"The visit of US Pres. Barack Obama to the Philippines, especially to address and hobnob with the Philippine military, is a reaffirmation of support for the Aquino government’s gross human rights violations,” Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said days before the US president sets foot on Philippine soil for a state visit. "Through its increasing …
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“The GPH cannot escape the fact that the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG) is operative and JASIG-protected persons are immune from arrests, including recently arrested NDFP consultant Wilma Austria Tiamzon,” declared Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan.
"With the four-country visit of US Pres. Barack Obama, he is virtually stamping Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines a ‘US property’ seal on the world map," Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said. "Many of the peoples of these nations are now geared up to protest US Pres. Obama ‘unfriendly’ visit," Palabay announced.
"Don’t turn the table around. The Talaingod mayor is guilty of neglecting his constituents to cover up military abuses in the Ata-Manobo community,” said Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general in reaction Mayor Basilio Libayao’s threat to file charges against community organizers who ‘influenced’ the Manobo communities of Brgy. Palma Gil, Talaingod town, Davao del Norte …
In solidarity with the Japanese people, Karapatan strongly denounces the construction of an X-band radar base in Ukawa district, Kyotango City, Kyoto. This new US base in Japan is in line with the US pivot to Asia and the Pacific for its political, military and trade interests in the region. A new comprehensive trade agreement, …
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Karapatan today expressed support for Atty. Catherine Dannug Salucon as she files petitions for writ of amparo and writ of habeas data at the Court of Appeals for the continuous harassment and surveillance by members of the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines, specifically Philippine Army and the Intelligence Service of the …
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Rights groups held a protest action in front of the Manila Regional Trial Court today in time for the clarificatory hearing on the multiple murder case filed against former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo and peace consultants Randall Echanis, Rafael Baylosis, Vicente Ladlad, and recently arrested Benito Tiamzon and Wilma Austria. All are consultants of …
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January 03, 2014—MONTERONA, Marcelo, 41, Farmer, Indug Kautawan, Maco, Compostela Valley January 12, 2014—PADIÑO, Arman, 33, Farmer, Aniban, Hacienda Dolores, Porac, Pampanga January 30, 2014—ORBINA, Henry, Worker, Cabadian, Sorsogon January 31, 2014—AMBONGAN, Datu Rolando, 39, Higaonon tribe, Katribu Partylist member, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte February 05, 2014—LAURON, Julieto, 41, Farmer, Kasama – Bukidnon, Valencia, Bukidnon …
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Philippine Peace Center 26 March 2014 Q1: What is the JASIG? A1: JASIG stands for “Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees”. It is an agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GPH, formerly GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, signed by their respective negotiating panels in February 24, …
"Karapatan strongly demands that Pres. Noynoy Aquino steps down from office for his administration’s accountability for the 169 victims of extra-judicial killings, from July 2010 to December 2013, and for the 19 killed for this year alone, including the killing of our fellow human rights worker William Bugatti of Cordillera Human Rights Alliance (CHRA) in …
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