On the Army chief’s statement that Palparan is the last of his kind The recent statement made by Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista, the chief of the Philippine Army drew ire from members of the Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA). “Lt. Gen. Bautista is lying. There are clones of Palparan in …
Fiddling around the euphoria of pretensions and hubris, President Noynoy Aquino’s gab in New Zealand has sparked intense reactions. His apologists, Ricky Carandang and Atty. Edwin Lacierda, expectedly, were quick to come to his defense. Instead of seriously considering the concern of the international community on the human rights situation in the country, particularly, that …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Aquino’s ‘successful’ NZ gab a misinformation to int’l community Read More »
Marites Chioco, common-law wife of tortured and detained security guard Rolly Panesa, and sister Jiose Panesa today filed before the Supreme Court a petition for habeas corpus directing the respondents to produce the body of Rolly Mira Panesa before the Supreme Court and to seek other remedies thereof, including his immediate release. Panesa’s kin are …
Rolly Panesa’s kin file petition for habeas corpus before SC Read More »
Karapatan today derided Pres. Aquino’s statement that extrajudicial killings is not his government’s policy, as he called on senatorial candidate, Teddy Casino of Bayan Muna, to help in solving the killings by looking for evidences and filing cases. “The problem with the Aquino government is when it can no longer justify the existence of human …
Think before you speak, Mr. President, the ball is in your hands Read More »
Father asks President Aquino: “Who will be held responsible if something bad happens to my son while he is unjustly detained?” The family of political prisoner Ericson Acosta decried threats against their son and their family after receiving text messages which said he or his parents might get killed on November 2, All Souls Day. …
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Karapatan today said it is pleased with the decision of the Commission on Election to disqualify Bantay partylist, a known anti-left partylist that was represented in Congress by “The Butcher”, Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr., who is now charged in court for kidnapping and serious illegal detention of the two missing UP students, Karen Empeño and …
Karapatan welcomes disqualification of Bantay Partylist Read More »
“Mr. President, your human rights record indeed speaks for itself with 114 victims of extrajudicial killing (EJK), 127 victims of frustrated EJK, 70 persons tortured, 12 disappeared, and scores of other rights violations under your administration. These violations, plus the fact that your security forces are a miserable failure in arresting the Butcher Gen. Palparan, …
Karapatan to Aquino: Yes, Mr. President, your human rights record ‘speaks for itself’ Read More »
“It was a massacre and not an encounter,” said Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan belying claims of Lt. Col. Alexis Bravo, head of the 27th IB of the Philippine Army that a Blaan woman, Juvy Capion, 27, and her two sons, John Capion, 8, and Pop Capion,13 were killed in a gunfight. Initial …
On the approval of the Anti-Disappearance bill Karapatan appreciates the approval of the Anti-Disappearance bill by a bicameral committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives, as it challenged the Noynoy Aquino government to immediately end its practice of enforced disappearance among activists and suspected members of the revolutionary movement. Karapatan has documented 12 …
Karapatan dares govt to apply the law vs. Palparan and other perpetrators Read More »
After a year since Fr. Pops Tentorio’s killing “It has been a year after the extrajudicial killing of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, and the real masterminds and perpetrators of this heinous offense have not been rendered justice. Karapatan attributes this grave injustice to the persistent denial and stonewalling of the Aquino administration in holding the Armed …
Still no justice as the Aquino gov’t refuses to go after its own people Read More »
