Today marks the beginning of the preliminary investigation against the 17 policemen charged with murder for their involvement in the killing fisherfolk leaders Ariel Evangelista and Ana-Mariz “Chai” Lemita-Evangelista during the Bloody Sunday raids in Southern Tagalog.
Photo from Council for Health and Development Lorraine Badoy-Partosa is at it again with — and predictably, she is now unleashing her deranged red-tagging antics not only against Dr. Maria Natividad “Naty” Castro, but even those who have expressed concern regarding her recent arrest.
From the left: Michelle Campos, Karapatan Secretary Geenral Cristina Palabay, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Michel Forst, and Dr. Maria Natividad “Naty” Castro
At 9:30 a.m. today, February 18, 2022, Dr. Ma. Natividad Marian Castro was arrested by elements of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines allegedly based on an arrest warrant on trumped up charges of kidnapping and serious illegal detention in Caraga. The cops forcibly entered the Castro family home in …
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Photo by Basilio Sepe/BenarNews Karapatan welcomes the recent adoption of the European Parliament resolution on February 17, 2022 renewing its condemnation of extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations in the Philippines, as well as threats, harassment, red-tagging and violence against human rights defenders, journalists, trade unionists, church and humanitarian workers.
Human rights alliance Karapatan called on the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to rescind its nomination of Vice Executive Judge Jose Lorenzo Dela Rosa for the position of Associate Justice in Court of Appeals, as the group asserted that the judge should be held accountable for using his court to be a “search warrant factory,” …
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Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat Karapatan denounces this yet another unhinged but dangerous threat by Undersecretary Lorraine Partosa Badoy, spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), on the task force’s planned legal action against Rappler for the exercise of its role in fact-checking.
Photo by Jonathan Cellona/ABS-CBN News Rights group Karapatan scored the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) amid reports of threat, harassment of progressive partylists, as the election campaign begins in less than a week.
Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images Senatorial candidate and actor Robin Padilla should be made aware that extrajudicial killings are considered unlawful and, in the context of armed conflict, can even be treated as war crimes under international human rights instruments. This is not a movie, Mr. Padilla, where one just conjures fight scenes and be …
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