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Cannot Allow Torture!{Blog about torture, enforced disappearance, EJK and human rights}CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.comBlogger309125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-9421603928021229242014-07-06T12:49:00.000+08:002014-07-06T12:49:18.042+08:00Remember Repression, Remember Resistance, Remember Courage -TFDPRemember Repression, Remember Resistance, Remember Courage CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-74846781348279499752014-07-04T12:58:00.003+08:002014-07-04T12:58:50.587+08:00Thank you for joining this year’s June 26 campaign International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Forum-dialogue<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-55421300149719225142014-07-04T12:53:00.001+08:002014-07-04T12:53:29.207+08:00June 26 Declaration on the Fight against Torture Impunity in the Philippines<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-66532172253525517952014-07-04T12:51:00.000+08:002014-07-04T12:51:57.456+08:00MAKE THE WHEEL OF JUSTICE WORK-UATC<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-60460690351895647262014-06-22T20:12:00.002+08:002014-06-22T20:12:39.040+08:00NITOY WAS A FALL GUY AND ONLY ADMITTED KILLING ROWE BECAUSE HE WAS TORTURED. #StopTorture!NITOY WAS A FALL GUY AND ONLY ADMITTED KILLING ROWE BECAUSE HE WAS TORTURED. #StopTorture! August 27, 1989, 6:30 in the evening. Down South in Mindanao, Juanito, a 25-year old bachelor, had boarded a passenger jeep on his way to church. Suddenly it was blocked by a vehicle loaded with armed men. “A hold-up”, Juanito thought, but the men got hold of him, bound his arms and legs, blindfolded CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-82494626539041065082014-06-19T13:54:00.001+08:002014-06-19T13:54:41.004+08:00Countdown to June 26: ACCOUNTABILITY (PANANAGUTAN) &nbsp; TORTURE must end NOW! Make it happen by helping the “Wheel of Justice” work. Join us in commemorating the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on #June26. #StopTorture #JoinBRAT8 #BastaRunAgainstTorture #HumanRights #IDVST #TortureFreePhilippines Countdown to June 26 Day 1: ACCOUNTABILITY (PANANAGUTAN) Accountability refers to the processes and mechanisms that CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-80061905645309636362014-06-19T13:50:00.000+08:002014-06-19T13:50:09.308+08:00Basta Run Against Torture VIII on June 26, 2014DEAR FRIENDS, Warmest greetings from the Medical Action Group (MAG)! The United Against Torture Coalition (UATC)- Philippines commemorates the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture every June 26, through BASTA! Run Against Torture (BRAT). BRAT is a symbolic call to various stakeholders to take concrete and effective steps to address the routine use of torture through theCAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-64418960530323098132014-05-14T17:37:00.002+08:002014-05-14T17:37:32.080+08:00[Petition] Appeal for President Aquino to release Juanito “Nitoy” Itaas<!--[if !mso]> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-44024888582019881362014-05-14T17:27:00.001+08:002014-05-14T17:27:59.599+08:00Empowering the Torture Victims is a key in Fighting Impunity <!--[if gte mso 9]> 1024x768 <![endif]--> UATC Support Statement on Amnesty International’s Global Campaign Against Torture 13 May 2014 Empowering the Torture Victims is a key in Fighting Impunity Torture is an affront to human life and dignity that cannot be justified under any circumstances in any parts of the world.&nbsp; The United Against Torture Coalition – CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-45100407313374716172014-02-04T12:13:00.002+08:002014-02-04T12:13:59.082+08:00“Wheel of torture” symbolizes culture of torture impunity in the Philippines<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-30512298521099554412014-01-31T16:09:00.000+08:002014-01-31T16:10:56.067+08:00Dismissal from service of torturers not enough, implement RA9745, convene the Oversight Committee-TFDPTask Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) Reaction to the alleged torture of inmates in a secret detention in Binan Laguna January 30, 2014 DISMISSAL FROM SERVICE OF TORTURERS NOT ENOUGH, IMPLEMENT RA9745, CONVENE THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Suspension and dismissal from service of the 10 suspected torturers are not enough. Cases should be filed against the alleged perpetrators under the CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-77747100235279002182014-01-31T16:05:00.000+08:002014-01-31T16:05:27.360+08:00PHILIPPINES: ‘Torture wheels’ is tip of the iceberg — Asian Human Rights CommissionPHILIPPINES: ‘Torture wheels’ is tip of the iceberg — Asian Human Rights Commission Photo by CHR The discovery of a ‘torture wheel’ “inside a private subdivision in Laguna,” which is under the control of intelligence officers in Biñan, Laguna, where detainees arrested for illegal drugs are tortured and held, drew outrage as to how the police conduct its investigation into crimes. The “CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-60828376477967652012014-01-29T16:10:00.000+08:002014-01-29T16:10:05.307+08:00e-sumbong ang mga paglabag sa karapatang pantao! <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-74916849029326404342014-01-29T11:59:00.001+08:002014-01-29T11:59:59.033+08:00Wheel of torture: 10 cops relieved - INQUIRER.netWheel of torture: 10 cops relieved 41 detainees maltreated at secret PNP facilityBy Cynthia D. Balana, Philippine Daily InquirerJanuary 29, 2014 Photo by CHR MANILA, Philippines — Ten Philippine National Police officers have been sacked following revelations they played a so-called “wheel of torture” game at a secret detention facility to extract information from criminal suspects and CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-73488590179118379222014-01-29T11:53:00.000+08:002014-01-29T11:53:50.834+08:00Sotto bill revives death penalty - IQUIRER.netSotto bill revives death penalty By Maila Ager, INQUIRER.net January 28, 2014 Photo file by INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—Alarmed&nbsp; by the&nbsp; influx of heinous crimes,&nbsp; Senator&nbsp; Vicente&nbsp; “Tito” Sotto&nbsp; III&nbsp; has sought the revival of Republic Act 7659 or the Death Penalty Law in the country through lethal injection. In filing Senate Bill 2080 known as “An CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-21049542278296752122014-01-28T18:04:00.000+08:002014-01-28T18:05:01.413+08:00Police torture chamber found in Laguna - INQUIRER.netPolice torture chamber found in Laguna MANILA, Philippines—A previously unlisted Philippine National Police&nbsp; detention facility in Laguna has been the venue for many instances of torture of its detainees, the Commission on Human Rights disclosed Friday. The CHR announced at a news conference it had recently caused the relief of a police official and nine other officers of the PNP CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-63282514726170102912013-11-04T22:29:00.001+08:002013-11-04T22:29:31.683+08:00Continuing Struggle for Endless Remembering -AFAD File photo by AFAD All Souls’ Day is a time to remember and pay our respects to our dearly departed loved ones by visiting their graves, lighting up candles on their tombs, offering them flowers and prayers and above all, reflecting on their memories. For the families whose loved ones were made to disappear by their own governments, remembering the disappeared is a painful and torturous CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-803427769347397722013-11-04T22:21:00.000+08:002013-11-04T22:21:41.461+08:00Paggunita sa kagitingan at sakripisyo ng mga biktima ng sapilitang pagwala -FIND Photo by FIND Ngayong ika-1 at ika-2 ng Nobyembre muli na namang gugunitain ng buong bansa ang mga yumao nating mahal sa buhay. Mapupuno na naman ang lahat ng sementeryo upang muling pagnilayan ang mga makabuluhang alaala at pamana ng mga yumao. Kasabay ng pagpupugay ay ang panalangin na sana ay nasa matahimik na silang kalagayan. Kakaiba ang undas sa mga pamilya ng biktima ng sapilitang CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-85364263559086029802013-10-22T12:12:00.000+08:002013-10-22T12:12:41.084+08:00[Urgent Appeal] Arrest and alleged torture of a 16-year old boy in Zamboanga City by members of the AFPURGENT APPEAL Dear Friends, Task Force Detainees of the Philippines, writes to inform you about an arrest and alleged torture of a 16-year old boy in Zamboanga City by members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on September 20, 2013. He is an alleged member of the Moro National Liberation Front. Case Details Mudzmer Abdulla, 16 years of age, was arrested along with seven other CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-70712238473728405722013-09-09T16:18:00.001+08:002013-09-09T16:19:39.876+08:00'Sekyu' jailed, tortured as 'rebel leader' says many more held on mistaken identity-InterAksyon.com'Sekyu' jailed, tortured as 'rebel leader' says many more held on mistaken identity By: Patricia B. Aquino, InterAksyon.com September 3, 2013 MANILA, Philippines. "Okay." This is how Rolly Mira Panesa, the security guard mistaken for a ranking officer of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and detained for almost 11 months at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City, is doing three days CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-13855146781635801752013-08-30T16:38:00.000+08:002013-08-30T16:38:49.247+08:00Families and Advocates Against Enforced Disappearance urge Asian governments to bring the Desaparecidos home -AFADPRESS RELEASE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE DISAPPEARED AUGUST 30, 2013 Families and Advocates Against Enforced Disappearance urge Asian governments to bring the Desaparecidos home On the occasion of the International Day of the Disappeared, the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) vows to make full use of Republic Act 10353, the Anti Enforced Disappearance Act of 2012 to CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-55324997206065119162013-08-30T16:29:00.000+08:002013-08-30T16:29:42.875+08:00Why is there no investigation into the torture of a rape suspect two months on? -AHRC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-157-2013&nbsp; August 29, 2013 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission PHILIPPINES: Why is there no investigation into the torture of a rape suspect two months on? On June 21, we reported that Alfredo Lim, the former Mayor of Manila, had tortured a rape suspect in full view of the public, while the senior police officers present did nothingCAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-13163796654563141112013-08-07T12:25:00.001+08:002013-08-07T12:25:59.479+08:00#FREEourDEFENDERS! Poster out soon <!--[if gte vml 1]> <![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->Government keeps denying the existence of political prisoners. We need to assert the truth! Join us in a call to #FREEOURDEFENDERS! Free all political prisoners! In previous statement, PNoy’s spokesperson Lacierda declared that ‘We have no political prisoners.’&nbsp; Then the CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-41307016721725562552013-06-27T13:29:00.001+08:002013-06-27T13:29:27.931+08:0026 June 2013: Torture must and can be eradicated not only in law-OMCT26 June 2013: Torture must and can be eradicated not only in law ‘Torture must and can be eradicated not only in law’ Geneva and Vienna, 26th of June 2013. The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), the principal global civil society coalition against torture, calls on the UN Day in Support of Victims of Torture to move from legal prohibition to real enforcement. Speaking at an event CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803306898338310238.post-20899300737071665922013-06-26T18:16:00.001+08:002013-06-26T18:17:36.635+08:00Make Philippines Torture Free Zone!-UATCMake Philippines Torture Free Zone! Photo by MAG On its seventh year, as it marks the June 26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, members of the United Against Torture Coalition (UATC)-Philippines and various anti-torture advocates runs in the “Basta! Run Against Torture 7” (BRAT VII) to call on the government to make the Philippines a Torture Free Zone. To make the CAT Alert!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12406868381208993865noreply@blogger.com0