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Security guard Rolly Panesa today filed a petition for partial review in response to the Department of Justice’s resolution absolving high ranking officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police from any accountability and responsibility in the crime they were charged with. Panesa’s petition for partial review was filed on …

DOJ drops high ranking AFP, PNP officials and fake witnesses from torture complaint Read More »

"We see a repeat of Andrea Rosal in this case, thus we demand the immediate release of Maria Miradel Torres, three months pregnant, arrested without warrant by the joint elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and Southern Luzon Command in Brgy. Ilayang Iyam, Lucena City, Quezon Province,” said Karapatan Chairperson Marie Hilao-Enriquez. 

Karapatan lambasts the defense in the Cadapan-Empeño case for consistently delaying the proceedings since the case was filed in 2011. Today’s hearing was supposed to be the last presentation of the defense’s witnesses, but RTC branch 14 Judge Teodora Gonzales of Malolos Bulacan allowed another date for the defense to present their witnesses for the“last …

Court grants military in Cadapan-Empeño case another trial date despite lack of witnesses, series of postponements Read More »

Loida Magpatoc, one of the 15 detained peace consultants of the National Democratic Front, ignored the punishment meted out against her by the Disciplinary Board of the Taguig City Jail-Female Dorm, Camp Bagong Diwa.  Magpatoc was punished because of the complaints she raised on the condition of prisoners at the female dorm, deemed by the …

Detained NDFP peace consultants complain vs. repressive measures in jail Read More »

Karapatan supports the move of the Rosal family in filing contempt charges against Jail Senior Inspector Dr. Jaime A. Claveria Jr., Jail Senior Inspector Atty. Crisyrel P. Awe, Jail Senior Inspector Ellen B. Barriosof the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP).

For the third time, torture victims Raymond Manalo and Oscar Leuterio asked the Ombudsman to resolve the case of kidnapping, arbitrary detention, torture, physical injuries, threat and involuntary servitude and violation of RA 7438 (Rights of Persons Arrested, Detained or under Custodial Investigation) against their military torturers. 

"With BS Aquino’s 743 more days in office,  and his Oplan Bayanihan ends with his term, we ask: how many more will be killed? Bodies of Aquino’s victims are piling up. Yet, Aquino has not owned up to his accountability," Karapatan Chairperson Marie Hilao-Enriquez said. “In all his years in power, Aquino has treaded the …

BS Aquino acquiesces to impunity as Oplan Bayanihan nears deadline Read More »

"The BS government must first cease and desist from its double-standard treatment of NDFP peace consultants, other political as well as petty common crime prisoners, to inhumane prisons to make way for a red carpet jail for senator criminals and other plunderers, " Karapatan chairperson Marie Hilao-Enriquez said on today’s hearing on Benito Tiamzon, Wilma …

Manila RTC denied CIDG request to transfer Tiamzon couple out of Crame Read More »