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“Obviously, the AFP would not admit that it is in Talaingod, Davao del Norte for combat operations. It needs to cover up the abuses it has committed, especially the elements of the 68th IB-PA, against the Lumad schools, the teachers and pupils,” said Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay.
HLMX “The case of Hacienda Luisita reflects the hypocrisy of the Aquino government—all these talks about land reform, ‘kayo ang boss ko’ and righteous path. If there’s one thing that succinctly describes the government’s double talk, it’s Hacienda Luisita,” said Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay.
"Special treatment for someone responsible for 1,206 extrajudicial killings and 206 enforced disappearances is unacceptable," Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan said.
"The Lumad children from schools of indigenous peoples in Mindanao are confronting bullies who are stronger, bigger and more powerful—the soldiers encamped in their classrooms," Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said. Some 13 Manobo children whose schools were forced to close due to intense military operations in Talaingod, Davao del Norte today launched a …
On October 27, six armed men set on fire a corn sheller and a school at Kabulohan, Brgy. Buhisan, San Agustin, Surigao del Sur. The corn sheller was a donation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to the community. The men also set on fire a UNICEF tarpaulin with a sign, “All …
Killing, burning of school, drive Lumad to leave homes Read More »
From a “glimmer of hope to extreme disappointment, if not righteous indignation” is how human rights victims and their families, UCCP Bishops, human rights groups, artists and writers, and members of the academe described their feelings over the “slow progress of many human rights cases” handled by the Department of Justice under Sec. Leila de …
“We call on the Philippine Government to immediately release NDFP peace consultant Wilma Austria-Tiamzon on just and humanitarian grounds as the inhuman jail condition has worsened her health situation,” Cristina Palabay secretary general of Karapatan said.
“The brutal tradition of Gen. Palparan and his protégé, former 4th Infantry Division Major Gen. Ricardo Visaya, continues as units under the 4th ID rampages on communities of indigenous peoples in Surigao del Sur. The military operation resulted in the death of two Lumad and the disappearance of two others on October 24 and the …
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Karapatan express outrage over arrest of NGO worker in Aquino gov’t hitlist The attacks on development workers and activists, through what rights groups call a hitlist of the Aquino regime, continue when Dominiciano Muya, staff/agriculturist of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines in Northern Mindanao (RMP-NMR), was arrested on October 16 in Tagum City.
"We call on the BS Aquino government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) to immediately convene the GPH-NDFP Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) and immediately investigate the war crimes committed by the 41st Infantry Battalion during its military operation last Sept. 4 to 6," Karapatan secretary general, Cristina Palabay said.
