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Manobo activist disappeared while with Consunji company guards, feared dead

An officer of organization Kisasabanay Dulangan Manobo (KIDUMA) was invited inside the Consunji compound in Brgy. Sabanal, Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat, and never came out. "We demand from the BS Aquino government to immediately surface John Calaba and hold members of the paramilitary group SCAA (Special Civilian Armed Auxiliary) accountable for his disappearance," Lorena Santos, secretary …

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Probe Miradel Torres’ case, Karapatan asks UN Sub-comm on Prevention of Torture

Karapatan welcomed the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (UN SPT) scheduled country visit to the Philippines on May 25 to June 3, 2015. Karapatan also urged the UN SPT delegation to visit and look into the conditions of political prisoners, especially Miradel Torres, a breastfeeding mother of a five-month-old baby detained at the …

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Court denies mother’s plea for release

"While the whole world celebrated Mother’s Day, a mother in jail, Miradel Torres, dreads the day she and her more than five-month old baby Karl will be separated," Karapatan secretary general, Cristina Palabay said. That day will most probably come when this little boy turns exactly six months on May 19. Torres, a political prisoner …

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Stop absolving human rights violators, Karapatan tells DOJ

“The government should stop the practice of freeing high-ranking military officials from accountability just because they are well-placed in the bureaucracy,” said Cristina Palabay, Karapatan Secretary General.

73rd IB-PA goes on rampage, tortures members of Blaan tribe

Elements of the 73rd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) operating in Sarangani province intensified military operations, under Oplan Bayanihan, victimizing members of the Blaan tribe. “The unit is under the 10th “Agila” Division of Gen. Eduardo Año. It is no wonder we see Palparan’s torture style imprinted on the documented cases of human …

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Suspension of Mary Jane’s execution, a product of people’s action

“The reprieve for Mary Jane Veloso is a show of the power of the collective action of the Filipino people and the international community. Indeed, a people united will never be defeated,” said Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan. “BS Aquino has no moral authority to claim this victory as his. We maintain that the …

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STOP the Execution of Mary Jane Veloso!

-int’l rights groups, individuals from various countries International human rights and women’s rights groups today threw their support for the call of Philippine human rights groups to stop the execution of Filipina human trafficking victim Mary Jane Veloso in Indonesia. “We, human rights advocates, women human rights defenders and concerned people of different nations, add …

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Aquino liable for non-compliance with UNHRC views on Marcellana-Gumanoy murder

“On the 12th year of the killing of our beloved fellow human rights worker Eden Marcellana and Eddie Gumanoy, a staunch defender of peasants’ right to land, Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights holds the US-Aquino government accountable for the continuing injustice suffered by the Marcellana and Gumanoy families,” said Cristina Palabay, secretary …

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Lumad leader faces another trumped-up criminal charge

Mindanao indigenous leader Jomorito Goaynon faces another trumped-up criminal case for the murder of his cousin Dorlito Goaynon dela Mance on March 28, 2015. Goaynon, Chairperson of Kalumbay, a regional organization of Lumad in Northern Mindanao, was named in a complaint filed by Jenita dela Mance, Dorlito’s wife, at the Malaybalay City police …

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One of two kidnapping cases against Tiamzons dismissed

One of the two kidnapping charges against peace consultants Benito Tiamzon and Wilma Austria Tiamzon was dismissed yesterday by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 81. Sgt. John Jacob, complainant-witness in one of the cases, failed to appear in court at yesterday’s pre-trial hearing, which resulted to the dismissal of one of the charges. …

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