Marc Batac GPPAC-SEA 5 June 2021 Dear friends in the AEPF and AEPF Peace & Security Circle, Over the past few months, the Initiatives for International Dialogue, Saferworld and Security Policy Alternatives Network have been working together to research the impact of Counter-terrorism and P/CVE (Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism) policies in the Philippines. Today,… Continue reading Initiatives for International Dialogue, Saferworld and Security Policy Alternatives Network release discussion paper: ‘An explosive cocktail – Counter-terrorism, militarisation and authoritarianism in the Philippines’
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Karapatan: No justice for rights abuses as police killings continue, Duterte blocks access to drug war records
Press Statement 1 June 2021 Opening a few cases of killings in police anti-drug operations to investigation would not lead to accountability if police killings and abuses continue without letup, human rights watchdog Karapatan averred on Tuesday, as the group slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to block access to records of police killings in the… Continue reading Karapatan: No justice for rights abuses as police killings continue, Duterte blocks access to drug war records
Karapatan slams trumped-up charges against UCCP church leaders and social workers, harassment of Lumad at Haran sanctuary
Karapatan National Press release – 6 May 2021 Source: https://www.karapatan.org/karapatan+slams+trumped+up+charges+against+uccp+church+leaders+and+social+workers+harassment+of+lumad+at+haran+sanctuary Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed the trumped-up charges and arrest warrants against six church leaders, administrators, and social workers of the United Church of Christ of the Philippines (UCCP) Haran center in Davao City who have provided sanctuary to bakwit Lumad communities forcibly displaced from… Continue reading Karapatan slams trumped-up charges against UCCP church leaders and social workers, harassment of Lumad at Haran sanctuary
Canada urged to cut anti-terror aid to Philippines amid ‘epidemic of human rights violations’
LLANESCA T. PANTI; GMA News 5 May 2021 Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/786314/canada-urged-to-cut-anti-terror-aid-to-philippines-amid-epidemic-of-human-rights-violations/story/ Human rights advocates have formally called on the Canadian government to cease giving anti-terrorism aid to the Philippines amid the alleged use of anti-terrorism policies to crack down on dissent and purge human rights workers. Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan Alliance Philippines; Catherine Coumans,… Continue reading Canada urged to cut anti-terror aid to Philippines amid ‘epidemic of human rights violations’
Advocates air concerns on PH rights situation in Canadian parliament hearing
Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQINQUIRER.net May 05, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Several human rights defenders have spoken out during a Canadian parliament hearing on the Philippines’ human rights situation and urged Canada to take a stand against supposed abuses in the Southeast Asian country. The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines… Continue reading Advocates air concerns on PH rights situation in Canadian parliament hearing
Rights group calls on high court to protect rights defenders
Bulatlat.com: ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL 29 April 2021 MANILA – Human rights group Karapatan once again asked the Supreme Court to reverse the Court of Appeals decision which rejected its petition for writ of amparo and habeas data in 2019. The group filed their second manifestation with the Supreme Court last Monday, April 26. In… Continue reading Rights group calls on high court to protect rights defenders
Karapatan urges court to reconsider denial of detained unionist’s motion to quash search warrant against him
Press Release 27 April 2021 References: Cristina Palabay, Secretary General, +639173162831 Karapatan Public Information Desk, +639189790580 Karapatan urges court to reconsider denial of detained unionist’s motion to quash search warrant against him. A thorough review into the application of search warrants used for the International Human Rights Day police raids throughout Metro Manila last year… Continue reading Karapatan urges court to reconsider denial of detained unionist’s motion to quash search warrant against him
A wildfire of pantries, ignited by the initiative of young Filipina Ana Patricia Non, has been spreading in the Philippines
Karapatan 26 April 2021 Dear friends, A wildfire of pantries, ignited by the initiative of young Filipina Ana Patricia Non, has been spreading in the Philippines. Prodded and driven by empathy and compassion for Filipinos affected by the pandemic, with high unemployment rates and hunger levels, Non put up a community pantry in Maginhawa Street,… Continue reading A wildfire of pantries, ignited by the initiative of young Filipina Ana Patricia Non, has been spreading in the Philippines
Philippine Supreme Court releases an unprecedented statement addressing calls to action on the worsening incidence of attacks on members of the bar and the bench
NUPL 24 April 2021 Dear Friends, On March 23, 2021, the members of the Supreme Court en banc released an unprecedented statement addressing calls to action on the worsening incidence of attacks on members of the bar and the bench. One of the courses of action that the Court resolved to undertake is to look… Continue reading Philippine Supreme Court releases an unprecedented statement addressing calls to action on the worsening incidence of attacks on members of the bar and the bench
Urgent appeal from the Peasant Movement of the Philippines (KMP)
Karapatan 23 April 2021 Dear friends, We are forwarding this urgent appeal from the Peasant Movement of the Philippines (KMP) as they are set to launch the Free Joseph Canlas and Pol Viuya Network to call for the release of peasant leader Joseph Canlas, chairperson of the Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luzon (AMGL) and… Continue reading Urgent appeal from the Peasant Movement of the Philippines (KMP)