Press release
Political prisoners end hunger strike, fast
Submitted on Sat, 12/10/2016 - 07:40
“Ang pakikibaka para makamit ang hustisyang ipinagkait sa aming mga bilanggong pulitikal ay bahagi ng kabuuang laban para sa karapatang pantao (The struggle for justice long denied to political prisoners is part of the people’s struggle for human rights)” said political prisoners (PPs) from Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City in a statement, as 76 PPs ended their hunger strike today, International Human Rights Day. At least 122 PPs also participated by fasting.
Karapatan to jointly lead nationwide rallies on Int’l Human Rights Day
Submitted on Fri, 12/09/2016 - 13:45
Karapatan is set to join Bayan in nationwide rallies tomorrow, International Human Rights Day, to press for the release of all political prisoners, to call for an end to military occupation of schools and rural communities in the guise of civic action and denounce extrajudicial killings of activists and civilians, including killings in the Duterte government’s “war on drugs.” The rallies are also meant to sustain protest actions against the hero’s burial of dictator Ferdinand Marcos and press the call for justice for and indemnification of martial law victims.
Desaparecidos slams Año appointment as AFP chief of staff
Submitted on Thu, 12/08/2016 - 15:07
An organization of families of the disappeared expressed disgust over the recent appointment of Lt. Gen. Eduardo Año as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, calling it “a clear manifestation of impunity, when human rights violators escape prosecution and are instead rewarded for their crimes against the Filipino people.”
Youth political prisoners join hunger strike for freedom
Submitted on Thu, 12/08/2016 - 13:30
Since yesterday, December 7, youth political prisoners in several detention centers nationwide have been on hunger strike to strengthen the call for the release of all political prisoners.
Año’s promotion will bring more rights violations, peace sabotage
Submitted on Thu, 12/08/2016 - 11:10
“With a notorious implementer of US-directed counter-insurgency programs Oplan Bantay Laya and Oplan Bayanihan now at the helm of the fascist Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), there is greater danger of human rights violations and militarist efforts to sabotage peace initiatives,” Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said, in reaction to yesterday’s appointment of Gen. Eduardo Año as the new Chief of Staff of the AFP, replacing Gen. Ricardo Visaya.
Political prisoners (PPs) start hunger strike, relatives of PPs assert right to protest
Submitted on Wed, 12/07/2016 - 12:30
Three days before the International Human Rights Day, at least 76 political prisoners (PPs) in different jails in the country started their hunger strike, while 122 PPs, many are sickly and elderly, will fast until December 10.
Political prisoners across the country lament Ocasla’s passing, set to mount hunger strike and fast to demand immediate release
Submitted on Tue, 12/06/2016 - 12:53
Political prisoners from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP), Taguig City Jail, Samar Provincial Jail, Compostela Valley Provincial Rehabilitation Center (CVPRC), and Davao Penal Colony (DAPECOL) are all mourning for the death of fellow political prisoner Bernabe Ocasla, who died last November 28, 2016 after three days in coma.
GRP’s non-release of political prisoners, perpetuation of injustice
Submitted on Tue, 12/06/2016 - 12:19Drug-related killings must stop and the perpetrators should be held accountable
Submitted on Mon, 12/05/2016 - 12:17
Karapatan today joined RISE UP!, a campaign initiated by faith-based groups, institutions and people’s organizations against the drug menace and for the protection of human and people’s rights against drug-related extrajudicial killings, in a protest action in front of the Department of Interior and Local Government office in Quezon City.
Two ailing, elderly political prisoners currently in hospitals
Submitted on Mon, 12/05/2016 - 11:08
Yesterday, December 4, 2016, at 8 a.m., another elderly and ailing political prisoner, Apolonio Barado, was admitted to the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) hospital in Muntinlupa City due to chest pains.
