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Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Southern Tagalog

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(Southern Tagalog Organization People's Network Against Poverty, Curruption and Attack to People's Rights)
STOP NA! Poverty
STOP NA! Curruption
STOP NA! Attack to People's Rights

DATE:
February 25, 2008 1:30 - 4:30 pm

Venue:
Gabaldon Hall, Central 1 Elementary School, Calamba City Laguna

5:00pm-7:00pm - Protesta sa Crossing Calamba na lalalahukan ng ibat ibang grupo at organisasyon

Para sa dadag na impormasyon makipag ugnayan kay Kakay 09294977189

February 3, 2008
Press Release

LAKBAYAN Participants Continuously Experience Military Harassments

730th CGPAF continuously sow military atrocities on civilian communities in Batangas, in Hacienda Looc and Brgy. Natipuan, Nasugbu, major peasant areas who attended the LAKBAYAN last January 16-22.

Upon declaration of the Presidential Executive Order 647 subjecting 21 barangays of Nasugbu to national eco-tourism project, intensive military operations are being conducted by battalion sizes of military that has been deployed in the affected areas.

In Brgy. Calayo, as part of Nasugbu-Ternate Eco-tourist Road Project, military checkpoints were set-up. People are being stopped, interrogated and harassed. The militaries would not allow any civilian to enter the said barangay. According to the data gathered by KARAPATAN volunteers, Mrs. Coche Polagan, a principal of Brgy. Looc Elementary School was even made to kneel down together with his husband, Narsing Polagan during one of the checkpoints entering Brgy. Calayo.

“They are using military pursuit operations to conceal the real issue of land grabbing on Nasugbu farmers. They are now resorting to harassments, interrogation and enforced evacuation to ensure the implementation of the project,’ said Dina Capetillo, Chairperson of KARAPATAN-Batangas.

According to Romy Cayao, Chairperson of SAMBAT (Samahan Ng Magbubukid ng Batangas), the militaries even burned down just this afternoon the shanty of Sopreno Cabral, after destroying the houses of Florence Reyes and Toribio Reyes. There were also cases of economic sabotage where the militaries confiscated sacks of rice from the civilians.

“These military officers must be made responsible for the human rights violations they have committed to innocent civilians. As of now, 25 families are forced to leave their houses, some of which are already in our custody,” added Capetillo.

Tomorrow, February 4, together with KARAPATAN-Batangas and the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Nasugbu, the victims will have a dialogue with Mayor Antonio Barcelon to demand the pull-out of the militaries in the area and to stop the eco-tourism project that have caused series of human rights violations and displacement of farmers in Nasugbu.


Contact Person: Dina Capetillo (0921.251.7997)
Chairperson
KARAPATAN Batangas

LAKBAYAN PARA SA LUPA, PAGKAIN AT HUSTISYANG PANLIPUNAN

Lakbaya ng Mamamyan para sa Lupa, Pagkain at Hustisang Panlipunan!

Enero 16
(1st Wing) Barangay Sagbat, Nasugbo Batangas ang kitaan ng mga magsasakang lalahok sa lakbayan maglalakad patungong Cavite, magsasagawa ng programa sa Don Pedro de Asucarera at sa kampo ng Philippine Air Force sa barangay Palico Nasugbo pagkatapos lakad patungong Tagaytay, sasalubungin ng magsasaka mula sa Cavite at dito narin magpapalipas ng gabi.

Enero 17
Bago ang paglalakad magsasagawa muna ng programa sa Olivarez Tagaytay ang mga maglalakbay, pagkatapos patungo ng Dasmarinas at dito na matutulog.

Enero 18
Mula Dasmarinas maglalakad patungong Bacoor dito magsasagawa ng programa at dito narin magpapalipas ng gabi.

Enero 19
(2nd Wing) Crossing Calamba dito magkita kita ang magsasakang nagmula sa lalawigan ng Laguna at Quezon at magkakaraban patungong Alabang at mula dito ay maglalakad patungong Paranque City sa Zapote magtatagpo ang 1st Wing at 2nd Wing mula dito martsa patungong Baclaran Church ang mga magsasakang mula sa Rizal ay magkakaraban patungong Baclaran.

Enero 20
Mula sa Baclaran ay magmamartsa patungong Ninoy Aquino Monument sa Lungsod ng Makati pagkatapos ng programa at martsa patungong Edsa Shrine sa Lungsod ng Mandaluyong magsasagawa ng maikling programa bilang paggunita ng anibersaryo ng Edsa 2 pagkatapos patungong Camp Aguinaldo at tuloy sa DAR dito matutulog.

Enero 21
Protesta sa DOJ at National Housing Authority at sa hapun ang salubungan ng iba pang magsasaka mula sa Central Luzon at iba pang rehiyon.

Enero 22
Martsa patungong Mendiola mula sa DAR

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Para sa inyong katanungan makipag-ugnayan kay # Arman 09217104858

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Southern Tagalog

Ang Tunay na Diwa ng Pasko

Ang araw ng kapaskuhan ay puno dapat ng pagmamahalan, pagdadamayan, pagmamalasakitan at paggalang sa karapatang pantao, kahit hindi sa araw ng pasko dapat mangyari ito. Subalit kami ay hindi nakaranas nito sa kasalukuyang administrasyon sa halip na madama namin ang ang ispirito ng pasko ay pait ng kalooban bunga ng ginawang paglabag sa aming karapatang tao. Magkaganoon man hindi kami panghihinaan ng loob para hanapin ang hustisya at magkaroon ng tunay na kalayaan at demokrasya.

Maraming maraming salamat sa inyong tulong at pang-unawa nawa'y walang sawa kayong tumulong sa tulad namin.

Maligayang Pasko at Mapayapang Bagong Taon sa Inyong lahat!

Para sa Bayan!
Bayan ST
Karapatan ST
Tanggol Karapatan
Karapatan Quezon
Biktima ST

Paskuhan ng mga Biktima ng Militar sa Timog Katagalugan

ATTENTION: NEWSDESKS AND PHOTO SECTIONS


“LUGAWAN SA KANLUNGAN”

PASKUHAN NG MGA INTERNAL REFUGEES
PRESSCON @ 10:00 AM

Saksihan ang pagdiriwang ng kapaskuhan
ng mga biktima ng sapilitang paglikas mula sa Quezon
sa kabila ng karahasan at kahirapan na kanilang nararanasan.


SAKSIHAN!

HARANA ng mga BATANG KANLUNGAN
PRESENTASYON ng mga SUMUSUPORTANG ORGANISASYON
MENSAHE ng INTERNAL REFUGEES mula sa Quezon

Sa isang sabsaban ay ihahatid ng mga batang kanlungan ang kanilang mga kahilingan ngayong Pasko.

MALUGOD NAMING INAANYAYAHAN ANG LAHAT NG MGA KAPATID SA MEDIA SA GAWAING ITO!
MARAMING SALAMAT PO!

MALIGAYANG PASKO SA ATING LAHAT!

For details, pls. contact Jane @ 09196406290/arman 09217104859

Internal Refugees o mga Bakwet

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Southern Tagalog

MGA BAKWET MULA SA LALAWIGAN NG QUEZON

Umaabot sa 7 na pamilya mula sa iba't ibang munisipalidad sa lalawigan Quezon ang lumikas dahil sa pang-aabusong militar sa nasabing lugar. Sila ngayon ay naka-kanlong sa isang simbahan sa National Capital Region. Sa kapaskuhan ito wala sila sa kanilang mga lugar natigil ang mga bata sa pag-aaral at iniwanan ang kanilang kinabubuhay para makaiwas sa pag-mamalupit ng mga militar. Inaasahang darami pa ang mga bakwet o internal refugees kapag ipinapatuloy ng gobyerno ang kanyang panunupil at hinahayaan ang militar sa kanilang pang-aabuso.

Nananawagan po kami ng inyong kakayaning suportang, moral at pinasyal para sa pangangailangan pang araw-araw.
Kung nais nyo pong tumulong makipag-ugnayan kay Arman sa 0927104859

Relatives of victims of human rights violations

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Southern Tagalog

PRESS RELEASE Reference: Dorris Cuario
December 11, 2007 Secretary General

Relatives of victims of human rights violations
seek Supreme Court action to human rights abuses

A day after the International Human Rights Day, family members of slain human rights leader Eden Marcellana and the internal refugees from Quezon continued to call for the respect of human rights today, on the 33^rd birthday of Eden. Together with militant groups from Southern Tagalog, they offered roses to Supreme Court justices to heed their intervention in the human rights violations taking place in their province and the entire Southern Tagalog.

Ka Eden, former Karapatan-Southern Tagalog secretary general, was killed by alleged military men in April 2003 while on a fact-finding mission in Mindoro Oriental. The fallen leader’s hometown and province, Quezon, is the target of full operation of Oplan Bantay Laya II.

The relatives and IRs appealed for the SC’s action to put a stop on the rampant militarization in their province. They called on the SC to widen its role in solving all filed cases under the Writ of Amparo that would favor the victims of military abuses.

“The role of the Supreme Court is essential for the resolve of political cases. We call on the Supreme Court judges specially Chief Justice Reynato Puno to please help us in our fight against military atrocities done through the intensive and systematic military operations under Oplan Bantay Laya II,” Doris Cuario, Secretary General of KARAPATAN – Southern Tagalog, said.

Afterwards, the protesters proceeded to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to condemn the inutility of the said department in solving the thousands of human rights violations in the region. The DOJ dismissed the case of Ka Eden September last year.

Karapatan-ST has already documented 3,028 cases of human rights violations, 163 victims of extrajudicial killings, 32 desaparecidos, and 35 political prisoners from January 2001 to November 2007.

“The ineffectivity of this regime to give justice to the victims of human rights violations is worsened by putting top human rights violators in the most crucial positions is a sign that it is not serious in giving justice for the human rights violations victims,” Arman Albarillo, Secretary General of Bayan – ST, said.

“We urge all civil libertarians to be one with the internal refugees of Quezon and the rest of the Southern Tagalog people who have always been the target of the military under their counter-insurgency plan. We call on all sectors and agencies who support and uphold human rights to please be with us in our continued fight against all forms of political repression and militarization,” Cuario said.

At 6:00 PM, thirteen women human rights workers and leaders were awarded the Gawad Eden Marcellana at the St. Scholastica’s College.
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For more details, please contact Christine @ 09286846917 —