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“You cannot escape accountability with another lie,” said Marie Hilao-Enriquez in reaction to Gen. Eduardo Oban’s statement that there is “no HR (human rights) violations this year.” AFP chief Gen. Eduardo Oban earlier said in a news report that Oplan Bayanihan, Aquino’s version of GMA’s Oplan Bantay Laya counter-insurgency program, is “working” because it abides …
Walang inang hindi maghahanap sa kanyang nawawalang anak. Kahit gaano man ito katagal o gaano man ito kahirap. Hindi mawawala sa puso ng inang tulad ko ang pag-asang mahahanap ko si Sherlyn at ang kasama niyang si Karen Empeño at makakamit namin ang katarungan.
A COMPLAINT supported by the human rights alliance KARAPATAN will be filed before the Department of Justice on the abduction, torture and rape of Sherlyn T. Cadapan and Karen E. Empeño, two University of the Philippines activists who have been missing since 2006. Erlinda T. Cadapan and Concepcion E. Empeño, mothers of Sherlyn and Karen …
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Karapatan FULLY SUPPORTS the filing today, April 4, 2011 of the first civil case against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and officials under her watch who violated the rights of the Morong 43 community health workers. This is just the beginning. The filing of the civil case does not foreclose nor preclude the filing of criminal …
“If we have seen the horrible gross, systematic rights violations during the Arroyo regime, we should brace ourselves for the continuation of these violations and the rule of IMPUNITY under the Aquino regime’s Oplan Bayanihan,” so warned Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Chairperson of the human rights alliance, KARAPATAN, commenting on the recent CHR resolution on the case …
THE human rights group KARAPATAN picketed the gates of the AFP Headquarters at Camp Aguinaldo to denounce the alarming spate of extra-judicial killings (EJK’s) by suspected state security forces.
The human rights alliance Karapatan denounced the latest extra-judicial killings by suspected state forces of BAYAN MUNA activist Rodel Estrellado of Barangay 3, Malilipot, Albay and B’laan tribal chief Rudy Dejos and his son Rody Rick Dejos of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. “These are despicable crimes that should be denounced by our people and the …
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AS THE NATION celebrates the victorious people’s uprising to oust the fascist dictatorship of Marcos in 1986, we in the human rights alliance of KARAPATAN reaffirm our commitment to defend and fight for the human rights of the Filipino people.
WITH the formal peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) about to resume this week, the human rights group KARAPATAN calls on the Aquino administration for the unconditional release of all political prisoners in the country.“This would be a gesture of goodwill on the part of the …
WITH THE SHOCKING death of former Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Angelo Reyes, the human rights group KARAPATAN commiserates and condoles with the family even as it expressed its regrets “that one uncovered trail of corruption within the AFP has been smeared by blood.” His death should bear on the conscience of the …
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