Reparations for over 2,000 more martial law victims underway
A new list of victims eligible for compensation from the state is now available.
Tag Archives: Human rights
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The sins of martial law, in tranches
Three facts on the monumental challenges the Human Rights Victims’ Claims Board faces.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Was the definition of EJKs changed under the Duterte administration?
(UPDATED) Recently appointed foreign affairs chief Alan Peter Cayetano slammed the double standard used by critics of the Duterte administration to define extrajudicial killings (EJKs).
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: At least how many laws are violated in the PNP’s secret jail cell?
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald De La Rosa backed his men in the controversy over a secret jail cell, supporting them in their decision to “maximize space” inside an already overcrowded jail in Tondo, Manila.
VERA FILES YEARENDER: Duterte’s curses and insults
It's no longer shocking as it was months before when news of President Rodrigo Duterte taking a swipe at yet another world leader breaks out.
Bearing witness: Photogs tell the story of extrajudicial killings
The glare of a drugstore sign floods the street, shining on the lifeless body of a man sprawled on the wet concrete, a crime scene cordoned off by the usual police tape and curious bystanders who have gathered to ogle the latest victim in the government’s war against drugs.
Human rights abuse victims file last minute claims as Congress is set to extend deadline
Text and video by LUZ RIMBAN VICTIMS of human rights abuses during the martial law years are rushing to beat the Nov. 10 deadline set by law for them to file claims against the government of former President Ferdinand Marcos. Victims and their relatives or survivors crowded the premises of the Virata Hall at the University
Martial law victims file for compensation
By JANE DASAL The more than 10,000 Marcos-era human rights violations victims (HRVV) and their families may begin applying with the national government for compensation for their sufferings during martial law. But those in the provinces will find it hard to do so because the Human Rights Victims Claims Board (HRVCB) created by law to
PWDs invisible even to human rights advocates
By CARLO FIGUEROA
CAN one marginalized group be more marginalized than the others? Yes, say persons with disabilities (PWDs) who live with this assumption every day.
Farmers’ CARP dreams weaken as Teves dynasty strengthens
SIXTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD farmer Victoriano Cordero remembers the day in 2008 when Arnie Teves of the powerful Teves clan in Negros Oriental drove him away from the house he had lived in for the past 40 years.
