Many political prisoners are young

The untimely death of Eduardo Serrano trained the spotlight on the plight of political prisoners in the Philippines. He was … More

Can the Lumad speak?

Responding to the public outrage against the Lumad killings and the growing clamor to end the militarization of their schools … More

AFP’s propaganda machine “grossly distorts” UN official’s statement

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has been put in hot water for grossly distorting the statements ofUnited Nations … More

Portraits give Filipino political prisoners human face

“There are no political prisoners.” This is the common refrain of almost every succeeding regime from the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship … More

‘Like a scene from Orapronobis’: Police assault Lumad evacuees in Davao church compound

The July 23 morning assaultby the police on lumads in an evacuation center inside the United Church of Christ in … More

Cebuanos remember 30th year anniversary of Fr. Rudy Romano’s disappearance

Fr. Rudy Romano was abducted by armed men, allegedly under the orders of the Marcos dictatorial regime, in Barangay Tisa, … More

Lumad schools in Mindanao threatened by military, closed down by DepEd

“Those children should be in school.” This is what Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman said in … More

Nom de Guerres and the Peace Talks: The Aquino government’s hypocrisy

When Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Gen. Gregorio Catapang was questioned by Sen. Francis Escudero on the real identity of … More

Hindi ipinagdiriwang ang Internasyunal na Araw sa Karapatang Pantao

I wrote this article for the Philippine Online Chronicles. Idineklara ng United Nations ang Disyembre 10 bilang pagunita ng internasyunal … More

Remembering Fr. Rudy Romano on the 29th anniversary of his disappearance

I wrote this for Philippine Online Chronicles. No trace of Fr. Rudy Romano’s body has been found until the present, … More

Memory and Resistance: The Desaparecidos Monument in Oton, Iloilo

I wrote this commentary for the Philippine Online Chronicles. Seemingly out of nowhere, motorists travelling along the Iloilo-Antique National Highway pass by … More

The Bloody Human Rights Record of “Amalayer” Aquino

Last October, President Noynoy Aquino proudly claimed to the foreign media that there are no human rights violations in the … More

Anatomy of State Terror: Human Rights Violations in Panay

This is an unpolished overview of the human rights situation in Panay that I drafted earlier this year. Rodilyn Aguirre … More

Free Ericson Acosta! Free All Political Prisoners!

Ericson Acosta is described by the individuals and groups campaigning for his freedom as an artist, journalist and cultural worker … More

Women’s Resistance and the Antigonean Power of Mourning in Ariel Dorfman’s Widows

In acts of defiance evocative of Antigone in Sophocles’ classic tragedy, the women protagonists of the Chilean writer Ariel Dorfman’s … More