Member organization: Karapatan

Alan Jazmines stealthily  transferred to Bicutan jail  Government authorities should immediately explain the sudden, stealthy transfer of political prisoner Alan Jazmines from the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center in Camp Crame to Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan early this morning of June 29.  Marie Hilao-Enriquez, chairperson of Karapatan slammed the move “because it reeks …

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Killing of 3rd witness to Ampatuan massacre, testament of prevailing impunity under Aquino  Karapatan today scored the reported killing of Alijol Ampatuan, the third witness in the Ampatuan massacre case to have suffered the same fate, as “it bears the seal of impunity prevalent under the Arroyo up to the current Aquino administration.” Karapatan spokesperson …

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“The print on my t-shirt has faded,” said Connie Empeno matter-of-factly.  Her shirt displayed her daughter’s photo with the call “Surface Karen and Sherlyn.”  Connie is Karen Empeno’s mother, and it has been six years since she started wearing the shirt during ‘camp searches’ to look for her daughter and during mobilizations to press the …

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  On the eve of the world commemoration of the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Karapatan renewed its call for the “People’s Manhunt” for Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. and other notorious human rights violators who remain fugitives from the bar of justice as the human rights group sees the continuation …

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Members of rights groups, students, academe and joggers today ‘captured’ fugitive general ‘Jovito Palparan’ after a 4.4 kilometer run dubbed  ‘Run for your life (this is not a fun run)’ around the academic oval at the University of the Philippines in Diliman.     “ ‘Run for your life’ commemorates the abduction and enforced disappearance of …

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  Today, as the defense lawyers of former Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo present their client’s plea for bail at the Pasay Regional Trial Court, human rights group Karapatan joins members of people’s organizations under BAYAN in a rally outside the court premises urging for the immediate junking of Arroyo’s motion for bail and her immediate …

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“We welcome the June 16 joint statement of the NDF and the GPH peace panels saying that both agreed to ‘continue meaningful discussions prior to formal talks’.  It is a ray of optimism for the NDFP consultants, staff and all the political prisoners that they will soon be free, “ enthuses Marie Hilao Enriquez, chairperson …

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Human rights group Karapatan today held a picket at the gates of the House of Representatives as Congress resumed its probe on rights violations under the Aquino government, this time with the military testifying on several cases they were allegedly involved in.   

“For one, impunity exists under the Noynoy Aquino administration because big-time human rights violators such as Maj. General Jovito Palparan are not being held accountable for their crimes. And two, because Aquino promotes the same brand of counter-insurgency policy that engenders extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests and detention, forcible displacement and other forms of …

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