“More than a week has passed since the Manilakbayan contingent arrived in Metro Manila yet BS Aquino chose to remain mum on the demands of the Mindanaoans and has instead, resorted to military attacks in the communities where the Manilakbayan contingent came from,” said Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay.
Karapatan called anew for the immediate release of political detainee Miradel Torres who gave birth to a baby boy on November 19 at the Philippine General Hospital.
"Not contented with Oplan Bayanihan’s killing spree in Mindanao, the BS Aquino government has “slapped” more than 200 individuals with trumped up criminal charges," Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said in front of the Justice Department. "The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Department of Justice should stop persecuting well-meaning individuals taking part in …
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"The people in the pictures and the more than 300 Minadanaoans who are here in Metro Manila are proof that there is no peace in Mindanao," Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said holding the photo of Juvy Capion, a pregnant mother killed together with her two sons, Jordan and Janjan. Juvy is the wife of …
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They have come to tell their stories on how the Armed Forces of the Philippines sow terror in their communities. On the third day of the Manilakbayan contingent in Metro Manila, they already experienced how the Philippine National Police used force to drive them away and to protect the US Embassy.
“The battle for Palparan’s real detention maybe far from his long sought conviction, but the mothers of Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan do not compromise in every step of the way. And we are with them,” Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said. Their group, with the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), announced today that …
“The justness of the calls of the Manilakbayan ng Mindanao for food and peace is emphasized when on November 11, almost 400 individuals evacuated from Rosario and Bunawan, Agusan del Sur due to military operations of the 75th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA). One was killed during said operation, while two remain missing,” …
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“His government is shameless. He is impunity personified. His name is Noynoy ‘Impunity’ Aquino,” Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said on the eve of the International Day to End Impunity, November 23. “There is madness going on right before our eyes with witnesses and potential witnesses being killed one by one. The Ampatuans may be …
Higaonon Nermie Lapatis is a farmer from Valencia, Bukidnon. She is among the more than 300 farmers and indigenous peoples who are with the Manilakbayan ng Mindanao. So far, they have travelled more than a thousand kilometres now going to Metro Manila.
“Sharing similar experiences of landlessness, government neglect and repression, Mindanao and the Bicol region called for an end to BS Aquino’s Oplan Bayanihan. The two areas took the worst blows of military operations and the consequent human rights violations,” said Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general.
