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Rights groups renew calls for independent UN HRC investigation on rights crisis in PH in UPR submissions

In joint reports submitted last March 31, 2022 for the upcoming 41st session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC), various human rights groups renewed calls for the UN HRC to conduct an international independent investigation on the “human rights crisis” in the Philippines as “[m]ajority, if …

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Mothers of disappeared UP students: Badoy’s Palparan interview “a travesty of justice”

Mothers of disappeared UP students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan called “a travesty of justice” yesterday’s interview of NTF-ELCAC spokesperson Lorraine Badoy of convicted retired general Jovito Palparan, but at the same time called it “a cheap, desperate attempt to vindicate criminals and rights violators.” “It is nauseating, to say the least, to see Palparan …

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Families of desaparecidos call to surface missing peace consultant Edwin Alcid, support calls to resume peace talks

Rights group Desaparecidos (Families of the Disappeared for Justice) called to surface National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Edwin Alcid, and supported the calls to resume the peace talks, just a few months before the country elects a new president in the May 2022 elections. “We call to surface disappeared peace consultant …

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Karapatan sounds alarm over abducted and arrested NDFP peace consultants, urges resumption of peace talks

Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat Human rights watchdog Karapatan called for the surfacing of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultants Edwin Alcid and Ezequiel Daguman as well as the release of Esteban Manuel Jr. and Ramon Patriarca, as the group called for the resumption of the peace talks between the government and the …

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