2,500 workers and supporters mark 109th labor day commemoration in Calamba City
May 1, 2012, Tuesday – In commemoration of the 109th International Labor Day, an estimated 2,500 people led by Pagkakaisa ng mga Manggagawa sa Timog Katagalugan-Kilusang Mayo Uno (PAMANTIK-KMU) together with its allied labor and transport groups, and other progressive organizations, staged a demonstration at Calamba City calling for better wages, the right to unionize and the improvement of working conditions.
Justice on Canvas
April 25, 2012, Wednesday – Karapatan-ST, in coordination with Artists’ Arrest, and other human rights groups, showed their sentiments in line with the commemoration of the 9th death anniversary of comrades Eden Marcellana and Eddie Gumanoy through an art exhibit set up just along the entrance of the crowded Redemptorist Church in Baclaran. In April 22, 2003, the two aforementioned human rights activists, following a Karapatan-ST-led Quick Response Team (QRT) investigation about reported extra-judicial killings in Mindoro Oriental, were brutally slayed supposedly by military proponents headed by Gen. Jovito Palparan and were believed to be holding evidences of oppression by the said general. After nine years and mere three days and several court studies, the case still had not been resolved, thus the continuous call for justice remained at hand.
Family, friends and collegues slam 9 years of injustice in Eden and Eddie slay case
April 20, 2012 – Human rights group Karapatan-Southern Tagalog and regional peasant organization Kasama-Timog Katagalugan staged a rally today at the Department of Justice and Mendiola bridge to commemorate the ninth death anniversary of their slain comrades, Eden Marcellana and Eddie Gumanoy.
Remembering Eden and Eddie
On April 21, 2003, two prominent activists from the Philippines’ Southern Tagalog Region, Eden Marcellana and Eddie Gumanoy, along with nine other members of a human rights quick response team (QRT) were abducted by suspected military men in the Island of Mindoro. Eden was then the secretary general of human rights group Karapatan – Southern Tagalog, and Eddie was the chairperson of the regional peasant alliance, Kasama-TK. The next day, their bodies were found, bearing signs of brutal torture.
Political prisoners on hunger strike; fellow inmates shave head, wear henna tattoo to show support
Batangas City – Showing their support for seven political prisoners who went on hunger strike last Saturday, fellow inmates in the Batangas Provincial Jail shaved their heads and wore a henna tattoo with the slogan “Free the Batangas 7.” A total of 30 inmates had their head shaved while 60 had a henna tattoo. The … Read more
