“Today, we wish baby Karl to have strength to bear the hardships and cruelty in our society. We also wish him courage to change his world into a better one,” said Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general the baptism of baby Karl today. Karl is the six-month-old baby Miradel Torres.
An officer of organization Kisasabanay Dulangan Manobo (KIDUMA) was invited inside the Consunji compound in Brgy. Sabanal, Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat, and never came out. "We demand from the BS Aquino government to immediately surface John Calaba and hold members of the paramilitary group SCAA (Special Civilian Armed Auxiliary) accountable for his disappearance," Lorena Santos, secretary …
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Karapatan welcomed the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (UN SPT) scheduled country visit to the Philippines on May 25 to June 3, 2015. Karapatan also urged the UN SPT delegation to visit and look into the conditions of political prisoners, especially Miradel Torres, a breastfeeding mother of a five-month-old baby detained at the …
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"While the whole world celebrated Mother’s Day, a mother in jail, Miradel Torres, dreads the day she and her more than five-month old baby Karl will be separated," Karapatan secretary general, Cristina Palabay said. That day will most probably come when this little boy turns exactly six months on May 19. Torres, a political prisoner …
“The government should stop the practice of freeing high-ranking military officials from accountability just because they are well-placed in the bureaucracy,” said Cristina Palabay, Karapatan Secretary General.
Elements of the 73rd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) operating in Sarangani province intensified military operations, under Oplan Bayanihan, victimizing members of the Blaan tribe. “The unit is under the 10th “Agila” Division of Gen. Eduardo Año. It is no wonder we see Palparan’s torture style imprinted on the documented cases of human …
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“The reprieve for Mary Jane Veloso is a show of the power of the collective action of the Filipino people and the international community. Indeed, a people united will never be defeated,” said Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan. “BS Aquino has no moral authority to claim this victory as his. We maintain that the …
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Mindanao indigenous leader Jomorito Goaynon faces another trumped-up criminal case for the murder of his cousin Dorlito Goaynon dela Mance on March 28, 2015. Goaynon, Chairperson of Kalumbay, a regional organization of Lumad in Northern Mindanao, was named in a complaint filed by Jenita dela Mance, Dorlito’s wife, at the Malaybalay City police …
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One of the two kidnapping charges against peace consultants Benito Tiamzon and Wilma Austria Tiamzon was dismissed yesterday by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 81. Sgt. John Jacob, complainant-witness in one of the cases, failed to appear in court at yesterday’s pre-trial hearing, which resulted to the dismissal of one of the charges. …
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"Witness Raymond Manalo remained consistent and unshakable despite Palparan lawyers’ attempt to discredit him," Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said after the hearing of the trial of People of the Philippines vs. Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito S. Palparan Jr."This is because Raymond speaks of the truth," Palabay added.
