Detained 61-year old human rights worker Nimfa Lanzanas filed on Wednesday, March 17, a Manifestation and Urgent Omnibus Motion before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Calamba City appealing to the court to immediately issue a subpoena for the transmittal of records involving the application of search warrants issued against her by Manila RTC Branch …
“Hitlisting is systematic and done by state forces as a matter of policy, and on a nationwide scale,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay, as the group condemned the most recent actions of the Department of Interior and Local Government, which openly directed its regional heads to “investigate” who are the members of organizations they …
A week after the Bloody Sunday police raids that killed nine and arrested six others throughout the Southern Tagalog region, human rights watchdog Karapatan reiterated its calls for justice as the group asserted that the Philippine government’s investigation into the killings “should ensure that it truly upholds the demands of the victims and their families …
A year after the arrest of its Regional Council Member Teresita Naul, human rights group Karapatan reiterated the call for her release from prison, saying that her rights were clearly violated by State forces who were engaged in her arrest and in the relentless vilifying attacks thrown against her person.
“The Philippine government should welcome statements of concern of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the European Union, Vice President Leni Robredo as well as that of religious institutions, civil society and people’s organizations who sounded the alarm on and supported calls for justice by kin of victims during the …
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Human rights watchdog Karapatan welcomed the Senate’s adoption of a committee report recommending the removal of Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. as the spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).
Human rights watchdog Karapatan expressed its support for the Rural Missionaries (RMP) of the Philippines as they face the trumped-up terrorism financing charges against them in the courts today. Karapatan Deputy Secretary General Roneo Clamor said that “these bogus charges and smear campaign against the RMP is a clear pretext for the Duterte government’s looming …
The Philippine National Police and the Philippine Army have no right to refuse to tender the remains of the victims of the Bloody Sunday raids from their families, human rights watchdog Karapatan asserted on Thursday, as the Antipolo Memorial Homes in Rizal have continued to refuse to turn over the bodies of urban poor activists …
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Maybe we should ask Justice Secretary Guevarra the questions that should be asked. Who has the powers and resources to investigate and trace the witnesses in these killings and give them protection? Kami ba? Maybe Secretary Guevarra needs a reminder that we don’t have these resources at hand — but the government does.
Karapatan denounces the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte on the National Women’s Month celebration calling this “an outright hypocrisy of the most prominent macho-fascist in the Philippines.”
