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61-year-old journo arrested in Mindanao, 65-year old peasant leader killed in Negros as spate of attacks continue
Submitted on Mon, 06/10/2019 - 11:38
“The elderly are not exempt from the spate of attacks under the Duterte regime. Just this weekend, 61-year-old Margarita Valle was arrested by police operatives while at an airport in Cagayan de Oro, while 65-year-old Felipe Dacal-Dacal was gunned down within the vicinity of his own residence in Negros Occidental. Both have been active in their respective advocacies – Valle as a journalist and development worker and Dacal-Dacal as a peasant leader who fought for free land distribution and genuine agrarian reform.
Karapatan challenges the Duterte gov’t to allow UN independent investigation on rights violations
Submitted on Sat, 06/08/2019 - 12:53
Karapatan welcomed the statement of eleven United Nations human rights experts on the need for the United Nations Human Rights Council to conduct an independent investigation into the human rights situation in the Philippines.
Karapatan renews call for release of peace consultant Fr. Frank Fernandez, 2 others on just and humanitarian grounds
Submitted on Wed, 06/05/2019 - 10:18
Two months after the illegal arrest of peace consultant and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) - Negros spokesperson Fr.
Karapatan protests the appointment of former colonel Allen Capuyan as NCIP Chair
Submitted on Wed, 06/05/2019 - 10:08
On May 27, 2019, former colonel Allen Capuyan was appointed as the Chairperson of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). He has been primarily involved in intelligence work, serving as Intelligence Service Unit chief in Davao from 1997 to 2000 and chief of operations of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) thereafter.
Karapatan lauds passing of Human Rights Defenders Bill on third and final reading, calls for an end to attacks vs HRDs
Submitted on Tue, 06/04/2019 - 09:33
On June 3, 2019, the House of Representatives passed House Bill 9199, or the Human Rights Defenders Bill, on its third and final reading.
