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Human Rights Defender at Risk of Being Killed
7 Nov 2005 On October 30, 2005 after the 8:30 am Mass at the San Andres Apostol Parish in San Andres Apostol, Norzagaray, Bulacan, church volunteers were gathering the envelopes and counting the donation collected from the just concluded mass. From one of the collection bags, four envelopes were found containing a piece of paper each with the message �Isang babala para sayo: Ikaw na ang isusunod!� (�A warning for you: You�re next!�). Three of the envelopes also contained one bullet each. |
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Transport Leader killed in Bulacan, Philippines
06 November 2005 On October 26, 2005, between 4:30 � 4:45pm Federico de Leon or Ka Pedy brought his common-law-wife, Ester, to the tricycle terminal in Barangay Caingin, Malolos, Bulacan where she sells cigarettes. After that he lined up his tricycle at the terminal queue. Witnesses say that a man and a woman who arrived earlier were at the food stall next to the terminal and ordered congee, but upon seeing Ka Pedy arrive, they left their barely eaten orders and approached him. They asked him to bring them to Hotel Gatchalian in Barangay Catmon, Malolos, Bulacan, despite the presence of another tricycle cab ahead of Ka Pedy at the terminal queue. |
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Hacienda Luisita Union Leader Killed in Central Luzon
05 November 2005 Last Nov. 6, 2004, 5,000 farm workers belonging to the United Luisita Workers Union (ULWU) and Central Azucarera de Tarlac Labor Union (CATLU) staged a strike against the management of the 5,000-hectare hacienda in Tarlac owned by the family of former President Corazon Aquino. On November 16, 2004 seven people were killed when police and military violently dispersed the striking workers at the hacienda. PNP and AFP personnel were called in to break up the strike and they hosed down strikers with water cannon, lobbed teargas and when these did not work, the military and police opened fire at them. |
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NESTLE Phils. Union President shot and killed in Laguna, Philippines
22 September 2005 After attending the All-Leaders Meeting of workers at around 6:00 PM, today, September 22, 2005, Diosdado �Ding� or �Fort� Fortuna passed by the picketline of striking workers at the Neste factory in Cabuyao, Laguna to talk with some students who were there on an exposure and share with them the union�s experience for the past three (3) years of struggle. After that visit, Fort went home on board his motorcycle. |
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*ANAKPAWIS Acting Chair and companion, missing in Cavite, Philippines
28 July 2005 An acquaintance of Armando Barquillo nicknamed "Kelly" visited the victim�s house in Tansa, Cavite, looking for his whereabouts. Since the victim was not in the vicinity at that time, "Kelly" talked to Barquillo�s father-in-law and got Barquillo�s cell phone number from him. |
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Killings, extortion and Divestment of properties perpetrated by (Armed Forces of the Philippines)AFP-Backed IP (Indigenous Peoples's)Paramilitary group
26 June 2005 Around 6:00pm last June 16, 2005, while inside their house, Rommel heard some men calling him to go out of his house. And so he went down from his house and talk to them. They were talking near the comfort room. a few kilometers from the house when he was hacked by the perpetrators. He called out for help, crying out his mother�s name. His mother who was inside the house and was about to sleep heard his son; she immediately got the lamp and went out to look for her son. She was calling �Buboy!� several times when suddenly the perpetrators attacked her. |
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Human Rights Lawyer and Bayan Muna Regional Coordinator killed in Leyte, Philippines
16 March 2005 At around 6:40pm, Atty. Felidito C. Dacut just came from a consultation/meeting held at the Bayan Muna regional headquarters at Door C, Yao-Ka-Sin Compound, Old Road, Sagkahan District, Tacloban City. He was with a colleague from Bayan Muna whom he requested to accompany him saying, ?Updi ak kay waray ak upod. Mapalit ak gatas para hit ak anak (Please accompany me as I don?t have a companion. I?m going to buy milk for my child)? |
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Killing of Priest and Supporter of Hacienda Luisita Striking Farmworkers in Tarlac City, Philippines
13 March 2005 At around 8:15 AM on March 13, Sunday Fr. William Tadena, a priest from the Philippine Independent Church had just finished officiating mass at the PIC in Barangay Guevara, Lapaz, Tarlac City and was just leaving the church driving an owner-type jeep when two unidentified suspects riding a motorcycle with no plate number started shooting at them. |
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Christmas Eve Killing in Mindoro Occidental, Philippines
06 January 2005 Between 8:00 PM � 9:00 PM on Christmas Eve, 1st Councilor Francisco Gatdula just came from his house and was walking towards the church for the Christmas Eve mass when he chanced upon a single motorcycle traveling the opposite direction. It had three riders who started shooting at him. After making sure that he was dead, the gunmen immediately fled from the crime scene. |
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Human Rights Day Shooting in Camarines Norte, Philippines
11 December 2004 At around 8:00 AM on December 10, Human Rights Day, peasants, workers, members of the urban poor community and other basic sectors gathered together to hold a mobilization to commemorate the International Human Rights Day. |
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Witness of Hacienda Luisita tragedy shot dead by soldiers in front of his home in Tarlac, Philippines
9 December 2004 On December 08 at around 9:00 PM Marcelino Beltran or Ka Marcing as he is often called by his colleagues was busy preparing the food that they were going to bring the next day on the way to Manila where they will hold a vigil at the foot of Chino Roces Bridge (formerly Mendiola Bridge) near the Malaca?ang Palace. While busy cooking he heard the dogs bark unceasingly and told his son to see what the reason was. |
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Massacre of the Monsalud Family in Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines
4 December 2004 At 4:30 am on 04December six (6) armed men, five (5) of whom were wearing military uniforms and one (1) of which was in civilian clothes and sporting a bonnet mercilessly shot and killed three members of the Monsalud Family. The eldest daughter Cheryl Monsalud was spared because she was participating in a Girl Scout camp at the Josefina Elementary School at that time. |
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National Fact-Finding and Medical Mission in Mindoro Occidental raided by paramilitaries and soldiers, 10 were hurt
24 November 2004 Last 21 November 2004, KARAPATAN launched the National Fact-Finding and Medical Mission to deliver basic health services and relief to the municipalities of Abra de Ilog, Sta. Cruz, San Jose and Magsaysay of the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines as well as to investigate reported human rights violations in the said province. |
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14 DEAD, 133 ARRESTED, HUNDREDS MISSING IN THE VIOLENT DISPERSAL OF HACIENDA LUISITA STRIKE
18 November 2004 In a violent strike dispersal in Hacienda Luisita last November 16, 2004, 14 people were killed, including two children aged 2 and 5 years old who died from suffocation from teargas lobbed by the police and army dispersal teams. |
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KARAPATAN AND EMJP STAFF HARASSED BY MEMBERS OF RPA-ABB
09 October 2004 At 3:15 AM on October 09, 2004 staff members of KARAPATAN (Alliance for the Advancement of People�s Rights) and EMJP (Ecumenical Movement for Justice and Peace) were awakened by a loud banging on their gate. |
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RAMOS FAMILY ABDUCTED BY AFP ELEMENTS IN PANABO CITY, SOUTERN MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
20 September 2004 Last September 16, 2004 at around four o� clock in the afternoon, an armed men wearing ski masks who are believed to be elements of the Military Intelligence Group (MIG), Task Force Davao and 73rd Infantry Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) suddenly barged into the house of Mr. Manuel Ramos who they suspected as a former NPA member. |
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MUNICIPAL SECRETARY GENERAL OF ANAKPAWIS TORTURED BY THE ELEMENT OF THE 16th IB IN MINDORO OCCIDENTAL
18 September 2004 On September 6, 2004 at around 1:00 AM, the Torreliza family was peacefully sleeping when they were violently roused by four armed men, wearing bonnets, civilian shirts, fatigue pants and combat shoes who barged into their home in Barangay Kasage, Sta. Cruz, Mindoro Occidental. |
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Arbitrary Arrest and Enforced Disapppearance of three Bayan Muna organizers/BAYAN members in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
23 August 2004 We are resending this urgent action with corrections. please take note of them. Likewise, we wish to thank all those who immediately responded. We urge for further similar actions. |
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Arbitrary Arrest and Enforced Disapppearance of three Bayan Muna organizers in Sampaloc, Manila, hilippines
23 August 2004 According to reports and information gathered from vendors along the vicinity of Bustillos in Sampaloc two days prior to the incident, state security agents in civilian clothing were already all over the place |
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Laac Massacre!
01 May 2004 Some 50 residents of Barangay Datu Davao, Laac, Compostela Valley went to the Poblacion (town center) early that Saturday morning, April 24 to claim their pay from Antonio Libuangan, a known logger in the area. |
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Bayan Muna* Council of Leader killed;
his wife also a Bayan Muna Coordinator in critical condition after being shot in Quezon, Philippines!
01 May 2004 On April 29, husband and wife, Rogelio and Cristina Perez, participated in the Miting de Avance.of Mayoral candidate and incumbent Mayor Guinto. Cristina acted as master of ceremonies while Rogelio spoke as representative of the partylist group BAYAN MUNA* which is seeking another term in Congress on the May 10, National Elections. |
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Four children shot at by soldiers at checkpoint!
01 May 2004 On April 27, 2004 between 1:00 - 1:30 AM Vanessa Ramos, Mary Joy Macasa, Diana Rose Buenaflor and Delfin Afiado, jr. decided to go on a joy ride to Sitio Wawa, San Rafael, Rodriguez, Rizal using the Mitsubishi Adventure owned by the Parish of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary. |
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Two more BAYAN MUNA partylist organizers in Leyte, Philippines missing!
27 February 2004 At around 10:00 AM on February 21, about seven (7) armed men believed to be members of both the Military Intelligence Command (MICO) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), aboard a black Dilica van trapped the victims along the national highway in Brgy. Kilim, Baybay, Leyte. Also seen with the group, was another individual, on board a TMX 125 motorcycle. |
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ANAKPAWIS* partylist coordinator and organizer abducted and killed in militarized Mindoro Occidental, Philippines
19 February 2004 Initial reports from the province state that at around 2:30 AM on February 18, seven armed men believed to be members of both IMPAACCT, a death squad based in Mindoro Occidental, Philippines and the 16th Infantry Battalion, aboard a red pick-up went to the house of Adrian Alegria and forced him to come with them. |
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FARDEC* and ANAKPAWIS* partylist office in Bohol, Philippines raided; peasants and staff harassed by police and government soldiers
18 February 2004 Local and national news outfits reported on the alleged ambush of Governor Erico Aumentado in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines on Friday, February 13, 2004. At least six hours after that incident, 30 combat-ready troops from the Provincial Police Headquarters and the 302nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) went to FARDEC or the Farmers Development Center at 117 New Capitol Site, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines. |
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THE OBSERVATORY
18 February 2004 The Observatory has been informed by the Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights (KARAPATAN) of the extrajudicial execution of Mrs. Juvy Magsino, a human rights lawyer and the Chairperson of Mindoro for Justice and Peace and Vice Mayor of Naujan, in Mindoro Oriental and of Mrs. Leima Fortu, a volunteer at Mindoro for Justice and Peace and the Acting Secretary General of KARAPATAN-Mindoro Oriental in Philippines. |
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Two more human rights activists murdered a new in Mindoro Oriental, Philippines
13 February 2004 At around 11:00 PM of February 13, 2004, Vice Mayor Juvy Magsino, 34 years old and a resident of Barangay Adrealuna, Naujan, Mindoro Oriental, Philippines along Leima Fortu, 27 years old and a resident of Barangay Maidlang, Calapan, Mindoro Oriental, Philippines were on their way to Vice Mayor Magsino's friend to get a computer in Pinagsabangan, Naujan, Mindoro Oriental. |
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Justice for the arbitrary and illegal termination of Bombo Radio Tacloban employees!
January 28, 2004 Tacloban City - The broadcasters and employees of Bombo Radio Tacloban have been waiting for barely a year now to attain rightful justice for the illegal shutdown of operations and firing of employees of the said radio station last March 12, 2003. |
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QUICK REACTION FORCE* SENT TO MINDORO OCCIDENTAL, PHILIPPINES HARRASSED!
23 January 2004 On January 19, 2004 a Quick Reaction Force (QFR) was formed to investigate and get initial information on the reported massive deployment of military troops in the province of Mindoro Occidental, particularly in the areas of Abra de Ilog, Paluan and Mamburao. The military has reportedly caused various human rights violations against the civilians in the area. |
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40TH BAYAN MUNA MURDER VICTIM
09 May 2003 On January 08, 2004 at around 2:30 PM Felix Rosquites was talking to his friend, Alfredo Barnayja inside the cockpit in Igangon when suddenly a blast of gunfire was heard. Felix instantly fell in front of Alfredo, who, due to the impact of the shot also tumbled over. Felix was hit at the back of his head. According to witnesses, the suspect finished Felix off by shooting him on his chest and stomach |
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MANGYAN* FAMILY MASSACRED IN MINDORO OCCIDENTAL
14 January 2004 At around 6:00-6:30AM some 20 soldiers of the 16th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army led by 1st Lt. Danilo Escandor came and open fired at the house of Rogelio Blanco, Olivia Batikulin and their children, a Mangyan* family living in Sitio Talayog, Barangay San Nicolas, Magsasay, Mindoro Occidental |
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ISLAMIC PRIEST ABDUCTED DURING RAMADAN IN PALAWAN, PHILIPPINES
02 December 2003 On November 23, 2003, at 5:00 PM, while buying food for bukaan (breaking of fast) in a temporary public market in Malvar St., Calero area, Puerto Princesa City, two unidentified men mauled and abducted Ustadz Yahcub Basug, an Imam of Gy. Silang mosque in Puerto Princesa City. |
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PEASANT KILLED IN LAGUNA, SOUTHERN TAGALOG, PHILIPPINES
02 November 2003 At dawn on October 29, 2003, the victim, Mario Mercurio like any other farmer prepared early to go to the fields with the help of his wife Benita. At exactly 6:00AM Mario left to go to Barangay Taytay, Majayjay, Laguna to work on his farm and brought with him a black bag containing an extra t-shirt, packed lunch and medicine for his horse and carabao. He rode a jeep on the way to Barangay Igang, to get his horse, which he will use to ride going to Barangay Taytay. |
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1 ANAKBAYAN YOUTH AND 2 OTHER COMMUNITY YOUTHS MISSING IN DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES
02 November 2003 About 11:00AM Rendon Amal along with his neighbors, Ramonito Delante, Anacito Delante and Elias Telo were riding a public utility jeepney (PUJ) bound for Ma-a and alighted in Acacia St., near The Convenience Store. |
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BAYAN MUNA*-CEBU REGIONAL OFFICER ABDUCTED AND HARASSED
01 October 2003 At the heels of the recent killing of four youth organizers of Anak ng Bayan and Anakbayan in Southern Mindanao, Philippines, comes another case of abduction and harassment on a BAYAN MUNA (People First) partylist regional coordinator from Central Visayas. |
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MASSACRE OF YOUTH ORGANIZERS IN MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
23 September 2003 On September 19, 2003 at around 03:30 PM, a certain Willy Javier with and his companions, believed to be members of the Military Intelligence Group (MIG) adbucted Lito Doydoy, 27 years old, Marjorie Reynoso, 18 years old, Jonathan Benaro, 16 years old and Ramon �Jong-Jong� Regase, Jr., 17 years old. All four were residents of Maco, Compostela Valley. |
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Sulpicio Lines seafarers on strike!
29 July 2003 As of 3 p.m. today, 21 out of 27 vessels belonging to Sulpicio Lines Inc. and Solid Towage and Lighterage Co., Inc. are at a standstill in various ports in the country due to a seafarers strike in the shipping company. |
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Free Zenaida Llesis! Save her baby...
ZENAIDA LLESIS is a woman political prisoner who gave birth while being detained at the Bukidnon Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center. |
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TWO SIBLINGS KILLED AND BURNED
WITH HOUSE IN ORIENTAL MINDORO, PHILIPPINES
27 March 2003 At around 11:00 PM on March 22, 2003, Julita Rabano and her husband Francisco heard someone shouting outside of their home in Sitio Pagturian, Brgy. Villflor, Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro. |
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MASSACRE OF MORO PEASANTS AND MINORS IN SULU, PHILIPPINES
24 March 2003 It was just another ordinary afternoon in Brgy. Lampaki, Indanan, Sulu but for survivor Antajul Ayyadi and the families of Radjail Mukammali, Almajar Jainul, Jul Saibul and Bennasir Muamil, everything that happened on the afternoon of 20 March 2003 was far from ordinary. |
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Summary Execution in Bulacan, Philippines
22 March 2003 According to Regina, Michael Santiago�s wife, a group of five men, all of them in civilian clothes and some wearing bonnets came to their house on March 12, 2003 between 8:00 � 9:00 PM. |
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A Letter to President Macapagal Arroyo
28 January 2003 We, members of People�s Rights International Solidarity Movement, comprised of Filipino and American citizens residing in the Los Angeles area, are concerned of massive human rights violations of Filipinos in the Philippines. |
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Violent Dispersal and Police Brutality at the picketline of JACLiner
6 November 2002 Violent Dispersal of Picket Line, Physical Assault and Arbitrary Arrest |
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Harassment of College Editors Guild Vice-President for the Visayas, in Cebu,Philippines
Harassment and Divestment of Property 4 November 2002 |