Member organization: Karapatan

The police officers in the abduction, torture and illegal detention of security guard Rolly Panesa failed to attend today’s arraignment at the Municipal Trial Court-Calamba City for charges of "less serious physical injuries". The Court ordered the issuance of a warrant of arrest for the four police men and cancelled their bail. The filing of "less …

Police officers in Panesa abduction and torture case arraigned today Read More »

"BS Aquino’s ‘daang matuwid’ hits dead end," Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said as their group laid out ‘road signs’ on a blood-stained yellow cloth depicting  Aquino’s “righteous path”. The road signs depicted BS Aquino’s violations against the Filipino people. At the end of the yellow road is a huge “DEAD END” sign.

"The United States government and BS Aquino are criminally accountable for the death of innocent civilians and the 44 men of the Special Action Force commandos on the mission to kill Zulkifli bin Hir known as "Marwan”, a US-identified enemy. The truth about the culpability of both Aquino and the US governments is clear. BS …

BS Aquino and US gov’t has criminal accountability in Mamasapano carnage Read More »

"The United States government and BS Aquino are criminally accountable for the death of innocent civilians and the 44 men of the Special Action Force commandos on the mission to kill Zulkifli bin Hir known as "Marwan”, a US-identified enemy. The truth about the culpability of both Aquino and the US governments is clear. BS …

Raymond Manalo faces his abductor-torturer Read More »

I was arrested four years ago—on Black Valentine’s Day—on the eve of the resumption of the long-stalled formal peace talks between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP/GPH).  

Political prisoners, their relatives, lawyers and doctors, and human rights advocates today, February 12, filed before the Ombudsman criminal and administrative charges against Jail Senior Inspector Michelle Ng Bonto, OIC Warden of the Special Intensive Care Area 1 (SICA 1)- Camp Bagong Diwa.   

The Quezon City Regional Trial Court yesterday, February 9, conducted the hearing for the trumped-up charge of kidnapping against NDFP peace consultants Wilma Austria and Benito Tiamzon inside Camp Crame. 

Two weeks and two presidential speeches ago, the US-Aquino regime continues to dodge the more important questions on what really happened in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, especially the involvement of the US government through its troops operating in the Philippines.