"The killing of farmer Rolando Dagansan and son Juda by the 66th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) is not a simple accident. The killing is meant to send a chilling message to the residents that they are among the Armed Forces’ targets," Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said.
"We join the faithful Christians in raising the voice of the oppressed, especially the kin of the victims extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearance, the political prisoners and other victims of human rights violations; and their desire for justice and peace in the country. We hope His Holiness Pope Francis may hear and seek them out …
"The murder of Jennifer Laude and the rape of ‘Nicole’ are not the only incidents committed by United States soldiers stationed here in the Philippines. With the Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), the ‘Nicole’ and Laude cases will not be the last," Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan said.
"The Justice Department should know that the whole world is watching closely at how the prosecution of The Butcher Jovito Palparan develops. We want no less than the speedy conviction and detention of Palparan. As it is now, Palparan is as free as he was in the service, at home in a military headquarters," Karapatan …
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“The killing of transgender woman Jennifer Laude by a US serviceman is the most recent vivid violation of people’s rights, a consequence of lopsided military agreements between the US and the Philippine governments. The US-RP Military Bases Agreement to the Visiting Forces Agreement and the US-GPH Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement have become licenses for numerous …
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"The filing of trumped up criminal charges poses a serious threat to the liberties of the Filipino people," Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general, said on the arrest of Lito Lao, a peasant leader in Southern Mindanao. Lao was arrested on October 7 at the ABC Hall in Kapalong, Davao del Norte while facilitating a dialogue …
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A helicopter flying above the school ground was among the disturbing images drawn by the students. Many of them recalled that their classes were often disturbed because of the ear- deafening sound of the helicopter that land and bring supplies to the soldiers encamped near their school.
"Tell your army troops to pull out of Lacub, Abra!" Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan demanded to Sec. Teresita Ging Deles as the group staged a protest action in front of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP). "Instead of perpetrating rights violations against the residents of Lacub, Abra and …
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Abra National Solidarity Mission (NSM) Update 2: Lacub, Abra—“The military positioned themselves among us, civilians. We did not want them to join us, but they insisted. We did not want to go to with them back to the Poblacion but they forced us,” said “Boyette”. “Boyette”, who requested members of the National Solidarity Mission in …
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LACUB, Abra — More than a hundred delegates from Church, human rights, lawyers groups and people’s organizations from Metro Manila, Baguio City, and Ilocos, Cagayan Valley joined the families of the victims of human rights violations in going back to the communities in Lacub, Abra affected by the NOLCOM directed military operation launched by the …
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