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Karapatan calls for the immediate pullout of all State military forces, led by the 3rd Mechanized Battalion, paramilitary troops, police, and company guards in Hacienda Luisita “for they are used by BS Aquino to defy Supreme Court decision and the Department of Agrarian Reform’s Notice of Coverage to redistribute the lands to the farmer-workers of …

Arrest of Hacienda Luisita workers a display of BS Aquino’s power trip Read More »

Human rights group Karapatan considers the $40 million US military aid pledged by US State Secretary John Kerry during his visit in the Philippines as “another hefty addition to the growing war chest of the Aquino and Obama administrations against the Filipino people and the people of Asia and the Pacific.”

"By all indications, BS Aquino and DILG Sec. Roxas would rather go after the small fish like the ‘martilyo gang’ that recently robbed a mall than to catch and punish butchers like Gen. Jovito Palparan or Pfc. Roderick dela Cruz, one of the suspected killers of Hacienda Luisita farm-worker leader, Ric Ramos, " said Karapatan …

After 3 years, Palparan’s arrest still nowhere near: Under Aquino, murderers and rights violators go free – Karapatan Read More »

Peace consultant Eduardo Sarmiento was sentenced to 20 to 40 years imprisonment by Judge Myra Bayot Quiambo of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 203, yesterday, December 11, onthe basis of trumped up criminal charge of illegal possession of firearms and explosives.

Oppressed people are angry people.  And even as the BS Aquino government take steps to contain this anger and gloss over the dismal human rights situation in the country, it cannot quell the rising discontent and distrust of the people. This was the main message at today’s rally to commemorate the International Human Rights Day …

On 2013 HR Day commemoration: Burning of “P-Noy the Destroyer” symbolizes people’s anger and discontent Read More »

As human rights groups and people’s organizations gear up for the commemoration of the International Human Rights day on December 10, the BS Aquino government opted to commemorate the event by going on a rampage, resulting to a series of extrajudicial killings committed by State forces, and in violation of human rights and international humanitarian …

Commemoration of the Int’l Human Rights Day marked by series of killings Read More »

The Filipino people commemorate the International Human Rights Day with rage and protests over the morose record of the US- Aquino regime’s gross human rights violations in the past three years.