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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The Samahan ng Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, decried the skewed and disproportionate fiscal priorities of the Marcos Jr. administration in its proposals for the national budget for 2024, as it pointed out that the meager budget allocation for prisons remains at subhuman levels. “Nelson Mandela, a …
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 …
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 …
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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A human rights activist charged with indirect contempt by a private lawyer has filed a motion to dismiss the complaint before the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 206. Calling the indirect contempt charges “frivolous,” Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said that she seeks the court’s immediate dismissal of the said charges against her, former Sen. …
Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed the renewed judicial harassment against Filipino human rights defenders as well as attacks on the integrity and independence of judges, as its officers – Cristina Palabay, Roneo Clamor, Dr. Edita Burgos, Gabriela Krista Dalena, Fr. Wilfredo Ruazol, and Jose Mari Callueng – filed their joint comment today, July 20, 2023, …
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July 17, 2023 Human rights alliance Karapatan denounced the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ bombings of rural communities in the course of its counter-insurgency campaign, saying that these have resulted in massive physical and economic displacement among civilians. Karapatan cited the series of indiscriminate bombings and strafing by the 94th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine …
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Karapatan views with utmost concern the issuance by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of Executive Order 33 directing government agencies to adopt the National Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorism Financing, and Counter Proliferation Financing Strategy (NACS) 2023-2027, a directive with the purported objective to ensure that the Philippines exits from a “grey list” of countries compiled by the …
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