“The brutal tradition of Gen. Palparan and his protégé, former 4th Infantry Division Major Gen. Ricardo Visaya, continues as units under the 4th ID rampages on communities of indigenous peoples in Surigao del Sur. The military operation resulted in the death of two Lumad and the disappearance of two others on October 24 and the …
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Karapatan express outrage over arrest of NGO worker in Aquino gov’t hitlist The attacks on development workers and activists, through what rights groups call a hitlist of the Aquino regime, continue when Dominiciano Muya, staff/agriculturist of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines in Northern Mindanao (RMP-NMR), was arrested on October 16 in Tagum City.
"We call on the BS Aquino government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) to immediately convene the GPH-NDFP Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) and immediately investigate the war crimes committed by the 41st Infantry Battalion during its military operation last Sept. 4 to 6," Karapatan secretary general, Cristina Palabay said.
October 1, 2014 The National Solidarity Mission (NSM) on Sept. 28-Oct.1 in Lacub, Abra was held in response to the reports of human rights and international humanitarian law violations committed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, specifically the 41st Infantry Battalion, in the course of their military operation in the said municipality. The NSM …
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“While making sure that the likes of Gen. Jovito Palparan and US marine Joseph Scott Pemberton are safe and free inside military camps, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) carries on its attacks against the Filipino people like bloodthirsty savages,” said Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan in a picket held today at the …
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Position Paper on the killing of Jennifer Laude and the VFA by Cristina Palabay Secretary General, Karapatan Submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations Senate of the Republic of the Philippines October 22, 2014 The killing of transgender woman Jennifer Laude by a US serviceman is a heinous violation of human rights. The incident is …
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Families of victims of human rights violations in Lacub, Abra are expected to arrive today in Manila to seek audience with representatives of Congress, Senate, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. They are also set to file a case against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines through the Joint Monitoring Committee …
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At the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations’ hearing "The killing of transgender woman Jennifer Laude by a US serviceman is a heinous violation of human rights," Karapatan secretary general, Cristina Palabay, told the Senate today during the hearing initiated by Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Relations.
"It is confirmed. It is now out in public who is protecting whom. The Department of Justice’s refusal to support the demand of the mothers of Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeno to bring Gen. Jovito Palaparan to a civilian detention facility affirms that Malacanang and the Justice Department are protectors and coddlers of The Butcher. …
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"The Justice Department’s lame stance on the principled and reasonable clamor to bring Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. to civilian detention strongly suggests that Malacañang is completely protecting The Butcher,” Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan, said. Last Thursday, during a picket at the DOJ demanding for the immediate trial of Gen. Palparan,
