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Philippines: Another labor leader killed; second this month

Nieuws, gepost door: Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) op 06/08/2013 08:03:49 - 1 aanvulling

Wanneer: 06/08/2013 - 13:57

BARELY two weeks after the death of Antonio “Dodong” Petalcorin, the transport leader who was murdered by a paid assassin in Davao City, another local leader of NCTU-APL in Cotabato City was gunned down in a brazen daytime attack again, which makes a mockery of justice and underscores the reign of impunity in the country. Lees meer...


2 Somalian refugees to the Death.

Nieuws, gepost door: Mahmoud op 19/02/2013 02:08:46 - 3 aanvullingen

Wanneer: 00/00/0 - 00:00

Tomorrow two Somalians will be deported back to Somalia, Mogadishu. A region witch has been named unsafe and dangerous by all NGO's that can't even work in that region! But the Dutch gouvernment say it is safe, dispite all reports from Amnesty, UNHCR and Human Rights Watch e.o. Fred Teeven does what Fred Teeven wants. And the Parliament goes allong with it. This has to stop! Lees meer...


Nepalese journalist buried alive

Ruis, gepost door: bpn op 08/01/2013 01:01:30 - 1 aanvulling

Wanneer: 08/01/2013 - 01:05

A group of Maoist former rebels have been arrested over the death of a journalist during Nepal's civil war, with one of them confessing the reporter was buried alive, police say. Lees meer...


Communique of the 4th Congress of the Movement for National Democracy - Philippines

Aankondiging, gepost door: Kilusan (KPD) op 16/12/2012 12:02:34 - 0 aanvullingen

Wanneer: 16/12/2012 - 02:22

The Kilusan sa Pambansang Demokrasya (Movement for National Democracy) successfully held its Fourth National Congress in the City of Baguio on November 28-30, 2012 with the theme: Assiduously conduct political and organizational consolidation! Expose and Oppose Imperialism and Neocolonialism! Persevere in the Fight for National Democracy. Lees meer...


Philippine Statements on the International Human Rights Day

Nieuws, gepost door: Akbayan, PM, Amin, APL op 11/12/2012 12:09:03 - 1 aanvulling

Wanneer: 11/12/2012 - 09:05

1) Akbayan on the Observance of the International Human Rights Day
2) Workers hold Jericho March at San Miguel in celebration of human rights day
3) Pahayag sa Pandaigdigang Araw ng Karapatang Pantao
4) Another World is Possible! Reject the Policies of Neoliberalism! Protect the Working Class! Lees meer...


PHILIPPINES: The Emotional Calculus of Armed Conflict

Ruis, gepost door: Jurgette Honculada op 07/12/2012 12:04:27 - 0 aanvullingen

Wanneer: 07/12/2012 - 04:25

HOW DO I TREAT THEE? Let me count the ways. Statistics from the AFP-PNP over a 33-year period (1978-2010) report an aggregate of 29,553 fatalities in the ongoing conflict between GPH and the CPP-NPA categorized thus: 13,412 Communists (45%), 8,264 military and police (28%) and 7,877 civilians (21%). This further translates into 80 deaths daily for the period: 36 Communists, 23 soldiers and police, and 21 civilians. Lees meer...


PHILIPPINES: The ghosts of martial law

Ruis, gepost door: Nathan Gilbert Quimpo op 27/09/2012 09:03:27 - 0 aanvullingen

On September 21, forty years ago, President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared martial law. For almost 13-and-a-half years afterwards, the country suffered terribly from a brutal and corrupt dictatorship. Among the victims of the grave violations of human rights under martial law were the following: 3,257 “salvaged” (summarily executed), 35,000 tortured, and 70,000 incarcerated, as documented by historian Alfred McCoy. Lees meer...


Qaddafi lies live on after him

Opinie, gepost door: Clay Claiborne op 02/09/2012 09:04:07

While no one deserves to die in a war, of the estimated 30,000 Libyans to die in the struggle to overthrow Mummar Qaddafi, no one else can be said to have had it coming more than Mummar Qaddafi. Not only did he rule for more than 40 years by using terror, he had tens of thousands murdered, he conducted his 10 month campaign to stay in power with the utmost brutality. Lees meer of Discussieer (3 reacties)...


Libya and Syria: When Anti-Imperialism Goes Wrong

Opinie, gepost door: Pham Binh op 03/08/2012 08:12:58

Reflexive opposition to Uncle Sam’s machinations abroad is generally a good thing. It is a progressive instinct that progressively declined in the 1990s, as presidents Bush Sr. and Clinton deftly deployed the U.S. military to execute “humanitarian” missions in Somalia, Haiti, and the Balkans and progressively increased in the 2000s, as Bush Jr. lurched from quagmire to disaster in transparent empire-building exercises in Afghanistan and Iraq. Lees meer of Begin discussie...


6 of Morong 43 rejoin the Philippine rebels

Ruis, gepost door: Jaime Laude op 09/06/2012 06:12:03 - 1 aanvulling

Wanneer: 09/06/2012 - 11:38

Six of the so-called Morong 43 have rejoined the armed struggle and have linked up with their Southern Tagalog-based comrades, a senior military commander said Thursday. Lees meer...


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