Rights groups back kin of drug-related killings on ICC case
“We will be with them (in every) stage of the process; we will be with them until the end."
Rights groups back kin of drug-related killings on ICC case
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Rights groups hail dismissal of charges against UCCP pastor
Rights groups hail dismissal of charges against UCCP pastor
“The pattern of the police’s use of search warrants, planting evidence and effecting the arbitrary arrests and detention of individuals like Pastor Dan Balucio is a glaring form of weaponization of the judiciary against activists and dissenters.”
Police arrest 8 Dumagat farmers in Rizal
Police arrest 8 Dumagat farmers in Rizal
The recent operations in Rodriguez are the latest in a series of intensified crackdown operations under the Duterte administration. In Rodriguez, Kasiglahan Village has been the target of intensified police and military surveillance following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Farmers groups call to end fake and forced surrender campaign
Farmers groups call to end fake and forced surrender campaign
Filipino farmer groups have called on the Duterte administration to stop targeting their ranks as they are being rounded up and forced to “surrender” as alleged members of the New People’s Army.
Groups commemorate 1 year of peace consultant’s brutal killing
Groups commemorate 1 year of peace consultant’s brutal killing
“One year after he was killed, the announced investigation by the Task Force on Administrative Order 35 has yet to show any significant progress towards determination and arrests of suspects. As we assert the struggle for just and lasting peace, we also ring the call for justice for Ka Randy and all peace consultants, and to stop the killings in the Philippines."
Kin of drug war victims want 2022 elections free of Duterte
Kin of drug war victims want 2022 elections free of Duterte
"Why will they run again in the next elections? They should have been finding solutions to our problems right now instead of focusing on the next elections."
Rights advocates turn to social media for campaign vs killings in PH
Rights advocates turn to social media for campaign vs killings in PH
“They tried to bury hundreds and thousands of us; they did not know that we were seeds.”
Defense chief ‘escaping institutional accountability’ with UP-DND accord junking – DefendUP
Defense chief ‘escaping institutional accountability’ with UP-DND accord junking – DefendUP
“Rather than listen to all the valid criticisms, DND continues to brush aside the damning evidence against them by escaping institutional accountability.”
Torture survivor: Graffiti is a valid act of political expression
Torture survivor: Graffiti is a valid act of political expression
“The Operation Pinta and Operation Dikit are unique because the message it carries is serious; issues and appeals that reflect the real situation of the masses such as 'Land for the peasantry'; 'Fair employment for the workers'. For most Filipinos, this is not difficult to understand."
Rights groups condemn Duterte’s yet another kill order
Rights groups condemn Duterte’s yet another kill order
“All these and more only make the calls to end Duterte's murderous regime and to prosecute him for his atrocities even more urgent. One more year of Duterte is too long. We cannot let another dead body be added to this regime's death toll."
2 activists gunned down while writing graffiti in Albay
2 activists gunned down while writing graffiti in Albay
Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan said that the police narrative of nanlaban and that weapons recovered from the two are not only ludicrously false but “unbelievable tall tales because both unarmed activists and they surely do not bear arms while doing graffiti.”
#UndoingDuterte | Five years of state terror
#UndoingDuterte | Five years of state terror
Under the Duterte administration, Karapatan has noted a pattern of using search warrants issued by executive judges in Quezon City and Manila regional trial courts to conduct police and military raids on homes and offices of the progressive leaders and activists which led to the killings or if not, end up arrested after supposed “evidence” were gathered by the authorities.
#UndoingDuterte | 25 massacres recorded
#UndoingDuterte | 25 massacres recorded
Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan, said that in implementing counterinsurgency policies, state forces have made no distinction between legitimate dissent and armed struggles, and wrongly equated such to terrorism.
#UndoingDuterte| Five years of bloody drug war, kin of victims fight for justice
#UndoingDuterte| Five years of bloody drug war, kin of victims fight for justice
“We will not just cry, sit down and do nothing. We are victims who have learned to fight for justice not only for ourselves but for the other families as well.”
#UndoingDuterte | The real ‘Duterte legacy’ in Mindanao
#UndoingDuterte | The real ‘Duterte legacy’ in Mindanao
The first president from Mindanao failed to alleviate the poverty and to resolve the decades-long conflicts in the island.
Activists arrested in Quezon City are humanitarian workers – group
Activists arrested in Quezon City are humanitarian workers – group
Karapatan-Caraga said that Julieta Gomez and Niezel Velasco are both engaged humanitarian work over the years. In fact, the group said that “officers and personnel of some of government agencies in the region know them personally as they have coordinated activities particularly with the Department of Social Welfare and Development and local government units in the Surigao and Agusan provinces and several municipalities.”
Terror council designates NDFP as terror group
Terror council designates NDFP as terror group
The Anti Terrorism Council has designated the National Democratic Front of the Philippines as a terrorist organization, a resolution dated June 23 read.
Youth group alarmed over ‘continuing culture of violence in military institutions’
Youth group alarmed over ‘continuing culture of violence in military institutions’
The culture of violence in the country’s military institutions continues to be evident in an alleged case of maltreatment and hazing resulting in the death of a cadet – this time from the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy.
Dismissed cases: A look at the invalid search warrants vs red-tagged activists
Dismissed cases: A look at the invalid search warrants vs red-tagged activists
The recent granting of numerous motions to quash cases that were enabled by questionable warrants proves that errors have been made.
Iloilo court says search warrant in deadly raid vs. Tumandok invalid
Iloilo court says search warrant in deadly raid vs. Tumandok invalid
"With these developments, we enjoin the Tumandok people in their struggle to fully attain justice by holding the judges, the armed forces, and Duterte accountable to the Tumandok and the Filipino people."
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