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Groups score PH rights report to UN: All rhetoric, no real gains

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:06:13 -0400

On May 29 this year, the Philippine government’s human rights record will come under scrutiny by member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council. While the Philippine government paints a picture of an improved human rights situation in the country, Philippine human rights groups are saying otherwise.

AFP’s zero rights violations a big fat LIE

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:17:11 -0400

Peasants forced to evacuate as military bombings strike anew in Agusan del Sur

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Initial reports from Karapatan-Southern Mindanao region said that more than 80 families from Sitio 33, Bgy. New Visayas in Trento, Agusan del Sur forcibly evacuated on May 7 due to bombings and intense military operations by soldiers from the 25th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army.

The evacuees are now temporarily housed in New Visayas barangay hall and in the Pulang Lupa multi-purpose center, while some 20 families were prevented by the military from leaving the community.

No improvement of GPH human rights record under Noynoy

admin — Sat, 05 May 2012 03:59:44 -0400

Human rights group Karapatan today belied the statement of Dept. of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Albert del Rosario who said that the “significant decline of extrajudicial killings in the country,” is the result of the actions taken by the Philippine government “to improve the human rights situation in the country.”

Karapatan to AFP: You may fool the US govt but not the Filipino people

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:50:47 -0400

Karapatan chairperson Marie Hilao-Enriquez today chided the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) saying that, “in its bid to get additional military support from the US government, the AFP shamelessly resorts to spinning yarn by claiming that ‘human rights violators in the AFP have been punished.”

Torture, criminal raps vs GMA, PNP, AFP officials filed

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 04:55:15 -0400

Rights group warns vs whitewash on violent demolition in Silverio:BERNABE, PNP ACCOUNTABLE FOR DEATH, PHYSICAL INJURIES, ARRESTS

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 00:34:01 -0400

At least 18 bystanders were picked up and arrested, some 22 persons were wounded including 10 who suffered gunshot wounds, and one person killed. These are some of the cases that were initially documented during the April 27 fact-finding mission at the Silverio Compound in Paranaque City. The fact-finding mission was conducted jointly by Karapatan and its National Capital Region chapter, National Union of People’s Lawyers, Health Action for Human Rights, and various church institutions and organizations after the violent demolition which occurred in the area last April 23.

Bakwit communities demand: We want to return home to our land

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:27:31 -0400

Police brutality and military terror trademark of P-Noy's Oplan Bayanihan

admin — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:02:08 -0400

Genasque Enriquez, a Manobo leader from Surigao del Sur, expressed sympathy with the urban poor victims of police brutality in yesterday’s demolition at the Silverio Compound in Sucat, Paranaque. Genasque Enriquez spoke in a press conference on behalf of the 130 bakwet or internal refugees and other delegates to the conference on Internally Displaced People held in Quezon City. The bakwet find strong affinity with the residents of Silverio compound as they likened the urban poor situation to the situation of the bakwet.

Massacre, violent demolition in Silverio condemned; Rights Groups to PNoy: Make Bernabe, PNP, Henry Sy accountable

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:29:53 -0400

The End Impunity Alliance, Promotion for Church People’s Response, and Karapatan vehemently condemned the massacre and violent demolition of residents of Silverio Compound in Paranaque City this morning, as the 23,000 population of the said area defended their legitimate right to housing against the so-called “development plans” of the local government and SM mogul Henry Sy.