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.
“43″
In February 6, 2010, 43 health workers conducting a medical training in Morong, Rizal were arrested and accused of being members of the communist New People’s Army. They suffered physical and psychological torture while in military custody. “43″ is a short documentary on the plight of the arrested health workers. It uses shadowplay to dramatize … Read more
RIGHTS 3
For almost ten years, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s government perpetrated unimaginable human rights violations throughout the country. It concluded its term with a bloody record of 1,206 extrajudicially killed, 206 missing, and 371 political prisoners (341 of whom were arrested during its term), excluding thousands of other cases of rights violations. Most of the victims are activists, … Read more
“Lester”
Noong Disyembre 23, 2010, nawalan ang sambayanan ng isang mabuting anak ng bayan. Sa edad na 19, pinaslang si Stephen Lester Barrientos ng mga sundalo sa ilalim ng 80th Infantry Battalion ng Philippine Army. Sinamantala ni Lester ang pagkakataon na mayroong kasunduang tigil-putukan sa pagitan ng gubyerno at ng mga rebolusyonaryong CPP-NPA-NDFP. Dumalaw siya sa … Read more
