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Surface sugar workers Alfred Manalo and Lloyd Descallar – Karapatan

Human rights alliance Karapatan called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to help in the efforts to locate, surface and ensure the safety of two volunteers from Sugarfolks Unity for Genuine Agricultural Reform (SUGAR)-Batangas who were reported abducted by unidentified armed men around 3:00 p.m. on March 26, 2023. Sugar workers Alfred Manalo and …

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Empty PH gov’t response to UN human rights review portends continued violations

Geneva, Switzerland – The Philippine government’s response to the numerous concerns of United Nations (UN) member states about the human rights situation in the country confirms that rights violations are likely to continue under the new Marcos Jr administration. In a plenary session, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) today (Monday, March 27) adopted the …

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Groups, victim to UN: No justice, no peace under Marcos Jr. government

Rights group Karapatan, local and international lawyers, and an abduction survivor belied assertions by Philippine government that the human rights situation in the Philippines has improved under the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration. In an oral statement at the ongoing 52nd Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva Switzerland, Karapatan secretary …

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UN expert urges passage of PH law defending human rights defenders; calls for the surfacing of land reform advocate Steve Abua

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor urged the Philippine government to legislate the Human Rights Defenders Protection Bill as a show of its commitment to human rights treaties and standards. In a side event at the ongoing 52nd Regular Season of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland …

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Help stop the killings, Filipino rights defenders appeal to the world

Ahead of the adoption of the recommendations made by United Nations (UN) member states during the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on the state of human rights in the Philippines last November 2022, Filipino human rights defenders from the Philippine UPR Watch again appealed for international support to put a stop to the extrajudicial killings …

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Church worker tells UN about continuing rights violations in the PH

A representative of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) told the United Nations (UN) of continuing human rights violations under the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government. Speaking at the general debates for Item 4 of the ongoing 52nd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, NCCP program secretary …

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