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Slain lawyer Ben Ramos and daughter Gabrielle’s last selfie together (Photo courtesy of author) By GABRIELLE THEA I. RAMOS Bulatlat.com November 6, 2018. Fourth year, first sem. It was a school day when it happened. After receiving the news, I went completely blank. I immediately went home, only to see my father’s lifeless body with…
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Hindi pa sumisilip ni madama ang liwanag at init ng bukang-liwayway ay kasama mo ang mga pamalakaya na naglakbay; pumalaot kayo sa gitna ng mabangis, madilim at ‘di payapang karagatan ng karalitaan; maingat mong inihanda ang nilulumot na lambat kasama ang gasera na siyang inyong tanglaw sa kagilagilalas na pakikipagsapalaran sa ilalim ng mga bituin,…
Amid grave HR abuses, AFP remains in a state of denial – Karapatan
“Despite the distortions and deflections of the AFP, the fact remains: there are torture victims who have told their story of inhuman and degrading treatment at the hands of the military. The trauma that they have experienced — the marks on their necks due to strangulation and burn marks — are still visible on their…
With billions in loans, Lacson asks: ‘Nasaan ka bakuna?’
By: Christia Marie Ramos – Reporter/INQUIRER.net /March 18, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Nasaan ka bakuna? (Where are the vaccines?) This was the question posed by Senator Panfilo Lacson as he cited the P126.75-billion government funding for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines, a bulk of which is from approved loans sourced from multilateral lenders. In a…
Karapatan to AFP’s Parlade: Your defense of a murderous gov’t betrays your ignorance of human rights principles
Let us school Parlade about a very basic concept of human rights. The primary duty-bearer in the defense, protection, and promotion of human rights is the government and all its agencies, which includes the military. Human rights organizations such as Karapatan have their mandate centered on State-perpetrated human rights violations particularly because of this basic…
Massacre in Bicol, killing of a minor in Davao del Sur among the military’s latest atrocities – Karapatan
“Amid several national issues gripping the news, the Duterte regime has continued its atrocities in the countryside, again conveniently sweeping violations in their false grand narrative of ‘they are all NPAs.’ Last week, the military killed a minor and even tagged the victim as an NPA child soldier. Though humiliated by the parent’s outright rebuttal…
