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Political prisoner Eduardo Serrano testified yesterday at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 97 to refute the false charges of kidnapping for ransom case filed against him. Serrano is the last witness slated to testify before the court finally resolves the case.  Eduardo Serrano is among the 14 peace consultants of the National Democratic …

10 years in jail on trumped up charges is too much, free Eduardo Serrano now! Read More »

"Try harder in defending your human rights record, Pres. Aquino,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay, “because the people know the real score of the human rights situation in the country under your regime. And, with the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement now signed, the human rights situation is bound to get worse before it gets …

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“With the aim to dissipate people’s anger around the world, the master war-monger US President Barack Obama and his puppet Philippine President Benigno Aquino desperately attempts to place out of sight its war agenda by using the all-too-familiar shroud of“anti-corruption, pro-peace and human rights” slogans. The catch phrases, the two expect, would lend a veneer …

Obama-Aquino war agenda hides behind peace and human rights issues Read More »

Dapat papanagutin ang gubyernong B.S. Aquino sa 1,300 na kasong paglabag sa Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) laban sa Talaingod-Pantaron Manobo sa Davao del Norte. Maaari pang lumobo ang kasong paglabag sa 2,300 kapag na beripika ang dokumentasyon ng munisipyong Talaingod sa bilang ng mga bakwit na Talaingod-Pantaron …

Pahayag ng mga bilanggong pulitikal na sina Benito Tiamzon at Wilma Austria sa Talaingod-Pantaron Manobo ng Davao del Norte Read More »

"The visit of US Pres. Barack Obama to the Philippines, especially to address and hobnob with the Philippine military, is a reaffirmation of support for the Aquino government’s gross human rights violations,” Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said days before the US president sets foot on Philippine soil for a state visit. "Through its increasing …

Obama’s visit a pat on the back on Aquino’s HRVs Read More »

  “The GPH cannot escape the fact that the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG) is operative and JASIG-protected persons are immune from arrests, including recently arrested NDFP consultant Wilma Austria Tiamzon,” declared Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan.   

"Don’t turn the table around. The Talaingod mayor is guilty of neglecting his constituents to cover up military abuses in the Ata-Manobo community,” said Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general in reaction Mayor Basilio Libayao’s threat to file charges against community organizers who ‘influenced’ the Manobo communities of Brgy. Palma Gil, Talaingod town, Davao del Norte …

Talaingod mayor covers up military atrocities, should be charged with neglect of Ata-Manobo Read More »

Karapatan today expressed support for Atty. Catherine Dannug Salucon as she files petitions for writ of amparo and writ of habeas data at the Court of Appeals for the continuous harassment and surveillance by members of the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines, specifically Philippine Army and the Intelligence Service of the …

Karapatan supports rights lawyer vs AFP, PNP harassment and surveillance Read More »