Karapatan files complaint at the UN on deliberate burning of Lumad evacuation center
At the 31st Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Switzerland Karapatan files complaint at the UN on deliberate burning of Lumad evacuation center
Member organization: Karapatan
Daughter of slain Lumad leader to UN Rights Expert: Impunity Persists in the Philippines
At the 31st Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Switzerland March 4, 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – Michelle Campos, daughter of slain Lumad leader Dionel Campos, and Karapatan human rights workers Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay and Karapatan-Caraga coordinator Dr. Naty Castro, met United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders …
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30 years of EDSA uprising: People’s discontentment persists, rage mounts
Thirty years after the people’s victory to overthrow the Marcos fascist, corrupt, and puppet regime looms the threat of the return of the Marcos’ son, confidently inching his way to the realm of power with his well of resources from the loot of the past. The past that Marcos Jr arrogantly refers to as the …
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Peace consultants are arrested, detained, missing
After 21 years of JASIG “It has been 21 years since the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines signed the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG); and, for 21 years, this agreement continues to be violated by the Philippine Government (GPH) through arrests and detention and abduction of peace …
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Detained peace consultant Austria-Tiamzon seeks medical checkup
Counsels for the detained National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace consultant Wilma Austria-Tiamzon manifested in court last February 19 to allow Austria to undergo a follow-up medical checkup and treatment earlier scheduled on March 16, 2016 but has remained pending at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 216 since it was filed on …
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Anti-Martial Law activists, stalwarts gather to thwart VP bid of Marcos Jr
Martial law activists, youth representatives, Moro and Indigenous peoples, and civil libertarians from all across the country gather today to push for the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses in Malacanang or CARMMA. CARMMA was initially launched in Quezon City on February 4 this year. Also present in the gathering were a number of …
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Anti-Martial Law activists, stalwarts gather to thwart VP bid of Marcos Jr
Martial law activists, youth representatives, Moro and Indigenous peoples, and civil libertarians from all across the country gather today to push for the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses in Malacanang or CARMMA. CARMMA was initially launched in Quezon City on February 4 this year. Also present in the gathering were a number of …
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Delaying and dirty tactics: Palparan refuses to be represented in court
For the second time, Jovito Palparan Jr. insisted to represent himself in Court for the kidnapping case at the Malolos Regional Trial Court. Palparan said “there is a question of trust” and that he is not “amicable” with the representation from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Bulacan chapter. He claimed he can defend himself being …
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Free Palestinian journalist Mohammed al Qeeq, free all Palestinian and Filipino political prisoners
Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights – Philippines strongly condemns the atrocious practices and treatment of the Israeli occupation entity to Palestininan political prisoners. We particularly call for the immediate release of prisoner Mohammed al Qeeq, a journalist on hunger strike for 85 days now. He has lost his eyesight and hearing, and …
Karapatan says no need of another Marcos, ML imprints remain
Bongbong Marcos’ refusal to apologize for the crimes committed by the US-Marcos dictatorship and his endless attempt to deflect the issue of martial law are sure signs of danger.