Member organization: Karapatan

"BS Aquino’s military and police death squads are like wild dogs on a killing spree, slaying one victim a week this 2014. The trend is an alarming signal of the rising suppression of legitimate protests against the Aquino administration’s anti-poor policies, especially in the rural communities,” Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said as Karapatan documented …

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Karapatan expressed disgust with the successive postponement of hearings in the trial of the kidnapping and serious illegal detention case filed against Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr., Col. Felipe Anotado, Staff Sgt. Edgar Osorio and M/Sgt. Rizal Hilario for the disappearance of UP students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeno.     

Ramon Patriarca, peace consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), was released from the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center on February 4 after the Branch 25 of the Regional Trial Court-Danao City dismissed the rebellion charge against him and five other co-accused, who were earlier released on bail.     

Karapatan strongly condemned the use of force and violence in the January 27 demolition at Brgy. San Roque, Quezon City, as the alliance is poised to file complaints at the United Nations Human Rights Council to bring to international attention the rights violations inflicted on the urban poor residents in San Roque.     

“Having admitted the failure of Oplan Bayanihan Phase 1 as early as July 2013, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is trying to offset it by attacking civilians and accusing them as members or sympathizers of the Communist rebels. For January alone, three victims of extrajudicial killing and four victims of frustrated killing were …

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"The recent military encampment in a school in Compostela province in Mindanao shows that the guidelines of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) are being used to justify rights violations against children and communities,” Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said, in the light of reports from human rights …

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"We are holding the QC local government and the Philippine National Police accountable for the human rights violations committed against the residents of San Roque during the illegal demolition at the North Triangle, Quezon City," said Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan.   

"It is not enough to relieve the ten policemen who tortured the detainees at the secret detention center in Binan, Laguna. They should immediately be prosecuted and put in jail, together with their superiors who abetted the said acts. However, we are skeptical that the policemen and their superiors will immediately be brought to justice, …

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"The recent resolution of the Court of Appeals denying the motion for the re-arrest of security guard Rolly Panesa strengthens the anti-torture case he filed against his arresting officers and interrogators," said Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan.     

"Torture continues as a policy and a practice of the Aquino government. It is done against its political opponents and even among common offenders," Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said as the group condemned the torture of 15 detainees in Biñan, Laguna perpetrated by 10 members of Philippine National Police-Laguna Provincial Intelligence Branch District Office. …

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