Karapatan calls for speedy release of 88 ailing political prisoners
On Serrano’s 40th day memorial
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Karapatan says no need of another Marcos, ML imprints remain
Bongbong Marcos’ refusal to apologize for the crimes committed by the US-Marcos dictatorship and his endless attempt to deflect the issue of martial law are sure signs of danger.
AFP’s suspicious evidence raises questions
On February 9, National Democratic Front peace consultants Benito and Wilma Tiamzon were brought to Manila Regional trial Court Branch 32 to hear the direct examination of the prosecution’s witness Police Superintendent Edwin Zata. Zata claimed he was among those who responded during the exhumation of the supposed skeletal remains in a “mass grave” in …
Election fanfare drowns killing frenzy in Southern Mindanao
“The 46th and 71st Infantry Battalion waged a terror campaign against the residents of Compostela Valley as the election 2016 circus opens. Two killings, one a vendor and the other a small-scale miner were reported yesterday, February 9, in separate villages in Compostela Valley as cannons were mounted in four communities, two of which were …
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AFP-Iriberri’s ‘clearing of Davao-Caraga regions means killing civilians
Manilakbayan 2015 participant killed “AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Hernando Iriberri’s statement to ‘declare remaining 12 provinces’, mostly Davao and Caraga provinces, as ‘peaceful and ready for development’ literally means death to the civilians in these regions,” Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said. Right after this year’s first command conference of the Armed Forces of …
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EDCA a quid pro quo deal for increased US military assistance
“The Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) is BS Aquino’s ex-deal for an increased US military assistance at the expense of our nation’s sovereignty,” Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general, said today as they supported groups which filed the motion for reconsideration on the Supreme Court’s decision stating that EDCA is constitutional.
Lies, cover-up still hound Mamasapano carnage
“There will be more of these operations as the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) is implemented,” Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said, on the first year of commemoration of the Mamasapano carnage.
Karapatan scores BS Aquino and AFP on recent killing of Lumad child by Alamara paramilitary
"Killing a child is the peak of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Alamara paramilitary group’s monstrosity," Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general on the recent killing of Lumad child Alibando Tingkas, 15, a grade 3 pupil of Salugpungan Ta Tanu Igkanugon Learning Center in Talaingod, Davao del Norte. Tingkas was killed by …
Government slammed as tributes for political prisoner Ed Serrano pour in
In death, tributes for political prisoner Eduardo “Ka Eddik” Serrano pour in. Across the land, the tragedy of a man about to be freed, unjustly charged by the state for crimes he did not commit, and for which he had endured 11 long years in prison, is not lost among his comrades and fellow prisoners …
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Supreme Court hailing EDCA whips up a storm
“The people’s movement for peace, freedom, and sovereignty is not about to take it sitting down,” Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said on the high court’s decision upholding the ‘constitutionality’ of the Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). “ Expect mighty protest actions to reconstitute Philippine sovereignty and defend the rights of our people,” she warned. …