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Manilakbayan files complaint vs QCPD on Times St. dispersal

Peasant leader Antonio Flores, activists from Southern Tagalog, and delegates of the Manilakbayan ng Mindanao filed a complaint against officials and members of the Quezon City Police District in connection with the violent dispersal of protesters during the November 29 protest action in front of Pres. Benigno Aquino’s residence in Times Street, Quezon City. The …

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URGENT APPEAL FOR SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF TYPHOON RUBY

URGENT APPEAL FOR SUPPORT: KARAPATAN, SELDA, Desaparecidos, Tanggol Bayi, and Hustisya are calling on all concerned citizens in the Philippines and abroad for support for relief goods (food, clothes, blankets, medicines) for our kababayans, most especially women and children, affected by typhoon Ruby (Hagupit). Please bring your donations to Karapatan National Office, Erythrina Building, #Maaralin …

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UN Special Rapporteur on HR Defenders heeds Manilakbayan, HR defenders’ situation

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders (UNSR-HRD) Michel Forst expressed interest to renew his mandate’s request to the Philippine government for an official visit in the country to investigate reports of rights violations against human rights defenders. Forst is in the country as keynote speaker in a gathering of human …

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Karapatan backs Manilakbayan’s filing of charges vs. police in Times St. dispersal

"Karapatan supports the move of the Manilakbayan ng Mindanao to file charges against members of the Philippine National Police led by P/ Supt. Pedro Sanchez of Police Station 2 of Quezon City for the violent dispersal of the protestors at Times St., Quezon City on November 29,” Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said.   

Govt spends people’s money to jail activists on false criminal charges

Countdown to International Human Rights Day “For 2014 alone, the government gave away at least PhP 51.2 million of people’s money to so-called informers that led to the arrest of perceived ‘enemies of the state’ falsely charged with criminal offenses and are now languishing in jail. Who these “informers” were, only the government knows,” said …

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Malacañang should account for rights violations instead of blaming victims

Countdown to International Human Rights Day   Malacañang called the November 29 protest action of the Manilakbayan contingent at Times St., Quezon City “vandalism masquerading as legitimate protest”. “It is a logical reaction from a regime that looks at governance as a game of masquerade instead of looking into and addressing the roots of people’s …

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