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“The Philippines government may have been slow in its response to typhoon Haiyan, but it has been extraordinarily quick in trying to put the blame on others,” said Rev. Canon Barry Naylor, Honorary Chair of the Campaign for Human Rights in the Philippines-United Kingdom.
"Nine years after the Hacienda Luisita Massacre, the struggle of the farm workers continues. The killings, human rights violations and deceit continue. There has been absolutely no justice attained under the BA Aquino administration," Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said. In November 16, 2004, thirteen Luisita farmworkers were massacred they were on strike, demanding decent …
Human rights organization Karapatan today said, “TheBS Aquino government’s so-called relief operation in calamity areas is equally disastrous as typhoon Yolanda. It’s been almost a week since the typhoon struck but people still cry for water, food, medicine and shelter. People who survived the typhoon are dying because of the government inability to respond to …
BS Aquino gov’t proves itself useless for the nth time Read More »
"The fact that the Court Appeals have ruled that Rolly Panesa is his person and not of Benjamin Mendoza, the Armed Forces of the Philippines has been proven to have lied about Panesa’s identity. The military is still lying in their defence to charges of torture, perjury and incriminatory machination," Cristina Palabay, secretary general of …
Military torturers of detained security guard are still lying through their teeth Read More »
“To grant the petition for bail of Eduardo Kapunan, Jr., accused in the Olalia-Alay-ay double murder case, citing that the evidence of guilt is not strong is a clear mockery of justice. The witnesses presented by the prosecution and their testimonies showed direct participation of the accused and the conspiracy of top military officials then …
Grant of bail to Kapunan: Decades of impunity from Cory Aquino to Noynoy Aquino Read More »
Karapatan, through its chairperson Marie Hilao-Enriquez, today called for the release of political prisoner Ramon Patriarca as she echoed Patriarca’s appeal for an immediate transfer to a civilian detention facility from the AFP Central Command Headquarters, Camp Lapulapu, Cebu City.
"The Burgos case is not on the track to justice. First, the brains of the abduction of Jonas Burgos was exonerated and Gen. Eduardo Año was even confirmed as Chief of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Now, while Maj. Harry Baliaga has a standing warrant of arrest against him, he …
Bail for Baliaga is a way to escape prosecution-Desaparecidos Read More »
“All along, the whitewashing of the massacre of anti-mining activist JuvyCapion and her two sons is the intent of the Armed Forces of the Philippines as they compromised the physical evidence and crime scene, and desecrated the remains of the victims to justify the massacre and the continuing military operations against the indigenous peoples defending …
Whitewash of Capion massacre a push for plunderers and murderers Read More »
September 19, 2013 Dear friends, As I approach my fifth year of unjust detention, I would like to once again appeal for your support to my call since January 2012 that I be immediately removed from solitary confinement and unconditionally transferred to a civilian facility. As it is now, I am the only one …
A letter of appeal from political prisoner Ramon Patriarca to Cebu Governor Davide Read More »
"The Capion siblings would have been playing together today, attending school or caring for their six month old baby, if only the massacre didn’t happen a year ago," Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan said.
