As he is laid to rest today, Karapatan conveys its highest esteem and tribute to His Excellency Most Reverend Julio Xavier Labayen, OCD and Prelate Emeritus of Infanta, who passed away in the morning of April 27, 2016 at the age of 89.
“With a few weeks left for BS Aquino’s presidency, the administration continues to reach for its targets on rights violations through Oplan Bayanihan, while desperately campaigning for Liberal Party bets to escape accountability,” Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said.
“Instead of providing for the drought-stricken farmers or holding government authorities accountable for ordering police to carry guns and fire at the protesters, BS Aquino, as expected, took the escape route by absolving the police of ANY responsibility. Instead, he blamed the farmers’ movement for the Kidapawan carnage on April 1,” Karapatan secretary general Cristina …
“I never thought I could reach Manila. I was only after the rice subsidy, but this need for rice has taken me to jail and now in Manila,” an exasperated Valentina Berdin said in Cebuano. The 78-year-old woman was charged with direct assault after the police dispersed the farmers on April 1. She was among …
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Whereas, cases of human rights violations in the Philippines continue unabated; Whereas, the Aquino government takes no effort to curb human rights violations, but instead commits human rights abuses against the poor majority of the Filipinos and tolerates impunity to persist; Whereas, Neri Colmenares is a human rights lawyer and activist. He is …
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Karapatan calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Kidapawan farmers who were illegally arrested and detained after demanding from the provincial government of North Cotabato in Mindanao the release of rice supply as aid to farmers in drought-stricken communities.
“Starving farmers to death is not enough. From the national government, through BS Aquino and Dept. of Agriculture Sec. Proseso Alcala and Dept. of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Senen Sarmiento, to the local government through North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza, who are all Liberal Party stalwarts, have used terror tactics against the struggling …
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“In a desperate attempt to dodge accountability, the Aquino government is pulling all stops on the ground to cover-up the role of the Philippine National Police, the local government units and the powers-that-be in the violent dispersal of the farmers’ protest action in Kidapawan,” said Cristina Palabay, Secretary General of Karapatan, and one of the …
“Just like in the crisis brought about by typhoons Yolanda and Pablo, BS Aquino’s daang matuwid has again proven itself worthless and the ultimate disaster in the lives of the Filipino people. The farmer-victims of the El Niño phenomenon in North Cotabato who are starving because of the government’s incompetence in handling the calamity have …
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