"The last ray of hope for justice has just been doused. Palparan is essentially freed, and Malacanang welcomes it," said Lorena Santos, secretary general of Families of Desaparecidos for Justice as the Malolos Regional Trial Court resolved to transfer Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan to Philippine Army Custodial Center.
Today’s decision of the Malolos Court to transfer “The Butcher” Jovito Palparan to the custody of the Philippine Army from the Bulacan Provincial Jail bodes evil to the hundreds of victims of the retired general and his ilk in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. “The AFP moved heaven and earth to secure and …
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Days before BS Aquino’s scheduled ‘good governance’ parade during his four-nation European-trip, several Europe-based organizations sent a letter to Malacañang on the prosecution of notorious general Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr.
(Statement on the visit of BS Aquino to Europe)
“BS Aquino arrives in Europe to brag about his imagined economic growth and good governance before the international community. Meanwhile, he left a country and a people indignant with the unabated poverty, graft and corruption and human rights violations that mark his regime,” said Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan.
Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay today enjoined the European community to echo the call of military pullout in Abra, specifically in Lacub town, when BS Aquino arrives in Europe for his four-nation trip starting tomorrow, Sept. 13.
The likes of a dictator celebrates the same date of birth, late President Ferdinand Marcos and Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan.
“The people will not be cowed even as Aquino regime pours hundreds of billions for its killing machine,” said Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general in today’s hearing on the 2015 budget of the Department of National Defense (DND) at the House of Representatives. The DND proposed budget for 2015 budget, Karapatan noted, is Php 17 …
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"The BS Aquino government is illegally arresting individuals based on trumped up charges, in a desperate attempt to gag critics and sow terror in communities," Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said as the human rights group condemned the series of arrests committed against anti-pork activists and those opposed to land grabbing of multinational corporations. …
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"Leave our fellow human rights defender Sherwin de Vera alone!" Karapatan demanded from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for threatening and harassing De Vera, former secretary general of Ilocos Human Rights Alliance (IHRA), a regional chapter of Karapatan. De Vera is the regional coordinator of Bayan Muna Partylist and a researcher-activist against large-scale …
