February, 2012
Political Prisoner Complains of Censorship
Submitted on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 13:00
In a complaint letter sent to the National Democratic Front peace panel, Office of the Presidential Assistant to the Peace Process (OPAPP), Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and Sec. Jesse Robredo of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), political prisoner and NDFP peace consultant Alan Jazmines complained of confiscation of the typewriters used by the peace consultants detained at the PNP Custodial Center, Camp Crame.
From defenders to victims: the plight HRDs in the Philippines amidst continuing impunity
submitted on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 13:00(Paper presented by Atty. Edre U. Olalia, Secretary General of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) and Cristina E. Palabay, Spokesperson of Karapatan, at the Conference on Defending Human Rights Defenders in London, 24 February 2012, organized by the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, Amnesty International UK and the European Association of Lawyers for Human Rights and Democracy.)
Karapatan submission to the Universal Periodic Review May 2012
submitted on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 16:17
KARAPATAN, in consultation with its member organizations and other
related organizations, is submitting this report on the state of human rights
in the country with recommendations to the OHCHR for the 13th session of the
UPR in the UN Human Rights Council in May-June 2012.
In an int’l rights conference in London: IMPUNITY AND TERROR CONTINUE UNDER PNOY
Submitted on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 12:46
“There has been no let-up in the terror and violence especially against human rights defenders under the administration of Noynoy Aquino. Impunity persists because Aquino, despite all his rhetoric on human rights, has been passive in making former Pres. Arroyo and her top generals accountable for rights violations, perhaps because his administration promotes the same brand of terror and violence on the ground.”
Justice, in gridlock on P-Noy’s righteous path
Submitted on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 13:00
“We want Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in jail. It’s been almost three months since GMA was issued a warrant of arrest yet she remains free and in an air-conditioned hospital room. This is injustice and not what Mike Arroyo claims,” said Marie Hilao-Enriquez, chairperson of Karapatan. Hilao-Enriquez reacted to Mike Arroyo’s “surreal” statement at the Pasay RTC during GMA’s arraignment today that the “case of electoral sabotage against GMA is injustice.”
Karapatan welcomes PEPP’s offer to be guarantors for the release of JASIG-protected detainees
Submitted on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 13:29“With the recent offer of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) to be guarantors for the release of political detainees who are covered by the Joint Agreement for the Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG), we see no reason why the Aquino government should further delay the release of the 12 NDFP consultants and immediately resume the peace talks,” said Marie Hilao-Enriquez, chairperson of Karapatan.
Military atrocities akin to GMA’s continue under P-Noy
Submitted on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 13:00
Reacting to the statement of GPH chief peace negotiator Alexander A. Padilla that “every act of violence will affect peace talks” and so the NDFP must “lay down arms,“ Karapatan today called the government’s attention saying that it is its acts of violence through Oplan Bayanihan that terrorize and violate the human dignity of the population.
