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.
As protest-marchers of the Manilakbayan ng Mindanao are expected to set foot in Southern Tagalog region this week, the people of Quezon and various sectors from the region have vowed to unite with their Mindanao counterparts on their march against militarization and landlessness.
“The plight of the farm workers in Hacienda Luisita reflects the picture of the whole Philippine society under the BS Aquino presidency,” Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said. “The inhuman PhP9.50 daily wage of workers’, the use of all state machineries such as the military and paramilitary against the farm workers, the use of law …
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Davao City—Contingents from Southern Mindanao, Cotabato, and Socksargen kicked off Manilakbayan ng Mindanao 2014 with a protest action in front of Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) – Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Headquarters in Panacan, Davao City today.
Ampatuan massacre (Nov. 13, 2009). Hacienda Luisita massacre (Nov. 16, 2004). Supertyphoon Yolanda (Nov. 8, 2013). Murder of botanist Leonard Co and his companions (Nov. 15, 2010). Murder of campus journalist and human rights worker Benjaline Hernandez (birthday on Nov. 21). The brutal killing of Jennifer Laude (40th day on Nov. 20, 2014). The …
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