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No justice for peace consultant Randy Echanis, other EJK victims under Duterte

Today marks the fourth anniversary of the brutal killing of National Democratic Front of the Philippines consultant and agrarian reform advocate Randall Echanis. At the time of his killing, Ka Randall, 72, also chaired the Anakpawis partylist group. Ka Randall was killed while recovering from an illness in his rented apartment in Novaliches, Quezon City. …

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KARAPATAN condemns illegal, arbitrary arrests of activists, civilians in Southern Tagalog

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is on a renewed rampage of arresting activists and civilians from Southern Tagalog and accusing them of being members of the New People’s Army (NPA). Peasant and women’s rights activist Fatima Banjawan, a member of Gabriela-Southern Tagalog, was arrested early morning of August 2, 2024 in Purok 5, …

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State of the Nation: The Filipino people vs US-Marcos Regime’s Terrorism

Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s regime enters its third year with a repressive machinery replete with the use of terror laws, arrests and detention, bombings and militarization in the countryside. Marcos Jr.’s deadline to his security forces to crush the New People’s Army by year’s end is fueled by pressure from his US imperialist masters to shift …

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KARAPATAN: The Marcos Jr. regime must stop arresting the innocent

Formal adherence to a set of international rules has never guaranteed substantial compliance. The Philippine government has been a signatory to numerous international human rights accords and has even enacted domestic laws against torture, enforced disappearance and violations of international humanitarian law, but violations continue mainly because of a prevalent culture of impunity shielding the …

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SA IKATLONG SONA NI MARCOS JR.: Marcos singilin, Duterte panagutin!

Marcos, singilin! Duterte, panagutin! Ito ang marubdob na panawagan ng mga pamilya ng mga biktima ng extrajudicial killings (EJKs) at iba pang paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa pamamagitan ng Hustisya, ilang araw bago ang ikatlong State of the Nation Address ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Naninindigan ang Hustisya na nararapat na singilin si Marcos Jr. sa …

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Former political prisoners demand the release of sick, elderly political prisoners

Days before the 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on July 22, and as the world commemorates Nelson Mandela International Day today, July 18, the Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) and other rights advocates protested in front of the Department of Justice demanding the …

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Año, NTF-ELCAC, Duterte should be made accountable for rights violations vs Lumad

For someone who has made it his mission to distort the letter and spirit of the law and weaponize it to persecute human rights defenders, it is the height of absurdity for National Security Adviser Eduardo Año to claim that the unjust conviction of former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo, ACT Partylist Rep. France Castro …

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Former political prisoners denounce unjust conviction of Satur Ocampo, Rep. Castro et.al.

The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) vehemently condemned the unjust and wrongful conviction of former political prisoner and former SELDA National Board member Ka Satur Ocampo by the Davao del Norte Regional Trial Court Branch 2. Ocampo, a former political prisoner under Marcos Sr., endured torture, including severe beatings and electrocution …

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