Ang mamatay ng dahil sa iyo…1
A Nationwide University Roadshow on Extra Legal Killings
and Enforced Disappearances
To raise public awareness on the issue of enforced disappearances and
extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, the Asian Federation Against
Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) joins the Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC),
as one of its partners in the nationwide university roadshow from August
2010 to January 2011. Under the theme, “Ang Mamatay ng Dahil Sa Iyo1,”
the project aims to inform university students about the reality of this
form of human rights violations in the country and orient them about the
available international mechanisms and domestic laws and policies that
protect individuals from enforced disappearances and extrajudicial
killings.
Together with the AHRC, AFAD visits 10 universities. In Luzon: Angeles
University (Pampanga); Adamson University (Manila) and Western
Philippine University (Palawan - Aborlan, Busuanga , Culion, and Puerto
Prinsesa Campuses). In the Visayas: San Augustin University (Iloilo
City); St. Paul University (Dumaguete City), Silliman University (Dumaguete
City); and St.Thomas Aquinas College (Sogod, Leyte). The team
prioritized areas where enforced disappearances and extrajudicial
killings are prevalent. Apart from the joint efforts of these
institutions, AFAD also takes the effort to organize its own roadshows
in the University of Baguio, University of the Cordilleras (Baguio
City), and Bel-Air School (Laguna). It is part of AFAD’s mission to
educate the younger generation to build a sustainable line of defense
against human rights violations, as it strives to work for a WORLD
WITHOUT DESAPARECIDOS.
Note:
1 To die because of thee.