Member organization: Karapatan

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders (UNSR-HRD) Michel Forst expressed interest to renew his mandate’s request to the Philippine government for an official visit in the country to investigate reports of rights violations against human rights defenders. Forst is in the country as keynote speaker in a gathering of human …

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"Karapatan supports the move of the Manilakbayan ng Mindanao to file charges against members of the Philippine National Police led by P/ Supt. Pedro Sanchez of Police Station 2 of Quezon City for the violent dispersal of the protestors at Times St., Quezon City on November 29,” Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said.   

Countdown to International Human Rights Day “For 2014 alone, the government gave away at least PhP 51.2 million of people’s money to so-called informers that led to the arrest of perceived ‘enemies of the state’ falsely charged with criminal offenses and are now languishing in jail. Who these “informers” were, only the government knows,” said …

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Countdown to International Human Rights Day   Malacañang called the November 29 protest action of the Manilakbayan contingent at Times St., Quezon City “vandalism masquerading as legitimate protest”. “It is a logical reaction from a regime that looks at governance as a game of masquerade instead of looking into and addressing the roots of people’s …

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Karapatan condemned the arrest of Antonio Flores, 66, Secretary General of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the violent dispersal of the Manilakbayan contingent who held a picket yesterday at the residence of BS Aquino at Times St., Quezon City. Farmers from Hacienda Luisita and those from Southern Tagalog joined the Manilakbayan in the …

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As women activists the world over commemorate the International Day for Women Human Rights Defenders today, November 29, women’s rights group Tanggol Bayi today scored the BS Aquino administration as “a threat to the lives and rights of Filipinas, especially on the extent of rights violations against women human rights defenders in the Philippines.”  

“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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