"Actions speak louder than words. The arrest of another peace consultant, Rogelio Posadas, and Gen. Emmanuel Bautista’s possible appointment as chair of Aquino’s peace panel with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines contradict whatever hints of openness Aquino is trying to put on with regards to peace,” Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said.
We at Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights – Philippines express our full support and solidarity with the peoples’ lawyers in the Philippines in their call to stop the attacks against human rights lawyers and to render justice to the lawyers who were ruthlessly killed and those who became subjects of attacks because …
Political prisoners’ nationwide hunger strike/fast ended on January 19, where almost all of the 491 political detainees in more than 50 jails took part from January 15-19. The political prisoners’ hunger strike/fast was the highlight of the “Free All Political Prisoners” campaign held during the Papal visit to dramatize before the public the plight of …
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Dear Pope Francis, As you made your journey back to Rome, you left us Filipinos with rejuvenated faith and hope, including me. On behalf of the families of the 491 political prisoners in the Philippines, I humbly thank you.
Human rights advocates from the United States, Canada, and Austria held solidarity fasts and sent letters to Pope Francis urging him to support the “poor and oppressed” in the Philippines, by his intercession for the release of political prisoners and for the resumption of the peace talks between the Philippine government and the National …
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Karapatan welcomed and fully appreciated the speech of Pope Francis as an expression of his solidarity with the real and concrete issues of the poor and oppressed in Philippine society.
Statement of the Political Prisoners at Camp Bagong Diwa January 15, 2015 For five days before the visit of Pope Francis I to our country, we, political prisoners at the Special Intensive Care Area 1 Jail in Camp Bagong Diwa, have been on partial hunger strike to express our urgent plea for freedom, justice and …
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Karapatan today asked Pope Francis to see the political prisoners, especially those at the Special Intensive Care Area 1-Camp Bagong Diwa who are on their eighth day of hunger strike-fasting. Karapatan made the request after the jail warden rejected twice the entry of the political prisoners’ physician to check on their condition.
Karapatan welcomes Pope Francis, as he embarks on his four-day visit to the Philippines. His messages on the need for the institution of the Catholic Church to be among the poor and to stand for the poor and oppressed resonate among us human rights workers, especially as we bear witness to the continuing assault on …
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Five days after political prisoners at Camp Bagong Diwa started their hunger strike, other political prisoners in at least fifty (50) jails nationwide today announced their hunger strike/fasting for the duration of the Papal visit in the Philippines. All political prisoners are also set to light candles in their respective jail as a symbolic welcome …
