Member organization: Karapatan

"Political killings continue as three Lumad farmers were massacred, Bagobo leaders ambushed, and an Igorot hunter shot,” Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general reported the first cases of political killings documented under the Duterte administration.  On July 9, 2016, Joaquin Cadacgan, a native of the Mabaka and Mangali tribes in Tanugan, Kalinga, was on his way …

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"We are calling on the Duterte government to immediately release Renato Baleros Sr. on just and humanitarian grounds. We fear that bringing him back to prison will eventually cost his life,” Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said referring to political prisoner Baleros Sr. as an individual protected by JASIG (Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity …

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With the spate of alleged drug-related killings, Karapatan reiterates its stand against the practice of extrajudicial killing against any individual. The Duterte administration, while going after the generals and big fish of the narcotic trade, should also make the lives of the poor less vulnerable to easy money which the drug trade offers. It is …

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Human rights organization Karapatan called for immediate release of Renato Baleros, 58, and recently arrested Eduardo Genelsa, 60, for just and humanitarian grounds.     

"We urge Pres. Rodrigo Duterte to look into the numerous cases of political killings and other atrocities perpetrated by the BS Aquino regime through its counter-insurgency program and bring the perpetrators to justice. Fernando Baldomero’s killing and six years of no justice mirrors the prevalent climate of impunity that must end,” Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary …

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"The day has finally come. BS Aquino has lost immunity from suits!” Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said, as the President Rodrigo Duterte succeeds Aquino.  “With the 307 extrajudicial killings, 30 enforced disappearances, more than a hundred thousand victims of forced evacuations, torture and illegal arrests, BS Aquino should immediately be jailed,” Palabay said.Just before …

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“Up to the last days of his presidency, BS Aquino has not ceased to attack the Filipino people,” Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said on the Davao City court’s issuance of warrants of arrest against leaders of people’s organizations, human rights advocates and church workers in Southern Mindanao who assisted Lumad evacuees in UCCP Haran, …

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"Resume formal peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, in accordance with previously signed bilateral agreements, and pursue a genuine and sincere Moro peace process which will address the roots of decades-long armed conflict in Muslim Mindanao."    

They are children of war, victims of war their innocent minds cannot comprehend.  But they know injustice has been to done their parents who did nothing wrong by helping the farmers, the workers, the poor.   Even adults cannot comprehend why launching a fight against the causes of poverty and unrest is a crime.  And …

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“On June 15, we received two good news for peace and human rights advocates,” Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said in a press conference of advocates led by Pilgrims for Peace.