From Panay News (Aug 30, 2021): ‘Surface the disappeared’: Group bewails abductions of activists (By Glenda Tayona)
Militant group Karapatan-Panay calls for the surfacing of Maria Luisa Posa-Dominado (left) and Nilo Arado.
“Surface all victims of involuntary disappearances.”
This is what militant group Karapatan-Panay appeals as it marks the International Day of the Disappeared today.
They are particularly calling for the surfacing of Iloilo activists Maria Luisa Posa-Dominado and Nilo Arado who were missing for more than 14 years already.
On April 12, 2007 while travelling home from Antique, the two became “victims of enforced disappearance” in Barangay Cabanbanan, Oton, Iloilo.
Their family and friends have been looking for them all these years, including holding State forces liable, the group said.
“Enforced disappearance is a most cruel form of human rights violation. The victims, referred to as the desaparecidos, are literally put in the dark, deprived of any link to their loved ones, lawyers, ministers and others who could defend them from their attackers. Such violations are attributable to State forces that have the motive against dissenters and activists,” the group claimed.
Dominado was the spokesperson for Panay Island of the Samahan ng mga Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Selda) while Arado was the chairperson of Paghugpong sang mga Mangunguma sa Panay kag Guimaras (Pamanggas).
“The victims’ families are placed in intense emotional pain and endless grief, with lingering anxiety and helplessness about the situation of their loved ones, not knowing where to find them. From the anguished daughter of a victim, ‘It were better if they just killed my mother,’” they added.
https://www.panaynews.net/surface-the-disappeared-group-bewails-abductions-of-activists/
“Surface all victims of involuntary disappearances.”
This is what militant group Karapatan-Panay appeals as it marks the International Day of the Disappeared today.
They are particularly calling for the surfacing of Iloilo activists Maria Luisa Posa-Dominado and Nilo Arado who were missing for more than 14 years already.
On April 12, 2007 while travelling home from Antique, the two became “victims of enforced disappearance” in Barangay Cabanbanan, Oton, Iloilo.
Their family and friends have been looking for them all these years, including holding State forces liable, the group said.
“Enforced disappearance is a most cruel form of human rights violation. The victims, referred to as the desaparecidos, are literally put in the dark, deprived of any link to their loved ones, lawyers, ministers and others who could defend them from their attackers. Such violations are attributable to State forces that have the motive against dissenters and activists,” the group claimed.
Dominado was the spokesperson for Panay Island of the Samahan ng mga Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Selda) while Arado was the chairperson of Paghugpong sang mga Mangunguma sa Panay kag Guimaras (Pamanggas).
“The victims’ families are placed in intense emotional pain and endless grief, with lingering anxiety and helplessness about the situation of their loved ones, not knowing where to find them. From the anguished daughter of a victim, ‘It were better if they just killed my mother,’” they added.
https://www.panaynews.net/surface-the-disappeared-group-bewails-abductions-of-activists/
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