'Rage' by Patricia Evangelista (A Story of Rape, Torture, and Murder by those who are supposed to protect us)
Got this via Kiri Dalena's Multiply post. Read the story of farmer Raymond Manalo who was abducted with his brother, then went through hell, and escaped to tell his story and the stories of others who were not so fortunate. Please forward it to as many people as possible so that everyone will know that horrors such as these are happening in our time, in our supposedly democratic country.
Also read Patricia Evangelista's related article The two-year rape of Raymond Manalo. For current developments read ABS-CBN News' Search for missing UP students, farmer may end in Bataan and Survivor revisits site where UP students abducted, then ASAP-Katipunan's post.
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decaparecidos
Submitted by Rom on December 3, 2008 - 3:51pm.
Hindi pa rin ako makapaniwala habang binabasa ko ang artikulong ito. parang bumabalik lahat--flashback ng mga nangyari noong kauupo pa lang ni Cory Aquino at ang unang yugto ng DPA sa hanay ng mga makabayang organisasyon. maraming kasama noong panahon na iyon ang nangawala at di na matagpuan.
pero kakaiba naman ito, dati kapag nawala ang isang aktibista malamang sa hindi patay na siya, inilibing sa isang tagong lugar, isang puntod na wala man lang tanda. ngayon inaalipin muna, pinapahirapan ng mahabang panahon, ginagahasa, winawasak ang pagkatao, at higit pa sa hayop ang turing--habang hinahayaang mamatay ng kusa sa pagpapahirap at pagdurusa, katawan, kaisipan at espiritu.
ano kayang klase ng tao ang kayang gumawa ng ganito kahayup na pagtrato sa kapwa? anong kabataan ang meron sila? na kaya nilang magpahirap sa nakataling babae--hubo't hubad habang ginagahasa ng karamihang sundalo sa harap mismo ng mga asawa nila?
abot-langit ang pagsigaw ng katarungan, may makakadinig kaya? napapansin kong lumalago ang hanay ng mga taong manhid na rin sa ganitong pangyayari. Isang dahilan kung bakit ang mga krimeng ganito ay patuloy pa ring nagaganap.
naaalala ko ang mga kasamang tumimbuwang sa pakikipaglaban at ilang mga nangawala na lamang na parang bula...
check out Black Orchid Part 2 on: www.blah-blahblogs.com
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Nanonood ako ng World
Submitted by noid on December 4, 2008 - 3:13pm.
Nanonood ako ng World Premiere ng dokumentaryong 'Signos' ni Mike de Leon sa IndieSine Robinsons Galleria noong Martes, at na-realize kong walang gaanong pagbabagong naganap mula nang mamatay si Ninoy at naganap ang EDSA Revolution -- ang censorship, human rights violation, at corruption ay umiiral pa rin. Kaya kailangang patuloy tayong mag-ingay at magtrabaho tungo sa pagbabago. Hindi tayo puwedeng maging manhid at walang pakialam kung gusto nating baguhin ang ating bansa.
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kabuluhan ng pagsusulat
Submitted by Rom on December 4, 2008 - 5:53pm.
matagal din akong namahinga sa pagkilos dahilan sa matinding bangayan sa kilusan. lalo atang pinalala nito ang sistemang umiiral. pero nakakapag bigay buhay na din ang mga iilang kabataang lumalaban pa rin at nagbubuwis ng buhay gaya ng dalawang UP student na nawawala.
Tama ka dun Dino, di na nga ito ang panahon ng pagsasawalang kibo. matagal-tagal na din akong nag iisip kung ano ng temang tatahakin ng pagsusulat ko ngayon, tula, maikling kwento, sanaysay etc. nagmamasid-masid ako sa trend dito sa site mo at napapansin ko na karamihan ay tungkol sa pag-ibig. wala pong masama diyan pero may mas malaking issue pala na dapat pagtuunan ng pagsusulat. at iyon ay ang malakihang paglabag sa karapatang pantao.
ngayon mas nakikita ko na ang tamang tunguhin ng pagsusulat ko, makapag-ambag man lang sa pagkalat ng impormasyon tungkol sa malawakan at matinding paglabag sa karapatang pantao.
salamat Dino sa artikulong ito sa site mo.
suggestion ko po sana may isang araw sa isang linggo na magkaroon ng panawagan sa mga manunulat dito na mag post ng artikulo, tula, sanaysay, kwento patungkol sa tampok na issue kagaya ng karapatang pantao, kahirapan, militarisasyon etc. isang araw ng pakikiisa sa sentimyentong bayan.
check out LUCIFER part 1 on: www.blah-blahblogs.com
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More
Submitted by noid on December 4, 2008 - 3:04pm.
More links:
http://www.bulatlat.com/2007/11/2-missing-students-tortured-raped-inside-military-camp
http://krguda.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/burnt-bones-yellow-slippers-prayers/
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There's a staging of a play
Submitted by noid on December 4, 2008 - 3:06pm.
There's a staging of a play Ang Mga Lorena, next week, at the UP Film Institute Cine Adarna, about the two missing women.
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Update: More links
More links:
Raymond Manalo seeks justice from the Omdusman (with photo of Manalo)
http://www.pcij.org/blog/?p=2725
LAWYER ASKS SC: Declare ‘torture’ camp a crime scene
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=167342
An excerpt:
By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:49am (Mla time) 10/20/2008
MANILA, Philippines—A lawyer for the families of two missing University of the Philippines activists has asked the Supreme Court to declare a former military encampment in Bataan—where anthropologists had found burned human bones—“a crime scene,” and to protect evidence of crime in the area from being tampered with.
In an urgent motion, lawyer Rex Fernandez cited what he said were attempts by unidentified people to break into the now abandoned area.
Fernandez filed the motion last week after a fact-finding team of human rights advocates visited Barangay Bliss in Limay, Bataan, and dug up what anthropologists in the group said were fragments of human bones and personal articles, like a yellow slipper, a shirt and a mattress.
He acted on behalf of the mothers Erlinda Cadapan and Concepcion Empeño, who have been searching for the past two years for their missing daughters, UP students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño. Their daughters’ companion, Manuel Meriño, has also been missing.
The lawyer asked the court to order the local government and the police of Limay to protect any evidence of crime in the area from “contamination, suppression and concealment.”