Member organization: Karapatan
#BoySisi strikes again!
“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 …
Victims of bloody dispersal in Kidapawan attend Senate hearing in Manila
“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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Karapatan Resolution endorsing Neri Colmenares’s senatorial bid
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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Kidapawan farmers’ plight: picture perfect oppression
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.
BS Aquino to Gov. Mendoza employ terror tactics to cover up negligence
“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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Nat’l probe team sees visible signs of Aquino gov’t cover-up in Kidapawan violent dispersal
“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 …
BS Aquino gov’t response to disaster victims—leave them to die or kill them
“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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Karapatan denounces police’s violent dispersal of North Cotabato farmer, negligence of BS Aquino government
1 April 2016 – Karapatan strongly denounces the violent dispersal of the rally of farmers in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato this morning. According to Karapatan member organization Kawagib, as of this writing, two were killed, eighteen persons were wounded, and around 100 were arrested in the said dispersal. At present, the farmers and members of …
From Marcos to Aquino: Rights abuses and corruption issues remain relevant
“The issue of rights abuses and your family’s ill-gotten wealth are very much relevant in 2016, and beyond Mr. Marcos,” Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay told vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos.