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Shoot the Messenger and Save Face
Submitted on Wed, 12/19/2007 - 13:52Karapatan’s data and reports, including the Commission on Human Rights in its investigations, the Philippine Congress in its many congressional inquiries, the United Nations in its many committee hearings, among others. Its veracity lies mainly in its reliable documentation of facts and committed teams of documentors and paralegals who expose human rights violations that otherwise would have been committed in complete impunity by its perpetrators.
Military trying to divert attention from their human rights violations
Submitted on Thu, 12/13/2007 - 15:28
Butuan City – Unable to deny the massive human rights abuses that drove the now almost 3,000 lumad and settlers to evacuate from more than 12 communities, the military has set its sights on Karapatan who is helping to expose the plight of the Surigao del Sur evacuees.
On the Occasion of the Human Rights Day Filipinos must remain defiant and assert their rights!
Submitted on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 08:25
On the occasion of the 59th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, the human rights watchdog KARAPATAN today called on the
Filipino people to remain defiant and to assert their rights.
GMA is No.1 Human rights violator Families of Victims of Human Rights Violations: GMA deserves “Medalya de Horror"
Submitted on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 07:52
Today, International Human Rights Day, families of victims of human
rights violations gather at the University of the Philippines grounds
to confer to Gloria Macapagal Arroyo the MEDALYA DE HORROR for being
the No. 1 human rights violator in the country.
"For the victims and their families, this is the award Gloria
rightfully deserves" declared Evangeline Hernandez, spokesperson of
HUSTISYA, mother of slain activist Beng Hernandez.
2007 Human Rights Report: Only GMA ouster can improve human rights situation
Submitted on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 06:04
The human rights watchdog KARAPATAN today renewed calls for the ouster of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in order to improve the human rights and overall situation in the country.