Karapatan hails finality of acquittal of its nat’l officers, other rights defenders in perjury charge
November 25, 2023 Human rights alliance Karapatan welcomed the recent dismissal of the petition for certiorari filed by former and current National Security Advisers Hermogenes Esperon Jr. and Eduardo Año questioning the acquittal last January 2023 of ten human rights defenders, including seven of Karapatan’s national officers, for perjury. In dismissing Esperon and Año’s petition, …