FEATURISTIC:
Rodel. Cecille. Victor. Cynthia. Rommel. Noel. James. Fernando. Is your name one of them? Then you have a Tukayo who may be missing or has been tortured or even murdered. Tukayo is Filipino for the term that refers to someone who shares the same name as you. But they just don't share the same name, they share same human rights too.
As the whole world commemorates today, August 30, the International Day of the Disappeared, I would like to share with you the Human Rights Campaign Against Impunity dubbed as Tukayo. Organized by The Asia Foundation and its partners from the government, NGOs (non-government organizations) and the private sector, the campaign aims to create awareness about various human rights violations like extra judicial killings, torture and enforced disappearances. Through our "tukayos", the campaign brings to life the stories of the victims, and reminds us that they were real people who were unjustly murdered, tortured and made to disappear.
