Karapatan hits Department of Education and Secretary Armin Luistro for being “a conduit of the military’s implementation of the government’s counterinsurgency Oplan Bayanihan.” “The way Sec. Luistro holds on the Department of Education’s Memorandum 221 of 2013 and his inaction on the plight of the Lumad children at risk with the military’s encampment in Lumad …
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On the eve of the submission of the joint statement of the Asian Legal Resource Center (ALRC) and Karapatan to the United Nations Human Rights Council on the spate of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, the Calago couple was killed and burned by elements of the 11th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental. …
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Karapatan scored the BS Aquino government for the recent arrest of Adelberto Silva, a peace consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines in the negotiation with the Philippine government, as “another serious violation of the signed agreements between the two parties.”
Relatives of victims of human rights violations criticized the House of Representatives (HOR) Committee on Human Rights for its “insensitivity” to their “urgent and immediate concerns for justice.” The reaction came after yesterday’s (May 26) omnibus hearing on several cases of rights abuses Nelson Salvador, husband of extrajudicial killing victim Engr. Fidela Salvador said, …
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“We dare the 72nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) to disarm Alamara which has been on a killing spree in Kapalong, Davao del Norte,” Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said. Alamara, a paramilitary group known to be armed and supported by the 72nd and 60th IBPA, has been “reportedly on a power trip …
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At the HOR-Human Rights Committee hearing on EJK Human rights watch groups called for the scrapping of Oplan Bayanihan, BS Aquino’s counterinsurgency program, at today’s hearing of the House of Representatives-Human Rights Committee. The hearing tackled cases of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearance and threats to human rights defenders.
Karapatan today called on the United Nations Sub-committee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) to look into the 110 cases of torture and numerous cases of illegal arrests under the Aquino administration. The UN SPT will be in the Philippines for a country visit from May 25 to June 3 to monitor the implementation of the …
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Thick barbed wires surround the roof top of Taguig City Jail-Female Dorm (TCJ-FD). It was a hot and humid afternoon and a basin atop a broken table is waiting for six-month-old baby Karl and his 3-year old brother, Mar. It was Karl and Mar’s baptism. Miradel Torres’ family, friends, and fellow political prisoners gathered as …
“BS Aquino cannot hide his failed governance and inept leadership behind the spate of killings and mass arrests of civilians especially those in remote villages. We have said this before, we will say it again: illegal arrests and human rights violations only worsen the state of unpeace and will not amount to anything as long …
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Quezon City, Philippines – Today, KARAPATAN Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights and Hustisya join 95 organizations in more than 43 countries in the Global Civic Day of Action spearheaded by Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation.
