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Church worker tells UN about continuing rights violations in the PH

A representative of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) told the United Nations (UN) of continuing human rights violations under the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government. Speaking at the general debates for Item 4 of the ongoing 52nd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, NCCP program secretary …

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Karapatan: Only human rights violators, NTF-ELCAC are afraid of HR Defenders Bill

”Only human rights violators and the NTF-ELCAC are afraid of the Human Rights Defenders Bill.” Rights group Karapatan said this in reaction to statements made on Monday, March 13, 2023, by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) opposing House Bill 77, or the Human Rights Defenders Bill. HB 77 was …

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Karapatan slams fake surrenders in Rizal, bombings in Kalinga

Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed a fabricated surrender ceremony yesterday at 1K2 Kasiglahan Village, Rodriguez where close to 400 local residents were deceived and coerced into signing a surrender form by elements of the 80th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army. Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said they received reports from Karapatan-Rizal and Citizens Rights …

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We stand in solidarity with all the women victims of repression

As we mark International Working Women’s Day on March 8, 2023, human rights alliance Karapatan and women human rights defenders of Tanggol Bayi stand in solidarity with all the women victims of repression under the Marcos Jr. regime —especially the political prisoners, the involuntarily disappeared and victims of extrajudicial killings, arrests, torture and abduction. Women …

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Two years after Bloody Sunday, kin of victims still cry for justice

March 7, 2023 marks the second anniversary of the Bloody Sunday incident where nine trade unionists, peasant leaders and indigenous peasants from Southern Tagalog were brutally murdered by the police, while seven others were arrested. On that infamous day, police and military operatives served a total of 24 warrants against unarmed community leaders in the …

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Protecting PH sovereignty does not mean running away from international commitments

The Philippine government must stop playing the so-called “sovereignty” card in its orchestrated effort to shield former President Rodrigo Duterte and other government officials from accountability for the thousands of deaths in connection with its so-called anti-drug war from 2016 onwards. In his latest appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland …

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