Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information CommissionMANIFESTO OF UNITY: STAND WITH SARAH “BESTANG” DEKDEKEN!We, as peace-loving and rights-upholding people, express our support and solidarity for indigenous rights defender Sarah ‘Bestang’ Dekdeken as she faces continuous judicial harassment for her activism and work as the secretary-general of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance. Bestang was convicted of cyber libel after […]
Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information CommissionMANIFESTO OF UNITY: STAND WITH SARAH “BESTANG” DEKDEKEN!We, as peace-loving and rights-upholding people, express our support and solidarity for indigenous rights defender Sarah ‘Bestang’ Dekdeken as she faces continuous judicial harassment for her activism and work as the secretary-general of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance. Bestang was convicted of cyber libel after
Press Release12 January 2023 Reference:Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general, 0917-3162831Karapatan Public Information Desk, 0918-9790580 Ailing political prisoner is victim of false arrest, planted evidence Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed the continued detention of an ailing political prisoner who was illegally arrested on the basis of a warrant that does not contain his name, planted pieces
In celebration of World Poetry Day, all this week we are paying tribute to poets who have been persecuted or imprisoned in violation of their right to free expression. Today we are honouring poet Ericson Acosta, who has been held without trial in the Philippines since February 2011. Ericson Acosta is not only a poet, but
Publication: Monday 5 December 2022 at 1pm Manila time Joint statement: Standing in solidarity with Filipino human rights defenders We, the undersigned organisations, express our utmost concern over the ongoing criminalization of ten human rights defenders and members of Karapatan, GABRIELA and the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) in retaliation for their legitimate human
Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information CommissionOn the Promulgation of the Libel Charge Against CPA Secretary General Bestang Dekdeken A WOMAN OF COURAGE| Bestang Dekdeken during Cordillera Women’s Education Action Research Center (CWEARC) and Women Working for Justice and Peace Network in the Cordillera (JaPNet) tribute to the Women of Courage in the Cordillera held last December 12, 2021
Writer, musician, rebel Ericson Acosta slain in Negros Occidental clash NOV 30, 2022 2:06 PM PHT INDAY ESPINA-VARONA INFO FacebookTwitterCopy URL While the military has yet to identify the slain rebels, the National Democratic Front-Negros confirms Acosta’s death but claims he was captured alive, then murdered BACOLOD, Philippines – Army troops from the 94th infantry
