Member organization: Karapatan

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Killings, illegal arrest and detention: BS Aquino’s kind of peace

January 03, 2014—MONTERONA, Marcelo, 41, Farmer, Indug Kautawan, Maco, Compostela Valley January 12, 2014—PADIÑO, Arman, 33, Farmer, Aniban, Hacienda Dolores, Porac, Pampanga January 30, 2014—ORBINA, Henry, Worker, Cabadian, Sorsogon January 31, 2014—AMBONGAN, Datu Rolando, 39, Higaonon tribe, Katribu Partylist member, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte February 05, 2014—LAURON, Julieto, 41, Farmer, Kasama – Bukidnon, Valencia, Bukidnon …

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Bounty for Tiamzon and Austria, a one-time bigtime organized racket

“Mukhang pinagkakakitaan pa ng gobyerno at militar ang iligal na pag-aresto at pagdukot ng mga peace consultants, mga aktibista at ordinaryong sibilyan,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay on the 10-million peso bounty each for the arrest of Benito Tiamzon and Wilma Austria.  

Arrest of Tiamzon and Austria, a blow to peace negotiations

“A kick in the bucket of peace,” said Karapatan on the illegal arrest of Benito Tiamzon and Wilma Austria, consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) to the peace negotiations with the Government of the Philippines.    

EcuVoice: Spare the children, Uphold basic human rights in the dirty war

“The growing number of children victims of extra judicial killings in the Philippines is alarming. We appeal to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to investigate these cases of extra judicial killing of children and we urge the Philippine government to respect the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and …

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3 small-scale miners found dead in a shallow grave in Abra; farmer still missing in Isabela

Oplan Bayanihan intensifies "With the rising trend of extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations, our bases to demand for Aquino to step down is getting stronger," said Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan. In the first nine weeks of 2014, the group Karapatan already documented 10 victims of the extrajudicial killing, and a case …

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GPH’s bid to the UN Human Rights Council shameless

“Nakakakilabot ang kapal ng mukha ng gobyernong ito,” is how Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay described the BS Aquino government’s bid for a seat to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for 2016-2018 as announced by Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Policy Evan Garcia.