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El Salvadoran peace activist Marta Benavides likened the killing of Italian priest Fausto Tentorio and the continuing impunity in the Philippines to the 1980 assassination of Archbishop Monsignor Oscar Romero in El Salvador. "It is the same thing that happened to all the martyrs in Latin America, the same thing that happened in El …
A prominent American human rights lawyer is calling on Filipinos to use human rights laws and conventions to force the Aquino government into reversing economic policies that adversely affect ordinary citizens, especially the poor. In her keynote speech before the International Conference on Human Rights and Peace (ICHRPP) at the Great Eastern Hotel in …
US lawyer calls for peace through respect of people’s economic rights Read More »
More than 250 peace advocates and human rights defenders from 25 countries gather tomorrow as the International Conference for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (ICHRPP) opens at 9 a.m. at the Great Eastern Hotel, Quezon City. The foreign delegates are also attending the People’s SONA on Monday, July 22 to cap the three-day …
Karapatan, through its chairperson Marie-Hilao Enriquez, raised alarm on the spate of arrests involving a former political prisoner and a farmer and the abduction and disappearance of another farmer and a tricycle driver in less than a week. “Will Pres. Aquino brag about these rights violations in his 4th State of the Nation Address?” Enriquez,said. …
Series of arrests and abduction precedes Aquino’s 4th SONA Read More »
The killing of two suspected members of the Ozamiz gang by their police escorts shows Philippine state security forces have not changed their martial law ways, the spokesperson of the International Conference for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (ICHRPP) said today. "The incident has tell tale signs of a rubout,” said Rep. …
Ozamiz gang incident shows “salvaging” still a practice among cops, soldiers Read More »
“The world is watching. This is a test for the Philippine republic on how to deal with the poor and marginalized and their needs. We are here to show our solidarity and to let you know that you are not alone,” was Rev. Stuart Lyster’s message to the representatives of the remaining 5,500 urban poor …
The family of Dutch missionary Willem Geertman who was a victim of extrajudicial killing last year in Angeles City, made strong exception to the statement of European Union (EU) ambassador Guy Ledoux last week lauding the Aquino government’s human rights record. Herman Geertman, brother of Willem and spokesperson of the Geertman family, said the …
A member of the Dutch Parliament representing the Socialist Party of the Netherlands has called for solidarity with Filipinos in their struggle to end human rights violations and impunity. Harry van Bommel of the Socialist Party of the Netherlands, the third biggest political party in the Dutch parliament in a strongly-worded statement, said that …
Aquino dashes hope for respect for human rights – Dutch Parliamentarian Read More »
“The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) should immediately stop the implementation of Oplan Bayanihan. The Aquino government is wasting the nation’s coffers in pursuing Oplan Bayanihan that has resulted in numerous human rights violations and continuing impunity.” Thus said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay, in reaction to the statement of AFP Chief of …
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"Defense by offense. This is a classic case of someone who is cornered and has nowhere to go, and there’s no other way but to punch one’s way out. Straight from the horse’s mouth, the Armed Forces of the Philippines finally confirmed that it considers Karapatan its enemy. By calling Karapatan its enemy, the AFP …
