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URGENT APPEAL FOR SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF TYPHOON RUBY

URGENT APPEAL FOR SUPPORT: KARAPATAN, SELDA, Desaparecidos, Tanggol Bayi, and Hustisya are calling on all concerned citizens in the Philippines and abroad for support for relief goods (food, clothes, blankets, medicines) for our kababayans, most especially women and children, affected by typhoon Ruby (Hagupit). Please bring your donations to Karapatan National Office, Erythrina Building, #Maaralin …

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UN Special Rapporteur on HR Defenders heeds Manilakbayan, HR defenders’ situation

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders (UNSR-HRD) Michel Forst expressed interest to renew his mandate’s request to the Philippine government for an official visit in the country to investigate reports of rights violations against human rights defenders. Forst is in the country as keynote speaker in a gathering of human …

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Karapatan backs Manilakbayan’s filing of charges vs. police in Times St. dispersal

"Karapatan supports the move of the Manilakbayan ng Mindanao to file charges against members of the Philippine National Police led by P/ Supt. Pedro Sanchez of Police Station 2 of Quezon City for the violent dispersal of the protestors at Times St., Quezon City on November 29,” Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said.   

Govt spends people’s money to jail activists on false criminal charges

Countdown to International Human Rights Day “For 2014 alone, the government gave away at least PhP 51.2 million of people’s money to so-called informers that led to the arrest of perceived ‘enemies of the state’ falsely charged with criminal offenses and are now languishing in jail. Who these “informers” were, only the government knows,” said …

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Malacañang should account for rights violations instead of blaming victims

Countdown to International Human Rights Day   Malacañang called the November 29 protest action of the Manilakbayan contingent at Times St., Quezon City “vandalism masquerading as legitimate protest”. “It is a logical reaction from a regime that looks at governance as a game of masquerade instead of looking into and addressing the roots of people’s …

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Female political prisoners in Taguig City Jail calls for immediate release of Miradel Torres–SELDA

A statement released by female political prisoners at the Taguig City Jail (TCJ) called on BS Aquino to free the mother and child, as an early Christmas present. "Sa kaso ni Maria Miradel Torres at ng kanyang sanggol na naging bilanggong politikal na din mula pa sa sinapupunan hanggang nitong unang mga araw niya sa …

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Karapatan to Malacañang: do not trivialize Mindanaoans’ demands with name-calling

Karapatan condemned the arrest of Antonio Flores, 66, Secretary General of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the violent dispersal of the Manilakbayan contingent who held a picket yesterday at the residence of BS Aquino at Times St., Quezon City. Farmers from Hacienda Luisita and those from Southern Tagalog joined the Manilakbayan in the …

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BS Aquino is a threat to Filipinas’ lives and rights – Tanggol Bayi

As women activists the world over commemorate the International Day for Women Human Rights Defenders today, November 29, women’s rights group Tanggol Bayi today scored the BS Aquino administration as “a threat to the lives and rights of Filipinas, especially on the extent of rights violations against women human rights defenders in the Philippines.”  

BS Aquino drowns Mindanaons’ voices with deafening sounds of guns and bombs

“More than a week has passed since the Manilakbayan contingent arrived in Metro Manila yet BS Aquino chose to remain mum on the demands of the Mindanaoans and has instead, resorted to military attacks in the communities where the Manilakbayan contingent came from,” said Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay.