt to silence environmental defenders and intimidate those who speak out against destructive projects”
While in the hands of abductors
"Hope and love are what kept us firm and made us survive while we were in the hands of our abductors..."
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