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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 …

Malacañang should account for rights violations instead of blaming victims Read More »

Karapatan condemned the arrest of Antonio Flores, 66, Secretary General of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the violent dispersal of the Manilakbayan contingent who held a picket yesterday at the residence of BS Aquino at Times St., Quezon City. Farmers from Hacienda Luisita and those from Southern Tagalog joined the Manilakbayan in the …

Karapatan to Malacañang: do not trivialize Mindanaoans’ demands with name-calling Read More »

As women activists the world over commemorate the International Day for Women Human Rights Defenders today, November 29, women’s rights group Tanggol Bayi today scored the BS Aquino administration as “a threat to the lives and rights of Filipinas, especially on the extent of rights violations against women human rights defenders in the Philippines.”  

“More than a week has passed since the Manilakbayan contingent arrived in Metro Manila yet BS Aquino chose to remain mum on the demands of the Mindanaoans and has instead, resorted to military attacks in the communities where the Manilakbayan contingent came from,” said Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay.   

Karapatan called anew for the immediate release of political detainee Miradel Torres who gave birth to a baby boy on November 19 at the Philippine General Hospital.  

"Not contented with Oplan Bayanihan’s killing spree in Mindanao, the BS Aquino government has “slapped” more than 200 individuals with trumped up criminal charges," Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said in front of the Justice Department. "The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Department of Justice should stop persecuting well-meaning individuals taking part in …

Manilakbayan, Karapatan “SLAPPs” back at DOJ, BS Aquino vs. trumped up charges Read More »

"The people in the pictures and the more than 300 Minadanaoans who are here in Metro Manila are proof that there is no peace in Mindanao," Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said holding the photo of Juvy Capion, a pregnant mother killed together with her two sons, Jordan and Janjan. Juvy is the wife of …

Karapatan joins Manilakbayan at Camp Aguinaldo to protest Aquino’s Oplan Bayanihan Read More »

They have come to tell their stories on how the Armed Forces of the Philippines sow terror in their communities. On the third day of the Manilakbayan contingent in Metro Manila, they already experienced how the Philippine National Police used force to drive them away and to protect the US Embassy.