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Portraiture as Political Solidarity Three days before Pres. Benigno S. Aquino’s last State of the Nation Address, artists together with Karapatan, the End Impunity Alliance, and relatives of political prisoners opens an art exhibit entitled “PORTRAYAL: Faces For Freedom,” an exhibition of more than 50 paintings, digital art, and sketches of political prisoners in the …

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“A congresswoman who acted in concert with the Armed Forces of the Philippines prompted the brutal action of the police against the Lumad evacuees at the UCCP compound in Davao City,” said Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan.           

Rights groups led by Karapatan yesterday met with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in Quezon City to discuss the forced evacuation of peasants and indigenous people in the country, particularly in Mindanao where the combat operations of some 55 army battalions of the Armed Forces of the …

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Political prisoners kicked-off their SONA counterpoint activities yesterday at 12:00 noon through the simultaneous singing of “Bayan Ko” (My Country) in the various jails nationwide. As in previous activities conducted by political prisoners, other inmates joined to highlight the call to release all political prisoners and to improve jail conditions. Relatives and friends, and members …

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A few days before BS Aquino’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA), the International People’s Tribunal held in Washington, DC, found the Aquino regime guilty of violations of the Filipino people’s Civil and Political Rights, Economic and Socio-Cultural Rights; and Right to Self-Determination. The same guilty verdict was handed down to the US government, …

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The political prisoners situation—the inhuman jail condition and the trumped-up political charges lodged against them—will be among the cases the International Tribunal on the Philippines (IPT) will  tackle when it convenes on July 16-18 in Washington, DC.   

"We are enraged but not surprised that a butcher-like Gen. Eduardo Año should serve as army chief of a ruthless haciendero president in their bid to ‘crush communist insurgency by the end of 2016," Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said. "For a government that survives through the use of armed violence and disdains human rights, …

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“The curtailment of the right to travel and liberty of movement of former house representative Liza Maza shows how the US government transgresses on the basic rights and freedoms of individuals and groups, even those outside its territory,” said Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay in a press conference with Maza.     

“The release of political prisoners is an obligation of the BS Aquino government to the peace talks and not a precondition of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines," Karapatan Secretary General, Cristina Palabay said. "All these years, the statements of the Presidential adviser for the peace process Teresita ‘Ging’ Deles have been an impediment, …

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