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Photo by Lucky Dela Rosa/Philippine Collegian Human rights alliance Karapatan assailed the Marcos Jr. regime for increasingly targeting civilians in its counter-insurgency drive. “In the past four weeks,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay, “we have received reports on the extrajudicial killings of at least four civilians in two separate incidents in Sarangani province and Masbate.” …

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Activists, friends and kin of the involuntarily disappeared massed up at the Court of Appeals building in Manila this Tuesday to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Led by Desaparecidos, an organization of families and friends of victims of involuntary disappearance, the gathering served as a stark reminder of the continuing …

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“The attempt of former National Security Adviser Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. and Gen. Eduardo Año, NTF-ELCAC co-vice chair and current security adviser, to pursue the judicial harassment against Karapatan through this trumped-up and malicious charges of perjury is a desperate act intended to hound human rights defenders. Sa madaling salita, tirang pikon itong ginagawa nila,” said …

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Photo by Charie Abarca/Inquirer.net “The killing of 15-year-old John Frances Ompad on August 20 by a policeman is the second in a row this month,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay. On August 2, 2023, 17-year-old Jemboy Baltazar was killed by policemen in Navotas City in a supposed case of mistaken identity.  Ompad’s 19-year-old brother …

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Human rights alliance Karapatan called on the Anonas Police Station to “stop hiding behind their fake concern for the environment and public health” as the group called for the junking of the complaint filed by Police Staff Sergeant Mario Sembrano and Police Corporal Paolo Navarro against against progressive artist Max Santiago and three staff of …

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Photo by Lucky Dela Rosa/Philippine Collegian August 16, 2023 Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the killing by policemen in Navotas City of a minor two weeks ago even as it decried the absence of justice in the killings of its human rights worker Zara Alvarez and peace consultant Randall Echanis.  Seventeen-year-old Jemboy Baltazar was shot …

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Photo from Bulatlat August 5, 2023 Human rights alliance Karapatan lambasted the Marcos Jr. administration’s proposal to increase the president’s travel funds, and the continued allocation of confidential funds in the offices of the president and vice president. “The Marcos Jr. government’s callousness and ruthlessness are beyond belief, amid the people’s clear demands to at …

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Two human rights defenders scored former National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. for attempting to violate their right against double jeopardy by calling on the Regional Trial Court to reverse their acquittal for perjury last January 2023. Elisa Tita Lubi, chairperson of human rights alliance Karapatan, and Sr. Elenita Belardo, RGS of the Rural Missionaries …

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