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Urge Philippine authorities to cease targeting all human rights defenders in the Philippines

ProtectDefenders.eu 23 April 2021 Dear friends, We are forwarding this monthly bulletin from ProtectDefenders.eu urging Philippine authorities to cease targeting all human rights defenders in the Philippines and to guarantee in all circumstances that they can carry out their legitimate human rights activities without fear of reprisals and free of all restrictions including judicial harassment,… Continue reading Urge Philippine authorities to cease targeting all human rights defenders in the Philippines

National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) denounced the use of the term ‘Lumad’

NCIP 22 April 2021 In an en banc resolution, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) denounced the use of the term ‘Lumad’.  Lumad is a term for non-Moro indigenous peoples in Mindanao. According to the resolution, “the term lumad was chosen to control the identification of the IPs under the banner of CPP-NDF-NPA (Communist… Continue reading National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) denounced the use of the term ‘Lumad’

Karapatan condemns continuing EJKs, arrests amid pandemic

Karapatan Press Release 17 April 2021 References: Cristina Palabay, Secretary General, +639173162831 Karapatan Public Information Desk, +639189790580 Human rights watchdog Karapatan condemns continuing EJKs, arrests amid pandemic Amid the surge of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the country, State forces “continue to terrorize the Filipino people without letup,” human rights watchdog Karapatan said, as the… Continue reading Karapatan condemns continuing EJKs, arrests amid pandemic

Karapatan raises impact of terror law on women in PH before UN HRC

Press Release6 March 2021 References:Cristina Palabay, Secretary General, +639173162831Karapatan Public Information Desk, +639189790580 Karapatan raises impact of terror law on women in PH before UN HRC Human rights watchdog Karapatan called on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC), the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights… Continue reading Karapatan raises impact of terror law on women in PH before UN HRC

Final order to leave against missionary and labor researcher De Vries, unjust – EILER

NEWS RELEASE6 March 2021Reference: Ms. Rochelle Porras, EILER Executive Director, +63 927 493 5747 BI’s final order to leave against missionary and labor researcher De Vries, unjust – EILER The Ecumenical Institute of Labor Education and Research (EILER) expresses dismay over the Order of the Bureau of Immigration in response to the Motion for Reconsideration… Continue reading Final order to leave against missionary and labor researcher De Vries, unjust – EILER

PHILIPPINES: What do we know so far about the Bloody Sunday raids in Southern Luzon?

Subject: URGENT – PHILIPPINES: What do we know so far about the Bloody Sunday raids in Southern Luzon? What do we know so far about the Bloody Sunday raids in Southern Luzon? Timeline of events leading to the massacre and arrests of civilians in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, and Rizal. PNP-CIDG, the perpetrator of the killings,… Continue reading PHILIPPINES: What do we know so far about the Bloody Sunday raids in Southern Luzon?

Robredo denounces Calabarzon ‘massacre,’ cites Duterte rant vs rebels

https://www.rappler.com/nation/robredo-statement-bloody-sunday-calabarzon-activists-raids-killings Vice President Leni Robredo did not mince words against President Rodrigo Duterte’s government in the wake of the “Bloody Sunday” raids in Calabarzon that left at least 9 activists dead and 6 others arrested. In a statement late Monday night, March 8, the Philippine opposition leader said there is only one way to describe… Continue reading Robredo denounces Calabarzon ‘massacre,’ cites Duterte rant vs rebels

Karapatan: Did Harry Roque just admit that the Duterte gov’t is committing war crimes?

Press Release9 March 2021 References:Cristina Palabay, Secretary General, +639173162831Karapatan Public Information Desk, +639189790580 Karapatan: Did Harry Roque just admit that the Duterte gov’t is committing war crimes? International humanitarian law does not make mass murder legal, human rights watchdog Karapatan asserted, as the group questioned Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque’s statement before the media yesterday, March… Continue reading Karapatan: Did Harry Roque just admit that the Duterte gov’t is committing war crimes?

Brutal government crackdown against activists must end now, says Amnesty International

(from our Philippines section) Brutal government crackdown against activists must end now Brutal government crackdown against activists must end now – Amnesty Philippines Amnesty International Media Quote Responding to news that at least nine were killed and 6 others arrested in coordinated raids by the police and military against activist groups in various provinces in… Continue reading Brutal government crackdown against activists must end now, says Amnesty International