By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS FORMER President Benigno Aquino III disappointed them. They are now pinning their hopes on what seemed years ago as the most unlikely person to be on their side: President Rodrigo Duterte. The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances or AFAD is requesting for a dialogue with the new president on the issue
By JAKE SORIANO SOMBATH Somphone is easily recognized because of his white hair. The white is clearly visible in the grainy CCTV footage that recorded the last time he was seen alive. More than the said physical attribute, Sombath is a distinguished man, not just in his native country Laos. A civil society leader
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS HUMAN rights activist Mary Aileen D. Bacalso, secretary-general of the Asian Federation against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), is this year’s awardee of the Emilio Mignone International Human Rights Prize. Bacalso said she was informed Thursday by the embassy of Argentina in the Philippines of the award “in recognition of her work against
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS MESSAGES of faith and hope marked the observance of the International Day of the Disappeared in the Philippines. At the launching of the book, “Beyond Tears and Borders” at the office of the Commission on Human Rights, Edith Burgos, mother of farmer/activist Jonas Burgos who disappeared on April 28, 2007, said
