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No justice for peace consultant Randy Echanis, other EJK victims under Duterte

Today marks the fourth anniversary of the brutal killing of National Democratic Front of the Philippines consultant and agrarian reform advocate Randall Echanis. At the time of his killing, Ka Randall, 72, also chaired the Anakpawis partylist group. Ka Randall was killed while recovering from an illness in his rented apartment in Novaliches, Quezon City. …

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KARAPATAN condemns illegal, arbitrary arrests of activists, civilians in Southern Tagalog

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is on a renewed rampage of arresting activists and civilians from Southern Tagalog and accusing them of being members of the New People’s Army (NPA). Peasant and women’s rights activist Fatima Banjawan, a member of Gabriela-Southern Tagalog, was arrested early morning of August 2, 2024 in Purok 5, …

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Rights group scores rights, international humanitarian law violations in Negros and Samar

Karapatan condemns the latest reported human rights and international law violations perpetrated by state security forces in Negros Occidental and Northern Samar. In Cauayan, Negros Occidental, elements of the 15th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) and the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) abducted and summarily executed 69-year old farmer Ramon Enseniales on …

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Rights group decries illegal arrest of four peasant organizers in Central Luzon

Karapatan condemns the recent illegal arrest, torture and unjust detention of four Central Luzon activists on the evening of July 29, 2024. According to reports from Karapatan-Central Luzon, Ma. Theresa Buscayno, Desiree Jaranilla Patuñ-og, Andres Ely and Oliver Millo, all peasant and community organizers, were aboard a white Toyota Innova van traveling along Jose Abad …

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Pahayag ng Hustisya (Pagkakaisa ng mga Biktima para sa Hustisya) sa pagpanaw ni Kasamang Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr.

Taos-pusong nakikiramay ang Hustisya sa mga kasama, pamilya at kaibigan ni Kasamang Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr. na pumanaw sa sakit na liver cancer sa edad na 58 noong Hulyo 23, 2024. Si Kasamang Jude ay nakulong dahil sa mga gawa-gawang kaso laban sa kanya. Siya ay inaresto noong Enero 6, 2021 sa Payatas, Quezon City …

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Karapatan condemns threats, harassment vs human rights worker

Karapatan decried the multiple incidents of harassment by state agents against a South Cotabato-based protestant pastor serving as the human rights alliance’s coordinator for Socksargen. Pastor Sadrach Sabella of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Southeast Mindanao Jurisdiction reported that his family had been receiving disturbing texts and calls and unwanted visits …

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Another political prisoner dies in custody, a day after BBM’s SONA

A day after Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his grandstanding State of the Nation Address, another political prisoner, Ernesto Jude Rimando, died in custody. “We at the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) are angered by the deafening silence of Malacañang and the Department of Justice to our call for the immediate release …

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KARAPATAN: Hidden truths on the human rights situation in PH in Marcos Jr.’s SONA

It is far more important to detect the hidden messages behind Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) rather than be deluded into believing that it was all about banishing POGO from our shores and strong rhetoric on the Philippines’ claims on the West Philippine Sea. Marcos Jr. said nothing about the …

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Rights group decries death of political prisoner Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr.

Human rights alliance Karapatan announced the death from liver cancer of political prisoner Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr. at 5:30 a.m. today. Rimando, a long-time labor and peasants rights advocate, was arrested on January 6, 2021 while seeking treatment in Metro Manila for liver cirrhosis and sepsis. Despite his physical condition, he was blindfolded, tortured and …

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Political prisoners conduct nationwide protest fast on Marcos’ 3rd SONA

On Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation Address today, July 22, 2024, 193 political prisoners are conducting a nationwide protest fast to call for the immediate release of terminally ill Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr., a labor organizer, and 79-year old Rosita Taboy, the oldest political prisoner in the country. Ernesto Jude Rimando has …

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