The decision of the International Criminal Court’s Pre-Trial chamber to resume investigations into the drug war killings plus the findings of the International Labor Organization’s high level tripartite mission on the attacks against working people’s freedom of association and the right to organize that come on top of continuing reports on violations of human rights …
Human rights alliance Karapatan said that Philippine Army 1001st Brigade commander Gen. Jesus Durante III and soldiers under hisacimmediately prosecuted under civilian courts, as the group urged for an independent investigation on other possible violations of the said men. On January 25, 2023, the special investigation task group of the Philippine National Police office in …
The abductors of Dyan Gumanao and Armand Dayoha violated multiple provisions under Section 4 of RA 9745, otherwise known as the Anti-Torture Act of 2009. Human rights alliance Karapatan called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), as the group accompanied Gumanao, Dayoha and their parents in a meeting with CHR Chairperson Richard Palpal-latoc, to …
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QUEZON CITY — “State security forces, from the regional to the national level, should be held accountable for the abduction and disappearance of Dyan Gumanao and Armand Dayoha, under the Anti-Enforced Disappearance Law,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay, as they expressed support for the couple’s call for justice on their ordeal. Palabay said that …
The counterinsurgency program that is being implemented by the Marcos Jr. administration, which it continues from previous regimes including the Duterte government, through the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has resulted in gross violations on the working people’s right to life and to their freedom of association and right to …
Human rights alliance Karapatan called on the Supreme Court and local courts to conduct a review or audit of cases and possibly apply to long-detained political prisoners the same ruling that led to the release on bail of Atty. Jessica Lucila “Gigi” Reyes, Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile’s former chief of staff. Reyes faces plunder charges …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan called on the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to stop harassing the widow of an onion farmer who testified at the Senate earlier this week that her husband committed suicide after sustaining insurmountable losses. According to Merlita …
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Karapatan is appalled at the resolution and views of the panel of prosecutors by the Justice Department on the murder complaint filed against 17 personnel of the Philippine National Police on the killing of trade union leader Emmanuel “Manny” Asuncion. Asuncion is among the nine activists and indigenous peasants killed during the Bloody Sunday police …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan assailed the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for blocking efforts by an elderly couple to gain custody of their grandchild, who was abducted by soldiers two years ago. Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said the child’s grandmother Erlinda Tejome Salino and her husband had gone through the necessary legal procedures, …
Karapatan demands turnover of baby abducted in Negros by 79th IB to grandparents Read More »
As families of union organizers Dyan Gumanao and Armand Dahoya welcomed them back yesterday, January 16, 2023, six days after their abduction at the Pier 6 in Cebu City, Karapatan Central Visayas released a video sent by a concerned citizen showing at least four men pushing and hauling Gumanao and Dahoya onboard a grey vehicle …
