Karapatan called the raids part of a “full-blown crackdown on activists and red-tagged legal organizations.”
62 nabbed as Army, police raid offices of activist groups in Bacolod
Tags: attacks on human rights defenders
Lawyers’ groups from 49 countries urge PH gov’t to stop attacks on Filipino colleagues
The attacks against lawyers “impair the ability of lawyers to provide effective legal representation, make
lawyers increasingly wary of working on sensitive cases, and consequently severely undermine the proper functioning of the rule of law and the adequate protection of rights, including the right to remedies and fair trial.”
Cops surveil rights advocate in Bukidnon
“State forces in Mindanao are intensifying attacks against civilians in Northern Mindanao as Martial Law continues to be in place in the whole island.”
Parlade, other respondents no show at CA hearing on lawyers’ plea for protection
“From Day 1, the respondents only issued general denials, resorting to technicalities instead of answering our petition.”