Karapatan Position Paper Submitted to the Public Hearing of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights August 22-23, 2016 | by Cristina Palabay, Secretary General, Karapatan Pres. Rodrigo Duterte has repeatedly stated that one of the biggest problems in Philippine society is the proliferation of illegal drugs and the evils that come with …
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Karapatan welcomed the resumption of formal peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) today, August 22, 2016, as "an important occasion in the struggle for just and lasting peace in the Philippines."
Karapatan welcomes the release of thirteen political prisoners. It is optimistic that recently released consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines will have a meaningful and substantial participation to the resumption of the formal NDFP-GRP peacetalks.
BREAKING NEWS: NDFP consultant Adelberto Silva was released this afternoon from MMDJ-SICA 1. While we welcome Silva’s release, we are concerned over PNP Custodial Center Warden Arnel Apud’s callousness in facilitating the release of NDFP consultants Benito and Wilma Tiamzon, despite the issuance of release orders for them in the four local courts. Release Benito …
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We, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDF) peace consultants, who are being released today, and others expecting to be released the next few days, in time for the resumption of formal peace talks with the present Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and, in the spirit of overcoming a long-standing main barrier to the peace talks, …
Most local courts have already issued favorable orders granting the parallel motions for release on bail for nineteen (18) detained peace consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines and protected persons under the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG) and two political prisoners for humanitarian release. The urgent motions were filed …
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For the millions of Filipinos who overthrew the Marcos dictatorship and drove it out of power, Marcos is no hero. For the millions of Filipinos impoverished through sky-rocketing inflation and unemployment rates combined with gargantuan foreign debt while the Marcoses and their cronies siphoned public funds into their vaults, Marcos is no hero. For the …
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Soldiers shot dead a woman farmer in Monkayao on Monday, as human rights violations escalate in military operations by the Philippine Army’s 10th Infantry Division in various communities in Compostela Valley. Reports from Karapatan-Southern Mindanao said that last August 7, 19-year old Rose Em Sayson was shot by soldiers who mistaken her …
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It is lamentable that the Supreme Court did not grant the motion for temporary release of the eight (8) detained peace consultants of the NDFP and two political prisoners for humanitarian release to directly facilitate their release. We also take exception to the limitations set by the SC order on the participation of NDFP consultants …
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