Desaparecido cases rise with Duterte’s war on drugs
Forty desaparecido cases were reported in the first two years of the Duterte presidency.
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Families of desaparecidos pin their hopes on Duterte
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
ASEAN urged to stop enforced disappearances
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
‘Beyond tears and borders’
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
