GENEVA, Switzerland—A pastor of the United Methodist Church (UMC) in the Philippines delivered an oral statement at the ongoing 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in this city narrating harassment against her by the Philippine government. At the UNHRC’s interactive dialogues on the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion …
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GENEVA, Switzerland—A delegation of Filipino human rights defenders is attending the 55th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland to support calls for the abolition of the Philippine government’s counter-insurgency agency and review of the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. Following two recent visits of UN special rapporteurs …
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“Thirty eight years after the fall of the Marcos Sr. dictatorship, the dictator’s son, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his state security forces, continue the act of abduction and enforced disappearance,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay, as they demand to surface another victim of enforced disappearance in Sto. Tomas, Batangas. Closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras …
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“The Marcoses have victimized the people of Escalante, Negros Occidental, many times over,” said KARAPATAN Secretary General Cristina Palabay, as the human rights group condemned the aerial strikes in Escalante, Negros Occidental on February 22, 2024. According to reports from the media and on the ground, at least five rockets were fired by a helicopter …
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Please see the joint statement of Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro on the arrest warrant over charges of grave oral defamation. Thank you. HINGGIL SA WARRANT OF ARREST PARA SA GRAVE ORAL DEFAMATION Joint Statement nina Jhed Tamano at Jonila Castro Atat na atat ang mga mandurukot na makulong ang dinukot nila. Imbes na ibasura …
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“The arbitrary arrests and unjust detention of Filipinos under the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. regime show that the same forms of injustice that the Filipino people rose up against 38 years ago continue,” said KARAPATAN Secretary General Cristina Palabay, as the group condemned the unjust arrests and detention of persons ahead of the People Power 1 …
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“We strongly condemn the murder of elderly couple Pedro and Florencia Regala in Masbate, and demand that justice be immediately served for the two farmers, a testament to the Marcos Jr. regime and the AFP’s murderous reign,” said KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay. Pedro Regala, 78, and his wife, Florencia Regala, 67, were in their …
The Marcos Jr. regime’s rejection of UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression Irene Khan’s initial recommendations on the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), as well as its deceitful prospective renaming of the notorious task force further expose its intent and design to inflict fascist …
“We hope that UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression Irene Khan will support our calls to achieve justice and push back against attacks on freedom of expression, press freedom, and human rights in the country.” Tanggol Bayi, a network of women human rights defenders in the Philippines, made the statement as they …
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